A man charged with second degree rape has reached a plea agreement. The 49-year-old former nursing aide  pleaded guilty Monday morning in Superior Court to indecent liberties in exchange for dismissal of the two rape charges. Investigators say the former aide took advantage of a 70-year-old nursing home patient.

A Washington D.C. certified nursing assistant (CNA) was sentenced to spend roughly six months behind bars for injuring a woman in her care. The CNA, 40, was sentenced on a charge of criminal negligence of a vulnerable adult.

According to the local news channel, WDBJ7, A Lynchburg man is  facing neglect charges following the death of his mother earlier this week. On January 24, 2011 at approximately 3:54 p.m. members of the Lynchburg Police Department responded to the Lynchburg General Hospital Emergency Room in reference to a female who was being treated for several health related issues.

A former nursing home employee was arrested today for the theft of $115,734 from the health and rehabilitation center where the 32-year-old man worked as the bookkeeper.  He was arrested at his home by agents of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Sheriff’s Department. The man is charged with first-degree theft of property, a class B felony that is punishable by two to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $30,000. He is currently being held in county jail on a $30,…

A nursing home has been fined $10,000 after a traffic accident that contributed to a resident’s death. A 97-year-old resident died 12 days after a nursing home van in which she was riding was involved in an accident. According to state records, the accident happened on November 19th, while four residents of the home were being transported back to the facility from a town festival.

A man is blaming a nursing home and a hospital for his mother’s death in a complaint filed December 23. The man says his mother was a resident of the nursing home from Dec. 23, 2008, to Jan.