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Former Personal Care Home Manager Gets Five Years in Prison
A personal care home manager who stole drugs from senior residents was sentenced to five years in prison and five years probation after he plead guilty to felony charges from October. The man, was sentenced for possession of hydrocodone and…
Bristol Man Charged with Sexualy Battering Four Nursing Home Residents
A circuit court judge denied bond Thursday for a former nursing home aide charged with sexually assaulting the elderly patients under his care. The nursing home CNA, is charged with four counts of aggravated sexual battery against four different patients….
Nursing Home Resident Found Dead Just Outside of Nursing Home
Police are investigating the death of a 95-year-old woman who was found dead outside the assisted living facility where she resided. Police say the woman was last seen by staff at about 11:30 Monday night. Police were called three hours later. They did…
Nursing Home Residents Get to Shop at Volunteer “Store” for Christmas Gifts
The residents of one nursing home this year are going Christmas shopping in wheelchairs, on walkers, and with canes. They didn’t even have to leave the nursing home – just get on the elevator and go down to the activity…
Local CNA Surrenders License After Taking Naked Pictures of Patients
A local woman will surrender her CNA license, after police say she took naked pictures of elderly nursing home residents without their permission. Investigators say the incident occurred back in April at Waddell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Galax. …
Nursing Home Fined for Failing to Attempt to Resuscitate Patient After Caridac Arrest
The call from the nursing home came at 5:30 a.m. on July 31: “Your husband, admitted last night for a short rehab stay, has been found not breathing.” The fire department rescue squad entered her husband’s room — two hours…