A nursing home caregiver is facing felony charges after stealing narcotics from a patient’s prescription medication. The patient is paralyzed and was prescribed oxycodone. The nurse took three of them and was arrested.
Her charges include endangering the welfare of an elderly or physically disable person in the first degree. She is due in court soon. For more, read the story.
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Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.
