Three nursing home caregivers pled guilty to “ill-treating or willfully neglecting a person without capacity” and each was sentenced to a 12-month community orders. The family of an elderly patient with Alzheimer's secretly filmed her neglect. The video showed the three female employees leaning over the patient laughing and mimicking her groans as she was in bed. For more, read the story.
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.