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Nursing home faces $2 million lawsuit for sex abuse incident
A Portland, Ore., nursing home faces a $2 million lawsuit after a sexual encounter between two residents, according to The Oregonian. According to the report, staff members at Healthcare at Foster Creek saw a 61-year-old woman with dementia standing half-naked
Niece files lawsuit on behalf of aunt injured at nursing home
Hazel Earll, a 65-year-old mentally challenged woman, was doing well in rehab at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Nebraska, after a total replacement of her right hip. She was soon able to bear weight on her right side. Days
Five employees fired, charged in abuse of elderly woman
Thelma Bryant, a 94-year-old woman at Kane Glen Hazel nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pa., was hit in the head, struck in the chest with an elbow, had oranges thrown at her, had her feet stomped, and was cussed at by
Nursing home aide shocked by wanton neglect charge
Former nurse’s aide Jaclyn Dawn VanWinkle doesn’t understand why her dancing and singing to a nursing home patient has caused such a ruckus, according to Lexington (Ken.) Living. The 25-year-old woman was arrested and charged with wanton neglect of an
Sexual intimacy among residents not unusual in nursing homes
Most people don’t want to even think that their parents have having sex – much less their grandparents. However, researchers from Kansas State say that physical and sexual intimacy is alive and well in many nursing homes and caregivers should
Families, advocate speak out at Albert Lea town hall meeting
Jan Reshetar stood up at a press conference last week and said she thought her mother-in-law’s agitation was caused by her Alzheimer’s disease. She was mortified to learn that her 84-year-old family member was actually trying desperately to communicate through
No charges filed against caregivers who abused ailing aunt
The 75-year-old woman with diabetes and dementia who is recovering at the state-run Emily P. Bissell Hospital, a skilled nursing facility in Delaware, after fracturing her leg after a fall in January 2007, told her visiting nieces that staff members
Three victims deceased in Albert Lea ‘abuse-for-thrills’ case
An Office of Health Facility Complaints Investigative Report by the Minnesota Department of Public Health dated May 7, 2008, revealed that three of the residents who were abused by employees at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Albert Lea,
Disgruntled employee accused of putting urine in ice bin
Kathleen Chmura thought it was her soda that tasted funny. Then she realized it was the ice. And it tasted like urine. Chmura had scooped the ice from the ice bin at By the Lake senior assisted living facility she
Watchdog group holds town hall meetings in Albert Lea
The “attacks-for-thrills” case where four nursing home aides were accused of abusing cognitively impaired residents at Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, Minn., for entertainment, has captured the attention of a national watchdog group, according to the Star Tribune.
