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A Texas nursing home CNA faces charges that he sexually assaulted a nursing home resident


Richard Sanchez was arrested and is being held on $120,000 bond on three charges. The Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call from Community Care Center of Clarendon on April 27, 2010, reporting that one of...

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A Virginia nursing home aide for National HealthCare (NHC) was sentenced to sixty years in prison for sexually assaulting four nursing home residents in his care


According to a psychological evaluation read at Wright’s recent court hearing, he blames his victims for the sexual abuse they endured. The psychological evaluation also describes Wright as a manipulative hedonist with tendencies of voyeurism...

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An Illinois nursing home was subjected to a random sweep checking for violations of regulations and state law


Golden Moments, a Jacksonville, Illinois nursing home, was raided on Monday, May 24, 2010 by fourteen police and state officials. Among those involved were the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Illinois...

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Beverly Rasberry Stone, the operator of Stonecrest Senior Care in Sweetwater, Texas, was indicted on May 11, 2010 on two counts of injury to an elderly person after a resident under her care developed severe bedsores


The abuse allegations arose after Stone’s facility “failed to seek appropriate attention, and (the bedsores) became untreatable”. The resident eventually died of unrelated causes and the death is not at issue in the injury charges...

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After a thorough investigation, the Minnesota Department of Health determined that a Minnesota nursing home facility contributed to the hypothermia death of one of its residents


According to the recent report, staff at the Jones-Harrison assisted living residence “lost” the female resident in the evening on November 21, 2009, believing that she could be at home with a family member. A...

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A California nursing home caretaker accused an eighty-eight year old elderly woman of “enticing him into bed”


Fifty year old Humberto Carrizales Rodriguez was the caretaker at Wild Rose Living Facility in Santa Rosa. On August 7, 2009, Rodriguez forced himself on his victim after she had gone to bed, while she...

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According to a recently released report entitled “Dangerous Caregivers”, the State of California failed to implement a 2006 law that required state regulators to establish a centralized database for background checks


According to a recently released report entitled “Dangerous Caregivers”, the State of California failed to implement a 2006 law that required state regulators to establish a centralized database for background checks that could prevent potential...

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Approximately thirty-one of sixty residents of Fountains Three Nursing Facility in Shiloh, Illinois have been taken to area hospitals exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including nausea and vomiting


Approximately thirty-one of sixty nursing home residents of Fountains Three Nursing Facility in Shiloh, Illinois have been taken to area hospitals exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including nausea and vomiting. While there are more than forty people...

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In a rare move, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals has assessed fines against three Iowa nursing home facilities for alleged whistleblower retaliation


Iowa has a mandatory reporter law, which specifically makes it a crime for caregivers not to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect. Unfortunately, the law is rarely enforced, making it easy for those...

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A former California nursing home administrator has been charged with kidnapping an 85 year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease


Reportedly, Carnell Williams was moved into the home of Concepcion “Connie” Pinco Giron in approximately August 2008. Giron began cashing the pension and social security checks of Ms. Williams. Giron told a supervisor at Elmwood...

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