Deborah J. Riggs, 55, has had a previous drug conviction and has had her nursing license suspended twice after allegations of stealing controlled substances. In this instance, Riggs is accused of diluting morphine solutions which...
Thirty-year-old Paul Scott was charged with sexual abuse in the first degree of a physically helpless person in the alleged sexual assault of a seventy-seven year-old female resident, who suffers from dementia. The alleged incident...
Reportedly, the eighty-three year-old resident of Calhoun Health Care, a nursing home facility in Calhoun, Georgia, was in her wheelchair when Hardin-Simerly spun her around several times after she was instructed to stop. Hardin-Simerly also...
The recent case of a thirty-seven-year-old Belleville, Illinois nursing home employee being charged with identity theft has spotlighted a growing national problem. On November 12, 2010, Cynthia Hill was charged with two counts of aggravated...
Eighty-nine year old Wilbur Jackson went to Grinnell’s Friendship Manor Care Center for rehabilitation after hip surgery. He was at the facility a mere 17 days before he sustained an injury that led to his...
After receiving complaints of abuse, the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration are investigating Clare Bridge home for seniors, a facility that provides care for residents suffering...
Twenty-three-year-old Evan Fleming waited seven minutes before staff at DFW Nursing & Rehab began chest compressions after he stopped breathing. The delay cost Fleming his life. Evan Fleming was severely injured in an August motor...
Reportedly, eight residents have contracted the deadly virus since October 2010 and five have died. State health officials suspect that the virus may have been spread due to the nursing home’s neglect in using a...
Ninety-three year old Michael Gruen lived at Homewood Residence at Delray Beach and suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s disease. Gruen was found standing over a dishwasher detergent container on December 28, 2009. He apparently got into...
The woman, a resident of Silverado Senior Living in Calabasas, California was located standing in the facility’s walk-in freezer. After a hospitalization, the woman is back at the facility. The California Department of Social Services...