A caretaker is facing charges of abuse of a mentally disabled person after police said she hit several residents at a group home with a frying pan. Darnika Martin is charged with two counts. According to the arrest report, she struck two mentally ill patients at a group home in…
A Florida caregiver is accused of abusing a 94-year-old amputee at an assisted living home. The 64-year-old caregiver was arrested last week after the woman’s son placed a camera inside her room at the facility in Clermont. An arrest report says the woman told her son the caregiver was being…
A resident is suing Pinellas Park nursing home operators, alleging breach of duty and negligence. The woman filed a complaint Feb. 1 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against Pinellas Park Facility Inc., doing business as The Care Center at Pinellas Park, alleging they failed to exercise reasonable care in operating…
Seven former employees, including a nurse practitioner, have been indicted after prosecutors say conditions at an Ohio nursing home got so bad that one patient “rotted to death.” The contracted nurse practitioner and two workers are being charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly neglecting two patients, according to reports, which…
A caregiver at a Florida facility for people with disabilities has been accused of impregnating a resident who gave birth in 2015. Authorities say the 58-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a disabled person. An arrest affidavit says the man helped care for…
A patient’s representative is suing an assisted living facility operator for alleged negligence and reckless conduct. The woman, who holds power of attorney for the resident, filed a complaint in Cabell Circuit Court against The Village of Riverview alleging that it violated the residents’ rights to be free from abuse,…
Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane. The Agency for Health Care Administration issued its order Friday, saying an administrative law judge correctly concluded the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills “created an…
On Nov. 30, 2016, an elderly woman in her 80s was brought to Mariners Hospital after she had a seizure and her heart stopped. Her physical condition was appalling as she was bleeding, covered in urine and feces, and had severe bed sores indicating abject neglect, according to court documents.…
A Delray Beach man filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the Whitehall Boca where his 72-year-old mother was recuperating from pneumonia. The man said his mother was suffering from a condition making it difficult for her to swallow or eat or drink solid foods. In April, the man claims…
A 53-year-old nurse’s assistant at a nursing home in St. Johns County was arrested April 13 and charged with elderly abuse after he apparently held a pillow over the face of an 81-year-old female patient. A co-worker allegedly overheard the woman screaming outside the room at 2:30 a.m. After opening…