A woman in Reno, NV reportedly stole and pawned an 89-year-old hospice patient’s wedding ring, according to a story on mynews4.com. Michelle Smith was caring for the 89-year-old woman when she allegedly removed a solitaire ring and a wedding band from her finger and replaced them with fake jewelry.
Continue Reading...A 78-year-old man was found in his Washington Township home after his niece went to his home to check on him. Robert Anderson reportedly died of natural causes in his home. His home had been damaged as a result of a fire that occurred after a light fixture malfunctioned and caught fire. The fire started and ended on its own, according to a Sergeant for the Michigan State police force.
Continue Reading...In Victoria, British Columbia, the Community Living B.C. company has reportedly closed 19 group homes across British Columbia but they are not providing information as to who operated the homes and where they were located. The company stated they were not providing such information due to contractual obligations for privacy to the group homes that were closed. The closures began in April and spanned all the way to September.
Continue Reading...Charleston, S.C. police arrived at the home of a 98-year-old woman who was believed to have been the victim of neglect from her daughter. According to the Associated Press, police found a parrot that Anne Copeland owned and they stated the bird kept repeating the word “help” followed by laughter. Police stated the laughter was most likely an imitation of the victim’s daughter’s laughter. Copeland’s daughter is currently charged with abuse and neglect against her mother and she is being held on $3,000 bond.
Continue Reading...In Salem, MA, a 30-year-old man accused of robbing and beating an elderly woman in front of her home has been indicted by a grand jury in Essex County, MA. Nicholas Christian has been charged with unarmed robbery of a victim over 60, assault and battery and receiving stolen property. The incident originally occurred last month on the 15th. 89-year-old Geneva Sozanski was walking near her home when she was attacked by Christian and severely beaten.
Continue Reading...Two salesmen selling water purification systems have been arrested and charged with exploitation of the elderly after selling systems to an 88-year-old woman for over $37,000. The equipment is actually valued at a much lower price. The sales occurred in isolated incidents, the first one occurring when a salesman kept returning to the woman’s house to sell her equipment that he said was necessary for treating her water system.
Continue Reading...According to NPR, an analysis of information from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that 14% of residents in nursing homes today range in age from 31-64. The NPR report outlines one specific case in which a 33-year-old woman is now a quadriplegic after suffering injuries resulting from a serious automobile accident. Today, the woman requires attendants in order to keep from being taken to a nursing home for the medical care that she now requires.
Continue Reading...According to a report from 3news.co.nz, a 76-year-old man was discovered by a police helicopter in a water-filled drain. Bryan Thomas Warrander was found through the use of infra-red cameras. The elderly man was reportedly missing since Wednesday. Warrander had suffered from hypothermia as a result of being in the drain for so long.
Continue Reading...A scam targeting elderly diabetes sufferers has been discovered and is currently under investigation by police in Tazewell, VA. In an incident that occurred on Tuesday the 7th, an elderly woman received a phone call from somebody who claimed to be part of a company that provides glucose testing meters. The man told her his company would provide one for her and asked her for her birth date, Social Security number and Medicare number.
Continue Reading...A nursing home facility located in Clawson, Mich is being investigated for a recent outbreak of an illness in their facility. An outbreak of an gastrointestinal virus was reported at Cambridge North Health and Rehabilitation Center after several of the residents had symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
Continue Reading...In Willmar, MN a nursing home is being blamed for the death of a resident who chocked on raw cucumbers that should not have been served for her according to reports by state officials.
Pennsylvania’s news website reported a former nurse who is facing a trial on charges of elder abuse. The former nurse was responsible for treating a resident that was suffering from pneumonia and dementia. The charges allege that the nurse disconnected an 81-year-old woman’s ventilator in a nursing home facility and watched her turn blue.
Continue Reading...In Springfield, Missouri, a group home that has been open since 2008 is now facing accusations that they are in violation of the zoning laws in Missouri. The home was set up to assist drug and alcohol addicts in recovery. The facility is reportedly operating without a zoning permit. An assistant prosecutor in Missouri reportedly filed a misdemeanor complaint against the facility.
Continue Reading...The Lehigh Acres Citizen reports that an investigation in Cape Coral, Florida has been launched as a result of alleged elder abuse. On November 16th, Cape Coral police were contacted after two people reported that they received information that their relatives were being abused in the facility.
Continue Reading...According to a report from KTVZ.com in Oregon, the state of Oregon has had a growing concern over the number of elder abuse cases they have seen. Statistics in the report show that 3 to 5 million people age 65+ have experienced some form of elder abuse but only one in every five cases is reported to authorities.
Continue Reading...The family of a 92-year-old man that died while staying at a Hopkins County, Kentucky nursing home has been awarded $42.75 million in damages. According to a report from Kentucky.com, the man’s family filed a lawsuit claiming the nursing home’s negligence directly led to the man’s death.
Continue Reading...News channel 9 in Calhoun, GA has reported that a 20-year-old woman working at a nursing home has been charged with battery after reportedly playing a prank on a resident at the nursing home. According to the report, Christy Myranda Hardin-Simerly placed an 83-year-old resident of the nursing home into a wheelchair and began spinning her around several times.
Continue Reading...The Sun in California reports that a Riverside, CA man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for felony charges of grand theft, elder abuse and filing false documents after the man allegedly conducted a Ponzi scheme. 39-year-old Ronald Paul Shade pled guilty to 29 felony counts of the aforementioned charges and had to pay $3.5M in compensation to the victims of the Ponzi scheme.
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