A local New York paper just reported a certified nursing assistant (CNA) is facing criminal charges for “hitting, grabbing and punching the visually and dementia-impaired woman … leaving her with a broken collarbone and facial bruising.” The other nursing home staff noticed the injuries the next morning and immediately notified the administrator. The [...]
The Associated Press is reporting the family of a 69 year-old nursing home resident filed a lawsuit against a nursing home for failing to protect her from a 21 year-old mentally ill (bi-polar) resident. The lawsuit alleges the 21 year-old displayed aggressive sexual frustration and was a convicted felon. The sexual frustration “diagnosis” appeared in [...]
There is not much published data or articles on abuse and neglect in nursing homes beyond the headlines you see when such a case is brough out into the open. The one study I could find (from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging) showed a total incident rate of about 61 cases per every 1,000 residents. [...]