Certified Nurse Assistant, Fiona Jennings, was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a nursing home resident at Schuyler Ridge Residential Healthcare. The resident was a 74 year old woman prone to falls due to her recent knee fracture. Jennings failed to properly care for the resident resulting in bruising and swelling to her […]
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Nursing Aide Prosecuted for Brutal Assault against Resident of Nursing Home
The elderly victim of the assault was a resident of the West Lawrence Care Center in Rockaway, New York who suffered from osteoporosis, arthritis, and bone marrow disease. Due to her ailments, the victim was bedridden at the time of the assault. As such, she was unable to take care of herself on her own […]
Nursing Home Nurse Arrested for Stealing Narcotics from Facility’s Pain Medication Supply
A supervising nurse at the Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center has been arrested for stealing narcotics from the emergency supply cabinet at the nursing home. Terri Stephens-Traverse was the supervising nurse at the Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center in early 2013 when she began stealing oxycodone pills. The nursing home is located in Orange County in the […]
Utica Nursing Home Nurse’s Aide Charged with Sexual Abuse of Elderly Resident
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced that John Tamba, a 48 year old CNA from Utica, NY was indicted in October on nine counts of abusing a female patient. Tamba worked at the Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Utica, located at 1445 Kemble St, Utica, NY, and is being held […]
Nurse Accused of Switching Oxycodone For Allergy Pills in Ulster Care Home
In September the Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that Amy DeAngelis-Martin a licensed practical nurse was arrested on charges including Endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent or Physically Disabled Person in the First Degree. DeAngelis-Martin was employed as a nurse at the Northeast Center for Special Care in the Town of Ulster, New York. […]
Two Certified Nurse’s Aides at the Terrace View Long Term Care Facility in Buffalo Charged with Abuse and Neglect
In September the NYS Attorney General’s office announced that two certified nurse’s aides at the Erie County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility in Buffalo, which has recently changed its name to the Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, have been charged with neglecting an elderly resident of the facility. Donna Laury and Nakeia Green were […]
Discussing the Legality of Nursing Home Surveillance
It is difficult to ignore the continuous flow of headlines regarding nursing home abuse. It has become a prevalent issue across the U.S. However, imagine the number of cases that go unreported. Many times incidents of abuse and neglect are brought to light because of video surveillance. We have seen an increase in the number […]
Attorney General Reaches $2.2M Settlement with New Rochelle Nursing Home after Fraudulent Billing
Eric T. Schneiderman, New York State Attorney General, reached a settlement in August with Glen Island Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a Westchester County nursing home, after allegations arose that the facility defrauded Medicaid. The fraudulent billing stemmed from services that in some cases were actually performed by the nursing home, but at inflated prices. […]
Rochester Certified Nursing Assistant Arrested for Hitting Elderly Dementia Patient
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at a Rochester, NY nursing home was arrested last month on charges that he slapped a ninety year old woman in the face. The woman, a resident of the facility at which the CNA works, also suffers from dementia. The CNA, Adrian King, is charged with Endangering the Welfare of […]
NYS Officials Warn the Elderly to Beware of Phone Scams that Spike During the Summer Months
According to the National Council on Aging, phone scams targeting elderly victims have become so prevalent that they are now considered the “crime of the 21st Century.” The scams are often difficult to trace and are considered a “low risk” crime by fraudsters. Beth Finkel, Director of the AARP in New York, remarked, “It’s estimated […]
Two Westchester Nursing Home Employees Arrested for Allegedly Neglecting Dementia Patient
Two employees of the New York State Veterans Home at Montrose, a 252-bed facility located in Westchester County, were arrested in June 2014 for allegedly neglecting an elderly dementia patient under their care. The employees apparently tried to cover up their neglect by falsifying the patient’s medical records. Licensed practical nurse (LPN) Joyce Opoku, 41, […]
Nursing Aide Faces Four Years in Prison for Allegedly Slapping Elderly Dementia Patient in the Face
Rose Marie Hall, a 53-year-old certified nursing aide (CNA) at the North Shore University Hospital Stern Family Center in Manhasset, New York, was arrested in June 2014 for allegedly slapping a 78-year-old resident in the face. The resident suffers from dementia, stroke-related complications, diabetes, and behavioral issues. She is totally dependent upon staff members for […]
Hidden Camera Investigation Leads to 17 Arrests of Nursing Home Employees Charged with Neglecting Patient
Seventeen employees of the Highpointe on Michigan Health Care Facility in Buffalo, New York were arrested and charged in April 2014 with neglecting a 56-year-old resident under their care. The male patient suffers from Huntington chorea, a neurological disease that makes him bedridden and totally dependent on staff members for his care. The eight nurses […]
Two Wrongfully Convicted Men Awarded $18 Million Each by Jury
Two men who were exonerated of raping and murdering a 16-year-old Nassau County girl in 1984 were awarded $18 million each by a federal jury in April 2014. After a four-week trial in the U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York, jurors determined that John Restivo and Dennis Halstead, who each served 18 years in prison […]
Aide Faces Possible Prison Time after Being Charged with Injuring Quadriplegic Nursing Home Resident
Jolly Stewart, 55, a former certified nurse’s aide at the now-closed John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Suffolk County, New York, was arrested and charged in April 2014 for injuring a 57-year-old quadriplegic patient under her care. Appearing before a judge in Suffolk County District Court, Stewart, a Middle Island resident, was charged with […]
Potsdam Home Health Care Provider Agrees to Repay $455,000 in Medicaid Overpayments
The Health Services of Northern New York, Inc., a home health care provider based in Potsdam, New York, agreed in December 2013 to pay back $455,000 in overpayments it received from the Medicaid program from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2012, a period of seven years. In a settlement reached with the New York […]
Former Nursing Home Employee Admits He Withheld Medication from Blind Alzheimer’s Patient
David Kaproth, 47, of Poughkeepsie, New York, admitted before a judge in April 2014 that he knowingly withheld medication from a 73-year-old blind patient suffering from Alzheimer’s while employed as a licensed practical nurse at he Wingate Dutchess nursing facility in Fishkill, New York. Appearing before Fishkill Town Court Justice Robert Rahemba, Klaproth, who was […]
Deceased Nursing Home Owner’s Estate Pays NY State Over $2M in Medicaid Fraud Case
The estate of Helen Sieger, the former deceased owner of the 400-bed Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center in the Bronx, New York reached a $2.5 million settlement in June 2013 with the Attorney General’s office for defrauding Medicaid. According to the settlement, $1.2 million will go towards reimbursing Medicaid, and $1.3 million will go […]
Investigators: Rochester Home Health Agency Fraudulently Billed Medicaid for $2.5 Million
The New York State Attorney General’s office and Home Health Care of Rochester (HCR), which employs 600 people, reached a $2.5 million settlement in January 2014 after investigators from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) discovered that the healthcare agency fraudulently billed Medicaid over a period of four years. As part of the settlement, HCR […]
Attorney General: Rome Nursing Home Discriminated Against African-American Employees to Accommodate Racist Patient
The New York State Attorney General’s office reached a settlement in March 2014 with the Betsy Ross Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rome, New York after an investigation revealed that the facility discriminated against numerous African-American employees in order to accommodate the requests of a racist patient. According to the Attorney General’s office, a resident […]
Attorney General: NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy Has Conviction Rate of Three Percent
According to a November 2013 report released by the New York State Attorney General’s office, only three percent of people arrested as a result of stop and frisk pled guilty or were convicted of a crime. The study, titled “A Report on Arrests Arising from the New York City Police Department’s Stop-and-Frisk Policies,” analyzed stop […]
AG: Hidden Camera Investigation Led to the Arrest of 10 Nursing Home Employees Charged with Neglecting Double-Amputee
Ten employees of the Blossom North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rochester, New York were arrested in March 2014 for allegedly failing to provide adequate care to an elderly resident who was a double-amputee. According to the New York Attorney General’s office, six nurses and four nursing assistants faced a variety of charges, including Falsifying […]
Nursing Aide Arrested for Incident that Resulted in Untreated Broken Leg of 95-Year-Old Patient
Aaliyah Weathers, 19, a certified nurse’s aide at the Heritage Health Care Center, an upstate New York nursing home, was arrested in March 2014 for an incident that resulted in the broken leg of a 95-year-old patient under her care. Weathers failed to report the incident, and the elderly resident suffered from an untreated broken […]
Former Manager of Home for the Disabled Pleads Guilty to Stealing over $1K from Residents
Samantha Cross, 31, a former assistant manager at Schoharie ARC, a New York home for the disabled, admitted in March 2014 to stealing $1,503 from the residents’ personal allowance funds. Cross, who appeared before Schoharie Town Court Justice Kenneth Knutsen, pled guilty to one count of falsifying business records, a misdemeanor. In addition, Cross admitted […]
Registered Nurse Charged with Stealing Morphine Intended for Patients
Katherine Falzetta, 23, a Registered Nurse at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Clinton, New York, was arrested in May 2013 for stealing morphine from patients not under her care. Falzetta appeared in Plattsburgh City Court before Judge Mark Rogers and was released on her own recognizance. She was charged with first-degree falsifying business records, […]