A homecare worker was caught on surveillance punching an elderly dementia patient at least 11 times while changing his diaper. The Ottawa Citizen reports that although staff members at the Garry J. Armstrong long-term care home in Ottawa were aware that the patient’s family installed a high-definition camera in his room, it didn’t stop one of …
She was secretly making plans to put the elderly man in a nursing home
A Colorado court has convicted Jason Vanbommel, 34, of beating his grandfather to death, during a dispute about what to eat for dinner, and a judge has sentenced him to 72 years in prison, according to KDVR. Vanbommel mercilessly attacked his grandfather, Frans Vanbommel, 84, on December 29, 2015. Court documents state that the attack …
Thieves reportedly ransacked a California woman’s home as she attended the funeral for her husband of 66 years, according to CBS Los Angeles. Beverly Singer, 87, returned from the funeral home to find personal possessions, family heirlooms and jewels had all been stolen from the house she shared with Melvin Singer, her late husband. She believes …
Police have arrested a Florida man and accused him of stealing more than $100,000 from his own father. The elder reportedly suffers from early-stage dementia, according to WTSP. Vincent Caliendo, 39, received power of attorney over his father, Bernard Caliendo, in October 2015. It wasn’t long before he reportedly siphoned more than $100,000 from his father’s savings …
A 45-year-old disabled man is in intensive care after Georgia officers found him trapped in a bed and living in deplorable conditions, according to The Daily Citizen. Lisa Alexander, 46, was arrested and charged with neglect of a disabled adult. Her relationship to the injured man, whose name has not been released, is not known. …
A Louisiana nursing home employee was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing almost $400,000 from the home’s residents. Stephanie Sanders Hays, 49, of Minden, Louisiana, was accused of “executing several schemes” from September 2012 through February 2016 at the Leslie Lakes Retirement Center in Arcadia. Hays was a former Social Services Director at the retirement center. …
A Lizton, Indiana, man is accused of leaving his octogenarian mom to literally rot in a mattress full of urine and feces on the floor of his home. Responders arrived at the home early Monday and found Mark Kincaid’s elderly mother severely dehydrated, naked, and stuck to the mattress, according to the IndyStar. Court documents obtained …
An 88-year-old Walmart greeter is out of a job after a turkey reportedly wandered in and out of a Waukesha, Wisconsin, store. Bob Tallinger told WREG that he was fired for not removing the wild bird from the store. Tallinger, who worked as a greeter for eight years, was allegedly told he should have alerted a manager …
A Sumter, South Carolina, son and daughter are accused of neglecting their 66-year-old mother to the point she experienced dehydration, kidney failure, and liver failure. Michael Lamont, 44, and Teresa Michelle Choice, 36, were charged with neglecting a vulnerable adult on Friday. Doctors said the mother was unconscious and suffering from serious wounds related to lying in her …
A nursing home employee is under investigation after allegedly posting a photo of an elderly patient with what appears to be dried feces on her hand. According to KXAN, a man believed to work at an Austin, Texas, nursing home posted two photos to Snapchat of a sleeping female patient. The first showed the patient’s …
These caretakers charged with neglect and squandering a senior’s $$$
