Five employees at an Ukiah, California nursing home have been charged with misdemeanor elderly abuse and failure to report elderly abuse after three employees lathered patients with oil. Seven residents that suffer from dementia were covered with ointment to make them slippery as a prank for the nurses that came on for the next shift shift.

Two employees, 52 and 34 years-old, have been sentenced to 20 days in jail and 2 years probation for orchestrating the prank. Another employee must serve 150 hours of community service for misdemeanor elderly abuse, and two other workers were sentenced to 100 hours of community service for not reporting the incident. All of those involved have had their nursing assistant licenses revoked. None of the patients were harmed by the prank.

If you or someone you love had been a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact the Louisville nursing home malpractice lawyers of Sampson Law Firm by calling 502-584-5050.

The Villaspring Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Erlanger is under fire as the United States files a lawsuit against the nursing home, claiming that it billed Medicare and Medicaid $16 million  for “worthless” services. The lawsuit states the nursing home attempted to defraud the United States by forcing the government to pay for services it provided in an abusive and deficient manner.

The US states Villaspring failed to provide adequate care which led to death for some patients. This is not the first complaint the rehabilitation center has received. A complaint was filed in 2007 by the Kent County Attorney General and court papers claim that from 2004 to 2008, the Villaspring Health Care and Rehabilitation Center’s neglect of physician’s orders, patient injuries, and patient’s health requirements caused numerous injuries and, in five cases, death.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, please contact the Louisville nursing home malpractice lawyers of Sampson Law Firm at 502-584-5050.