Nine employees of the Medford Multicare Center for Living in Medford, New York were arrested in February 2014 for neglecting patients or trying to conceal the neglect from investigators. Seven of the arrests were linked to the death of a 72-year-old woman at the facility in 2012. In a separate civil suit filed in February […]
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Former Health Aide at Long Island Retirement Facility Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Steal $10K from Elderly Patient
Stephanie Benodin, 26, pleaded guilty to Attempted Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree in February 2014 before Susan T. Kluewer in Nassau District Court. Benodin, a Queens resident, worked as a personal care assistant at The Tuttle Center, a long-term care retirement community that is part of The Amsterdam at Harborside in Port Washington, New […]
Long Island Nursing Home Aides Charged with Photographing and Videotaping Eleven Residents at Three Facilities
Two certified nurse aides (CNAs) were arrested and charged in May 2013 for taking pictures and videos of eleven nursing home residents at three separate nursing homes. David Rover, 25, and Thomas Mocera, 23, are both charged with Unlawful Surveillance and face up to four years in prison if convicted. The two CNAs took photographs […]
Bronx Nurse’s Aide Allegedly Caught Abusing Alzheimer’s Patient on Hidden Camera
A nurse’s aide at the Gold Crest Care Center in the Bronx was arrested in February 2013 after a hidden camera allegedly caught her abusing an Alzheimer’s patient. Sandra Kerr, 55, was charged with Willful Violation of the Public Health Law and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person. She faces up […]
Former Nurse Aide of Rochester Nursing Home Accused of Posting Video of Patient Being Abused on Facebook
A former nurse aid at the St. Anne’s Home in Rochester, New York was arrested and charged in July 2013 for allegedly posting a video on Facebook of a resident being harassed. If convicted, the former aide, Ericha Brown, 23, faces up to one year in prison. According to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Brown […]
Westchester Aide Faces 15 Years in Prison for Death of 86-Year-Old Disabled Nursing Home Patient
Fifty-four year old Maureen Flowers, a certified nurse aide at the Tarrytown Hall Care Center in Westchester, was arrested in July 2013 for allegedly causing the 2012 death of an 86-year-old disabled patient under her care. Flowers, charged with Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide, faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. On February […]
Three Local Nursing Homes Must Pay for Medicaid Over-Billing
The Medicaid Inspector General has ordered that three New York area nursing homes must repay the government agency for miscalculated payments made to the respective facilities, reports the New York Daily News. Eastchester Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center and Morris Park Nursing Home (both located in the Bronx), and Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation […]
Former LPN Indicted after Allegedly Assaulting Nursing Home Resident
A former LPN at Split Rock Nursing Home in the Bronx was indicted last week on charges of abuse at the nursing home. A video of the incident, which occurred in February 2012, allegedly shows the nurse, Lennox Seymour, pushing and punching a disabled resident of the Bronx nursing home. The video, which has not […]
Charges in Westchester Nursing Home Case Upgraded to Manslaughter
In March, we wrote about the arrest of two Certified Nurse Aides from Tarrytown Hall Center after an incident in February 2012. Going against protocol, one of the aides, Maureen Flowers, attempted to lift the elderly resident from her wheelchair without the assistance of another staff member. Flowers dropped the resident, resulting in a fractured […]
Long Island Nursing Home Workers Charged with Assault in Beating of Elderly Resident
A nurse and a personal care aide at Woodhaven Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island have been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of an elderly person. The charges stem from an investigation into the beating of an elderly resident of the home. The two women allegedly held the defenseless man down and beat […]
Estate of Former Nursing Home Owner to Repay $2.5 Million to Medicaid
The estate of a deceased Bronx nursing home owner has agreed to return over $2.5 Million to Medicaid in a deal reached within the past few weeks. The deceased, Helen Sieger, is the former owner of Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center, located in the Bronx. She was indicted in 2009 on counts of criminal […]
Bronx Motor Vehicle Inspectors Arrested for Fake Inspections
Last week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released a statement detailing the arrests of eight motor vehicle inspectors, who are charged with falsifying inspection certificates. Combined, the eight inspectors certified more than thirteen thousand uninspected vehicles, often charging exorbitant amounts of money to push the certifications through. The defendants allegedly used knowledge of the […]
Nursing Home Aide Arrested for Secretly Photographing Resident
In a press release dated March 8 of this year, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest of a Certified Nurse’s Aide from the Woodhaven Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island. The Suffolk County nursing home staffer was accused of taking a picture of the resident’s genitals without the resident’s permission. Having taken […]
Aides at Tarrytown Hall Care Center Arrested: Charged With Endangering the Welfare of a Vulnerable Elderly Person
In an October 24, 2012 press release, New York State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, announced the arrests of two Certified Nurse Aides (“C.N.A.) at Tarrytown Hall Care Center. The aides, Maureen Flowers and Donna Pagan, allegedly caused the death of an elderly resident by failing to provide an appropriate transfer and covering up the crime. […]