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Attorney General Corbett Announces Arrest Of Three Women In Elder Abuse Case
Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Elder Abuse Unit have filed criminal charges against three Delaware County women accused of neglecting a personal home care patient and providing false information to investigators.
Corbett identified the three defendants as Donna Marie Cameron, 39, of 13 Roberta Dr., Aston; Caroline M. Tribbey, 57, of 131 East Roland Rd., Brookhaven; and Nancy J. Curtis, 51, of 1007 Milmont Ave., Swarthmore. Cameron was the director of nursing at St. James Place, a residential care home in Delaware County; Curtis was the administrator of St. James Place and Tribbey was a nursing unit manager.
Corbett said the investigation was placed before a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended that his office file criminal charges.
According to the criminal charges, Cameron failed to provide proper care to a 72-year old patient, Patricia Holdsworth. Holdsworth was transported by ambulance on Sept. 19, 2005, from St. James Place to Crozer Chester Medical Center after a staff member noticed a trail of blood coming from a wound on the upper right side of her head. When emergency room workers removed the bandage, they discovered more than 50 live maggots in the deep wound. They also noted that Holdsworth's clothing was extremely soiled, unkempt and that she had a strong body odor.Read more at attorneygeneral.gov.
There are definitions of nursing home abuse and neglect.
Abuse means causing intentional pain or harm. This includes physical, mental, verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse, corporal punishment, unreasonable seclusion, and intimidation.
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A term used to refer to the mental and physical deterioration of old age.
Patient Bill of Rights
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A list of principles to be followed to ensure that patients receiving health care services will be treated with dignity and will participate fully in decisions relevant to their health care
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A process used by care managers to gather information about an individual to determine his or her functional needs and/or eligibility for services. Information collected may include health status, financial status, ability to perform activities of daily living, mental status, etc.
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