Tennessee Nursing Home Admissions Suspended Due to Abuse
We discussed Etowah Health Care Center and the abuse suffered by a resident at the hands of a facility employee in our previous blog.
On Monday, November 24, 2008, admissions to Etowah Health Care Center were suspended and the facility was slapped with fines for violation of resident rights as a result of the abuse of an elderly blind woman. The state levied a $1,500 fine against the facility and the facility faces a $3,550 per day fine until the situation is remedied from the federal government.
Joyce Stanley, former facility employee, was charged with willful and physical abuse after she hit the elderly woman with a clipboard and an incontinence pad and pulled her hair and slapped her. Stanley was fired from the facility following the investigation.
Investigators were concerned that other nurses knew of the abuse but did not report it timely. A special monitor has been appointed to review facility operations.
