Posted On: November 10, 2008 by David W. Terry

Wisconsin Nursing Home Worker Charged with Abuse

Eric Larrabee, a former nursing home worker at Skaalen Sunset Home in Stoughton, Wisconsin, was charged with patient abuse on November 10, 2008. Larrabee is accused of slapping an 85 year old hospice patient only ten days before she died on February 20, 2008 at Skaalen Sunset Home. Allegedly, another worker at the facility heard Larrabee yell at the woman to be quiet before seeing him slap her with his open hand. Larrabee admitted that he struck the resident due to frustration but maintains that he only tapped her face.

Larrabee is due in court on November 24, 2008.