Tennessee Nursing Home Admissions Reinstated
We discussed abuse at Etowah Health Care Center in our previous blog.
Joyce Stanley, a certified nursing assistant at Etowah Health Care Center in Etowah, Tennessee, was arrested November 5, 2008 and is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond. She faces charges of willful and physical abuse after hitting a seventy-four year old blind woman with a clipboard and an incontinence pad. Reportedly, Ms. Stanley also slapped the victim and pull her hair. Fortunately, the nursing home resident was not seriously injured. The victim and four workers at the nursing home reported Stanley.
The abuse resulted in the State of Tennessee suspending new admissions 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.
The State of Tennessee reinstated new admissions on December 3, 2008.
