Sexual Abuse Covered Up at South Dakota Nursing Home? The Investigation Continues - UPDATE
We discussed Castle Manor Nursing Home in previous blogs. Castle Manor is facing allegations of sexual abuse after a contracted male CNA allegedly improperly touched an elderly resident.
A Family Council meeting was held on April 23, 2009 and both the Director of Longterm Care, Teresa Miller, and Fall River Health Services Administrator, John Miller, say that the reports they are receiving from staff members are "far different than those being told to family members". Rich Nelson, the Chairman for Fall River Health Services, said, "We have tried to find out what is happening through DCI (Division of Criminal Investigation) and the State's Attorney's office. We are still waiting for any report, because we are taking all the heat, for an investigation we aren't doing." Nelson questioned the families in attendance at the meeting about what they knew about the investigation because "there are many things that you have heard that we haven't."
One resident's family member, JoAnne Pflaeging, thought that the meeting sounded "like it was kind of a fishing tool; 'Tell us what you know'".
Wes Bledsoe, spokesman for A Perfect Cause, alleges that the incident of January 14 "was not the first time management was notified" concerning the allegations of abuse and said that he had received more calls from staff and former employees involving additional abuse charges, as well as allegations of neglect and billing issues.
The Terry Law Firm is experienced in handling cases of nursing home sexual abuse. Please contact us at 1 (888) 317-2525 with any questions or concerns or visit us at www.nursinghomejustice.com.
