Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog

Karen Perry and Shelly Keene, former employees of Kane Regional Center in Glen Hazel, a Pennsylvania nursing home, pleaded guilty to reduced charges for their roles in abusing a 94 year-old Thelma Bryant, an Alzheimer's resident at the facility, who has since died. Perry pleaded to a summary charge of harassment for yelling at the resident. Reportedly, Perry harassed Ms. Bryant by telling her that she had slept with her husband. Witnesses said that she hit Ms. Bryant in the forehead and threw an orange at her. Keene pleaded to one count of simple assault. Witnesses allege that Keene hit Ms. Bryand in the forehead. Both women received probation. As a condition of the probation, neither woman can seek a job working with the elderly. All charges were dropped against Shalaya Hatten due to lack of evidence. Hatten alleges she was on vacation at the time she was accused of abusing Ms. Bryant and has sued the county over the allegations.