Posted On: May 18, 2010 by David W. Terry

Missouri Nursing Home Nurse Charged With Abusing Defenseless Resident

A Missouri nursing home nurse has been charged with abusing an elderly nursing home resident.

Kelley Smith, a nurse at Brookview Nursing Home in St. Louis, Missouri, reportedly became angry at a 72 year old defenseless resident in January 2010 and scratched him on his face multiple times. She has been charged with elder abuse in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor.