Kentucky Nursing Home Administrator and Owner Plead "Not Guilty"
We discussed the tragic case of sexual abuse a Hazard, Kentucky nursing home resident endured in our previous blogs.
Eighty-eight year old Mae Campbell suffered sexual abuse at the hands of two male facility residents. Campbell suffers from Alzheimer's and was unable to tell her family what was happening to her. Neither facility staff who witnessed the occurrences nor facility administrative staff told the Campbell family about the sexual abuse. The sexual abuse incidents were uncovered through a deposition concerning a wrongful death case. It took attorney Jeff Morgan, who was involved in the wrongful death case, to notify the Campbell family. According to Morgan's investigation, after one of the incident's Mae Campbell complained of a sore throat and soreness and bruising of her inner thighs. She had also complained of men trying to hurt her. Morgan said that the complaints were not properly investigated by the nursing home.
The State of Kentucky cited the facility for failing to monitor the man involved in the May 18, 2009 incident, even though he had previously exposed himself to both Campbell and two other female residents.
Now, Sheila Noe, the Administrator of the facility, and Forcht Group of Kentucky, the parent company of Hazard Nursing home, have entered "not guilty" pleas in the case pending before the Perry District Court. Noe reportedly failed to report the suspected abuse to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as required by law. She could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of $250.
