Elder Abuse Often Undetected
By Kaci Christian
3/30/2009
A former nursing home employee in Washington County, Oklahoma is accused of abusing elderly patients and videotaping the abuse. 31-year-old Jason Lynn Pearl is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond. He faces two felony counts of caretaker abuse. Pearl was a certified nursing assistant at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville, given a meager one-start rating by Medicare and by the state of Oklahoma. The state Department of Human Services (DHS) and advocates for elder care reform agree: abuse like this happens too often. FOX 23’s Kaci Christian joins us now with more on a problem that often goes unreported.
“Experts say many of these crimes against the elderly in long-term residential care are never reported to law enforcement or to the state, and say it’s imperative for us to always be vigilant if we have a loved one in long-term care,” reports FOX 23’s Kaci Christian.
“Experts say many of these crimes against the elderly in long-term residential care are never reported to law enforcement or to the state, and say it’s imperative for us to always be vigilant if we have a loved one in long-term care,” reports FOX 23’s Kaci Christian.
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SOURCE: Fox23 OK. USA
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