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Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Health
- Miami Herald
Rehab employees broke 92-year-old dementia patient's bones, Colorado cops say
Two rehab center employees have been accused in the abuse that left a 92-year-old with broken bones, Colorado officials said. On May 9, deputies were called to the Sky Ridge Medical Center after it was determined that a 92-year-old woman with dementia had two separate broken bones in her leg, according to a June 11 Facebook post by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office. In an interview with the orthopedic trauma nursing manager of Sky Ridge Medical Center, officers learned the report completed by the Orchard Park Health Care Center was not consistent with the woman's injuries, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by ABC 7 Denver. Orchard Park Health Care did not immediately respond to a request for comment from McClatchy News on June 12. The original report said the woman was found 'sitting in her wheelchair, screaming for help in terrible pain' and 'that no one had seen her fall' or knew what happened, officers said. It was later determined that the woman's injuries could not have happened while she was in the wheelchair, as it was a 'clean break,' according to the arrest affidavit. After a four-week long investigation, Patience Jackson, a certified nursing assistant with Orchard Park Health Care, was arrested on charges of criminal negligence, crimes against an at-risk person and complicity, officers said. An active arrest warrant was issued for Zainab Namale, a licensed practical nurse with Orchard Park Health Care, officers said. Jackson was booked into the Arapahoe County Detention Facility, officers said. Arapahoe County is about a 50-mile drive southeast from Denver.
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Colorado nursing home employee arrested, accused of elder abuse
A Colorado woman has been arrested, accused of abuse of an at-risk adult at the Orchard Park Health Care Center in Centennial. Patience Jackson was arrested at her home on June 11, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office. Patience Jackson was arrested at her home on June 11. Arapahoe County Jackson, 33, a certified nursing assistant, is facing charges of felony criminal negligence, felony crimes against an at-risk person and felony complicity. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said the investigation began when an investigator was called to Sky Ridge Medical Center on elder abuse allegations involving a 92-year-old female victim who suffers from severe dementia on May 9. According to investigators, hospital employees noticed the victim had two separate broken bones in her lower leg, described as a tibia-fibula fracture, after being transported to the hospital via ambulance. The investigator said that hospital employees said the victim's injuries were not consistent with the injuries stated in the report by Orchard Park Health Care Center. Apparently, the report stated the victim was found sitting in her wheelchair, screaming for help in terrible pain, that no one had seen her fall, and they did not know what happened. Patience Jackson Arapahoe County After nearly four weeks of investigation, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said the investigator determined that two female employees, including Jackson, were likely untruthful about how the victim obtained her injuries and that the injuries likely occurred on May 8. An arrest warrant was obtained for both employees. Jackson was booked into the Arapahoe County Detention Facility and remained in custody on a $2,500 bond. There is currently an active arrest warrant for the other employee, identified by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office as Zainab Namale, a licensed practical nurse.
