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Report Letter to Police November 16, 2010 Detective Bradley W. Mandrusiak, Edmonton Police Service, 9620 – 103A Ave. NW Edmonton, Alberta T5H 0-H7 Re: —, 76 years of age, deceased, April 22, 1989 We allege that on the afternoon of April 22, 1989, a person or persons filled the Alzheimer unit, Jubilee […]
Scalding incident imprisonment sets precedent
A man is sentenced to four years for scalding an infant, setting a precedent for scaldings in seniors’ care homes.
Deadly Scalding in Long Term Care Centre
It’s not easy to imagine Dianne Poff’s life. But the Saskatchewan woman’s death was especially unimaginable. In 1955, when she was nine months old, Ms. Poff contracted meningitis. She was never able to speak or move her limbs…
DEADLY SCALDING SWIFT CURRENT CARE CENTRE
It’s not easy to imagine Dianne Poff’s life. But the Saskatchewan woman’s death was especially unimaginable. In 1955, when she was nine months old, Ms. Poff contracted meningitis. She was never able to speak or move her limbs well enough to get around on her own. But she survived, with the help of a loving […]
WOMAN SENTENCED FOR SCALDING NURSING HOME PATIENTS
Tulsa, Oklohoma A former Tulsa nursing home aide was sentenced Monday to sixyears in prison on two counts of caretaker neglect for the showerscaldings of two disabled residents.Drew, now 41, worked as a nurse’s aide at the Green Park Nursing& Rehab Center, 3910 Park Road.She pleaded guilty in July to the two felony counts.Prosecutors asserted […]
FIFTH DAY – FATALITY INQUIRY – FATAL SCALDING JENNIE NELSON
The final day of a fatality inquiry into the scalding bathtub death of a 90-year-old city woman in an extended care home heard recommendations for changes Afatality inquiry was told,Alberta needs strict new rules governing nursing homes to prevent another scalding death like theone that killed 90-year-old Jennie Nelson last year. Lawyers for both the […]
FOURTH DAY – FATALITY INQUIRY – FATAL SCALDING JENNIE NELSON
A seniors advocate following the fatality inquiry into the scalding death of a frail 90-year-old Edmonton woman says it’s outrageous nursing home attendants need be trained in compassion. “All this money spent (on a fatality inquiry) discussing something that should simply be understood: ethical, compassionate care,” said Ruth Adria, a spokesman for Elder Advocates of […]
THIRD DAY – FATALITY INQUIRY – FATAL SCALDING JENNIE NELSON
MICHAEL SOUSA, GENERAL MAINTENANCE MAN took the stand at the Inquiry on Wednesday, November 30/05.He did not know at what temperature the water supplying the bath tubs was set. The tub, which had been used on theday of the incident came equipped with a manual, advising users to check the temperature gauge monthly. Howeverthe monthly […]
FATALITY INQUIRY – DAY II – NOVEMBER 29/05 EDMONTON COURT HOUSE – JENNIE NELSON SCALDING
Ninety year old Jennie Nelson died at the University Hospital from burns suffered at the Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home while being bathed,2nd degree burns from her waist to her feet.Skin was peeling from her knees to her feet and blood was oozing from her tnails. It was most troubling to hear. A caregiver (personal care […]