Home Health & Hospice Week
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Home Health Center Employees Nabbed For Battery & Assault
Published on Fri Feb 22, 2013
Four home care employees were arrested for felony battery and neglect, following an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Indiana Attorney General’s office, reports TheIndyChannel.com.
Tonya Sanders, Blaine Ballard, Casey Hill and Wendy Sutherlin allegedly neglected and battered an adult patient of the Providence Home Health Care Center, where the four individuals worked.
Also, two other Providence employees -- Katrina Patterson and Sheryl Rockett — were charged with misdemeanor failure to report abuse of an endangered adult, TheIndyChannel.com says.
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