Monday, September 12, 2011
In the case against three former Quadrangle care workers who are charged with allegedly abusing a 78-year-old dementia patient, the nursing home’s lawyer told the judge his order to release information was too broad.
After a heated debate over what documents Quadrangle Retirement/Nursing Home Facility was willing to release to the defense lawyers of three former care workers, Judge Kevin F. Kelly ordered that the trial date for the case of alleged abuse be Monday, Nov. 14. Robert Wright, the attorney representing Quadrangle and its executive director Denise Miller, told Kelly Monday morning that his original order to release Quadrangle’s documents regarding Lois McCallister was too broad and that it included information of other patients. McCallister, a 78-year-old woman who suffers from severe dementia, was allegedly assaulted by Ayesha Muhammad, Tyrina Griffin and Samirah Traynham. The three have been charged with simple assault, criminal conspiracy…
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Department of Public Welfare has confirmed that Quadrangle’s license has been renewed for the next six months.
Nearly a month after the commonwealth’s Department of Public Welfare (DPW) revoked Quadrangle Retirement/Nursing Home Facility’s operating license due to what the DPW at the time called “gross incompetence, negligence and misconduct on the part of officials at Quadrangle” in regards to three former employees who allegedly abused a 78-year-old dementia patient, the Haverford facility has its license restored, according to the parent company’s press release. “Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. … (Thursday) announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), under which Sunrise's license to operate the personal care home that is part of its Quadrangle Continuing Care Retirement Community in …
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Ayesha Muhammad, one of three co-defendants, failed to secure counsel for the hearing, forcing a continuance.
Thursday's hearing for the three women accused of repeatedly assaulting 78-year-old Lois McCallister was postponed to June 16, due to one of the co-defendants failure to secure counsel. In a room filled with friends and family of the victim, as well as a sizable contingent in support of the defendants, Judge Elisa Lacianca asked Ayesha Muhammad to approach the bench, in an effort to discern why the defendant arrived without an attorney. "I can't believe you would come in today without having someone beside you," said Lacianca. Muhammad, who does not qualify for a public defender, explained that she did not know how to hire a lawyer. "When you were arraigned, you received all the information you needed. When someone posts bail for you, it…
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Jim
5:58 pm on Saturday, July 30, 2011
Everyone has to be hands on everyday if you have a love one at a care facility. The people that run them will charge you the maximum amount of money and give you the worst care,I know my brother is a ceo of a high end retirement community.When the family does the walk thru it all looks great but as soon as you leave the games begin.I would not let anyone from these neighborhoods watch a love one … more ›