Friday, January 22, 2010

Nursing Home Worker Charged With Financial Exploitation

Meredith A. Sharp, 37, a former employee of the Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra, was charged Tuesday with financial exploitation of an elderly person in a case that officials said cost a resident more than $16,000. Sharp had been jailed in lieu of $75,000 bond.

She resigned from the nursing home in December. Staff contacted authorities on Dec. 17, after the resident received a credit card bill with unexplained purchases that included furniture and a TV.

Full Article and Source:
Nursing Home Worker is Charged

3 comments:

StandUp said...

Forcing nursing facilities to do background checks might help avoid hiring predators.

Anonymous said...

Where the hell is our government?
Too busy making money from lobbyists?

Mike said...

Jail time please!