Nursing Home Incident

A 90 year old hospice resident at the Spring Hills nursing home fell out of his bed at around 3:30 in the morning and police say it was nearly two hours before a staff member at the facility found him.

When we [Fox] visited the nursing home to find out why the man wasn't discovered right away, the facility's executive director, Charlie Goucher, met us at the door but she only said the resident is fine before telling us to leave.

Later a spokesperson for the nursing home said the facility's policy is to check on residents every two hours but Jill Frederiksen said a staff member found the 90 year old within an hour and a half.

This latest incident isn't the first time the first time the nursing home has been investigated for neglect. Three years ago an 89 year old woman had to call 911 when she fell out of bed and couldn't get anyone to help.

The nursing home was named The Gables back in 2005 when Lake Mary Police responded to help the woman but couldn't get anyone to let them in and then found two workers asleep. A lengthy investigation that followed resulted in the arrest of two workers for neglect. The owners were also told to make changes or shut down.

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