The estate of Ruth Forsythe has accused a Clinton Township nursing home of abusing her, resulting in a long gash in her leg, and makes other allegations against it according to a Macomb County lawsuit.
The estate represented by her daughter, Pauline Holeton, says in the lawsuit employees at Lake Pointe Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center dropped Forsythe in May 2006 while moving her, causing nose and eye injuries.
In March 2007, while moving her, workers caused a small tear in her leg that four days later they somehow ripped open into a 13-centimeter long and deep tear that required hospitalization, claims the lawsuit.
The estate's attorney, Mark Wilk: "The leg gouge looks like it blew up; you can't tell me that didn't hurt. It looks like a shrapnel wound."
Forsythe died at 87 in April 2007 in William Beaumont Hospital. Holeton and her husband, John, had removed her from Lake Pointe and placed her in an Oakland County nursing home about one month before her death.
They said Forsythe died "a tortuous death," contrary to the peaceful demise she had set out in a planned method of death. They said she "choked to death."
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The estate represented by her daughter, Pauline Holeton, says in the lawsuit employees at Lake Pointe Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center dropped Forsythe in May 2006 while moving her, causing nose and eye injuries.
In March 2007, while moving her, workers caused a small tear in her leg that four days later they somehow ripped open into a 13-centimeter long and deep tear that required hospitalization, claims the lawsuit.
The estate's attorney, Mark Wilk: "The leg gouge looks like it blew up; you can't tell me that didn't hurt. It looks like a shrapnel wound."
Forsythe died at 87 in April 2007 in William Beaumont Hospital. Holeton and her husband, John, had removed her from Lake Pointe and placed her in an Oakland County nursing home about one month before her death.
They said Forsythe died "a tortuous death," contrary to the peaceful demise she had set out in a planned method of death. They said she "choked to death."
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Nursing home accused of abuse
This case illustrates two related causes - nursing home abuse and guardianship abuse.
ReplyDeleteNote that when Mrs. Forsythe was injured, the nursing home didn't call her daughter; they called the guardian - a virtual stranger to Mrs. Forsythe.
Indeed Mrs. Forsythe died a torturous death - and her family was tortured as well.
It's also interesting that the guardian held all the power while Mrs. Forsythe was alive, but after the death of Mrs. Forsythe, the daughter now has a rightful position in regard to her Mother's estate.
ReplyDeleteIt's out of whack.
The daughter was shut out of her Mother's life while her Mother was alive, but after Mother died and was no longer of cash value to the guardianship, the daugher finally gets to advocate for her Mother. Too late.
It's a terrible, terrible system.