INDIANAPOLIS: A skilled nursing home is to face a claim for damages from a resident and her family.
The resident was asleep in her bed when another resident, a 77-year-old man with a history of dementia and hallucinations, entered her room, sat on her bed and pummeled her face, neck and arms, according to police and medical records.
A nurse responding to her screams caught him with his fist drawn back. It took three nurses to pull him off.
The resident’s experience is not commonplace in long-term care, but some experts say the danger is increasing as a widening mix of frail elderly people and those with behavior problems land in skilled nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, group homes and supportive-housing situations…