NY nursing home workers face charges stemming from resident death

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NY nursing home workers face charges stemming from resident death

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine employees of a troubled New York nursing home, including the top administrator, were indicted on Thursday on charges stemming from the death of a resident whose distress alarms went unheeded for hours. The company running the Medford Multicare Center for Living was indicted as well for an alleged attempt to cover up the circumstances surrounding the October 2012 death, according to a statement by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was staying at the facility in Medford, about 40 miles (64 km) east of New York City on suburban Long Island, for what was meant to be temporary rehabilitation. A respiratory therapist who failed to connect the woman to a ventilator at night was charged with criminally negligent homicide, the Attorney General's statement said.

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