Claims of abuse at local nursing home
Updated: Tuesday, April 15 2014, 08:53 PM CDT
Parklane West Healthcare Center on the Northeast Side is being sued by three San Antonio families. The attorney representing the families, Marynell Maloney, held a news conference Tuesday. Maloney claims her clients have been repeatedly abused and neglected over several years.
The family of one man, a colonel who has since passed away, claims he had fallen one day but didn't receive treatment for his pain until 14 hours later.
"If we're lying in bed for prolonged periods of time, if we're not having care given, if we're incontinent, we're going to be susceptible to skin breakdown, horrific bed sores, basically," explained Maloney. "And that's what was happening here as well."
Brookdale Senior Living, which owns the nursing home, said they cannot comment on the allegations. They did say they "take seriously their mission of enriching the lives of those they serve with compassion, respect, excellence and integrity."
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