4 NKY hospital workers convicted for abusing a patient Share Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 27, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 27, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Four employees of Saint Elizabeth s Hospital in Edgewood were charged and sentenced for abusing an elderly patient.Ellyssa Klein, 28, and Sandra Nobbe, 31, Gary Ray, 74, and Ashley Flower, 33, were all arrested after an investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control.The investigation found the defendants helped each other improperly restrain an elderly patient in the Behavioral Health Unit in July 2015.At the time, Klein and Nobbe were both certified nursing assistants with the hospital s Behavioral Health Unit. Ray and Flower were registered nurses at the hospital.The attorney general s office said the
Four former St. Elizabeth Edgewood Hospital staffers have been convicted in Kenton County Circuit Court of reckless abuse or neglect of an elderly man.
4 hospital workers sentenced to 1 year in prison for abusing elderly patient
AG: Nurses restrained patient for 15 hours using heavy bags
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Matthew Wood
and last updated 2021-05-27 13:45:50-04
EDGEWOOD, Ky. â Four former health care workers were sentenced to a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to restraining a senior in their care for 15 hours by placing heavy bags on them, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Thursday.
The case involved two certified nursing assistants, 28-year-old Ellyssa Klein and 31-year-old Sandra Nobbe, and two registered nurses, 74-year-old Gary Ray and 33-year-old Ashley Flower. All of them worked in the Behavioral Health Unit at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.