Nurse aide who reportedly sexually abused three nursing home residents never faced criminal charges
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A nurse aide who was found by a state board to have sexually abused three nursing home residents at two different facilities never faced criminal charges. While prosecutors cited evidentiary issues, a family member of one of the alleged victims expressed disappointment in what she felt was a lack of justice in the case.
As CBS 6 recently reported, Henrico Health and Rehabilitation Center has been added to a federal program reserved for the country's worst-performing nursing homes called Special Focus Facilities. That means the facility is subject to increased oversight, escalating penalties, and potential termination from Medicare and Medicaid due to having a history of serious quality issues.
As part of the selection process for the program, the Virginia Department of Health evaluated the facility's performance on inspections in recent years. During one inspection from 2023, the state cited the nursing home for failing to protect two residents from sexual abuse.
CBS 6 has now obtained a case file from the Virginia Board of Nursing that sheds more light on those allegations.
According to the filing, in August 2023, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) named Lamar Young abused an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease while she was living at Henrico Health and Rehab. The report stated he shaved her pubic hair "without any medical need or orders to do so."
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