Troubling Inspection Report in Virginia
TriCities.com is reporting that state inspectors paid an unannounced visit to the National Healthcare Corporation nursing home in Bristol Virginia in October and found that an alarming number of employees did not know they were mandatory reporters when they witness or suspect any form of abuse at the facility. The inspector noted that twenty-one of the 35 staff members interviewed were not aware they were required to report allegations of abuse to the appropriate state agency.
The inspection came after the arrest of James William Wright, 35, on four counts of aggravated sexual battery in late August. Wright is accused of abusing residents during the eight years he worked at the facility. A copy of the Virginia Board of Nursing Consent Order revoking his CNA certificate can be found here.