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“Nursing home residents deserve dignity and respect,” said Wan J. Kim, Assistant
Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “This agreement underscores our
commitment to upholding the constitutional rights of the elderly and infirm, who are
among our most vulnerable citizens.”
The Justice Department found in its investigation that A. Holly Patterson exposed
residents to unsafe living conditions and undue restraints, failed to provide adequate
medical and mental health care, failed to provide residents with adequate nutrition
and hydration, and failed to protect residents from unnecessary institutionalization.
The Department has resolved similar investigations of nursing homes in Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New Jersey.
Trial Attorneys Benjamin Tayloe, David Deutsch, Aretha Coles, and Brian Garner
of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and Assistant U.S. Attorney
Pamela Chen of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York
investigated this case.
The text of the settlement agreement and additional information about the Special
Litigation Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division can be found at
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/index.html.
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