Administrator guilty of involuntary manslaughter.In February, an Allegheny County (PA) jury convicted a former nursing home administrator of involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. and sentenced her to 22-44 months in prison, stemming from the death of an Alzheimer's-afflicted resident. In October 2001, the 88-year-old resident wandered outside the now-closed Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing Research and Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. Center, reported the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. After the resident died in the 40-degree weather that night, staff found her, carried her back to her room, and attempted to cover up the situation by informing her family that she died during her sleep. The administrator was also found guilty of neglect of a care-dependent person, reckless endangerment, and criminal conspiracy. The Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. Alliance of Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, and is the cultural center for Western Pennsylvania. , the nursing home's parent corporation, was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, neglect, and reckless endangerment, reported the Tribune Review. |
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