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Attorney General Corbett Announces Arrest Of Three Women In Elder Abuse Case

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Elder Abuse Unit have filed criminal charges against three Delaware County women accused of neglecting a personal home care patient and providing false information to investigators.

Corbett identified the three defendants as Donna Marie Cameron, 39, of 13 Roberta Dr., Aston; Caroline M. Tribbey, 57, of 131 East Roland Rd., Brookhaven; and Nancy J. Curtis, 51, of 1007 Milmont Ave., Swarthmore.  Cameron was the director of nursing at St. James Place, a residential care home in Delaware County; Curtis was the administrator of St. James Place and Tribbey was a nursing unit manager.

Corbett said the investigation was placed before a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended that his office file criminal charges.

According to the criminal charges, Cameron failed to provide proper care to a 72-year old patient, Patricia Holdsworth. Holdsworth was transported by ambulance on Sept. 19, 2005, from St. James Place to Crozer Chester Medical Center after a staff member noticed a trail of blood coming from a wound on the upper right side of her head.  When emergency room workers removed the bandage, they discovered more than 50 live maggots in the deep wound.  They also noted that Holdsworth's clothing was extremely soiled, unkempt and that she had a strong body odor.Read more at attorneygeneral.gov.

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