Staff Accused of Stealing Pain Medications
WLWT out of Indiana had an article about nursing home employees named Gale Willman and Jody Holton accused of taking prescription pills from their patients and selling them. Police investigators said Gale Willman, a licensed practical nurse, and Jody Holton, the assistant director of nursing at Woodland Hills Care Center, worked together to steal hydrocodone and oxycodone. Willman and Holton have both been released on bond and have already found other nursing jobs.
A similar situation occurred at Woodland Hills previously, with nurse Heather White sentenced to a year in jail for stealing ocycodone from a patient. Prosecutors said 87-year-old Anna Jordan slipped into coma and later died after White stole her pain medication. The pain and torment included profuse sweating, excruciating headaches and having to be held down as she tried to jump off her bed, all because of withdrawal from oxycodone. White served only six months of her sentence.
The family members are shocked at the latest incident.
"I'm disgusted by it. It makes me question how many more people must be seriously injured or die before something is done at this facility," Jordan said.
Albright and Jordan said they believe monitoring at nursing homes should be stricter and random drug testing should be used. They said there should be investigations if someone suspects prescription drugs are being stolen or misused..
