{"id":624,"date":"2012-07-03T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2012-07-03T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T17:53:06","slug":"oklahoma-caretaker-charged-with-elder-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/oklahoma-caretaker-charged-with-elder-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Caretaker Charged with Elder Abuse."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Yukon, Oklahoma caretaker is facing criminal charges of alleged abuse from an elderly nursing home resident in Oklahoma.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kMPD0PGNDDs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The former certified nurse aide at the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Joe Allen Gordon, 58, is charged in the local county district court with one count of criminal abuse by a caretaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gordon allegedly used a bed sheet to tie an 89 year-old nursing home resident to her chair. Such restraints are prohibited by Oklahoma state law and nursing home policy.<\/strong> Physical restraints may only be implemented under a doctor\u2019s orders and generally only with written consent from the patient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If convicted, Gordon could face up to 10 years in jail and\/or a fine of up to $10,000.<\/strong> Under Oklahoma\u2019s Elderly and Incapacitated Victim\u2019s Protection Program, passed by the Oklahoma State legislature in 1999, someone convicted of caretaker abuse faces a mandatory sentence of 30 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p>In the unfortunate event that you or your loved one suffers personal injuries or a wrongful death in connection with Massachusetts nursing home neglect and abuse, please call the <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-boston-personal-injury-nursing-home.php\">Boston, MA nursing home abuse lawyer<\/a> professionals, <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/\">Boston personal injury lawyer<\/a> specialists or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyer<\/a> advocates at our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> law office<strong> 24\/7<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-boston-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> professionals and Massachusetts wrongful death attorney advocates at our full service Boston, MA personal injury lawyer firm can be reached <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at<strong> 617-787-3700<\/strong> or by email at <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-nursinghomeabuselawyers.com\/boston-nursing-home-neglect-abuse-lawyer-contact.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please call today.<strong> Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Yukon, Oklahoma caretaker is facing criminal charges of alleged abuse from an elderly nursing home resident in Oklahoma. The former certified nurse aide at the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Joe Allen Gordon, 58, is charged in the local &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/oklahoma-caretaker-charged-with-elder-abuse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,16,32,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}