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Article: Prosecutions of Abuse in Homes Rise; D.C. Inspector General, U.S. Attorney Work to Keep Up With Caseload
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- The Washington Post
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- May 21, 2006
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There wasn't much to take from Josephine Watson. Like many people
who end up in nursing homes, she didn't arrive at the Northwest
Health Care Center in Cleveland Park with a wealth of possessions.
But the woman, now 76, coveted what she did have. So one morning
about a year and a half ago when she discovered her perfume missing,
she spoke up. A search of the floor and everyone on it turned up
Watson's bottle of White Diamonds -- in the purse of a nursing home
employee.
In the not-so-distant past, the staff's swift action might have
been the most notable element of the whole episode. But the case
didn't end there. The D.C. inspector general's office stepped in, and
after an investigation, ...