Randolph Killing Underscores Dilemma For Nursing Homes

TAUNTON , MA - OCTOBER 13: Walter Rice is arraigned at Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA, as his defense attorney James Murphy stands at right, on Oct. 13, 2017. Rice, a resident of the CareOne nursing home in Randolph, is charged with beating his 86-year-old roommate over the head with a heavy ceramic flower pot as the victim lay in bed on Sept. 5, and was arraigned in the hospital because he was too ill to appear in court. James Schappell, an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, died the following day of severe head trauma. The case marks the second time in two years that CareOne has faced sharp criticism after a younger resident killed an older one at one of its Massachusetts nursing homes. The deaths highlight a troubling nationwide pattern of violent and sometimes deadly confrontations between nursing home residents, among them cases in which younger, stronger men attack and sometimes kill their older, more frail roommates. The attacks frequently involve people suffering from dementia or mental illness, separated by generations and living in close quarters with each other. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
TAUNTON , MA - OCTOBER 13: Walter Rice is arraigned at Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA, as his defense attorney James Murphy stands at right, on Oct. 13, 2017. Rice, a resident of the CareOne nursing home in Randolph, is charged with beating his 86-year-old roommate over the head with a heavy ceramic flower pot as the victim lay in bed on Sept. 5, and was arraigned in the hospital because he was too ill to appear in court. James Schappell, an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, died the following day of severe head trauma. The case marks the second time in two years that CareOne has faced sharp criticism after a younger resident killed an older one at one of its Massachusetts nursing homes. The deaths highlight a troubling nationwide pattern of violent and sometimes deadly confrontations between nursing home residents, among them cases in which younger, stronger men attack and sometimes kill their older, more frail roommates. The attacks frequently involve people suffering from dementia or mental illness, separated by generations and living in close quarters with each other. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Randolph Killing Underscores Dilemma For Nursing Homes
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