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DENTON (AP) — Abuse and ne
glect of residents at Denton Develop
ment Center was accompanied by a
management cover-up as well as in
competence and lack of training
among staff members, according to a
state agency's report.
Closing of the Denton Develop
ment Center followed a state inves
tigation that persuaded Medicaid of
ficials to discontinue payments to
the institution, according to a Texas
Department of Human Services re
port obtained by the Denton Record-
Chronicle.
The report, obtained Friday, says
that investigators found 13 deficiencies
"during an on-site inspection Jan. 5
through Jan. 14 at the center. The report
says the deficiencies caused immediate
and serious threat to the health and
safety of the center's residents."
Sixty-eight clients lived at the de
velopment center, an intermediate
care facility for persons with mental
retardation, until it closed its doors
on Friday. The closing was an
nounced in June.
The state report on the January vis
it said that the development center
failed to protect 26 residents from
abuse or neglect.
All clients now have been relocated.
An ex-employee had observed a co
worker take a young girl, about 10
years old, into a room, according to the
report. It stated that when the two
came out, the witness reported that the
girl had a bloody nose.
"He (the witness) said that as she
lay on the floor bleeding and crying,
both of them stood over her and agreed
not to tell," the report stated.
Nursing home resident murdered
DALLAS (AP) — A nursing home
resident is being held on charges of
murder and aggravated assault after
his roommate at a nursing home was
murdered, police said.
Elzie Calahan, a 54-year-old para
plegic, died at Parkland Hospital
this weekend, after being blud
geoned to death with a dresser
drawer and a cane.
Jose Amador, 53, Calahan's room
mate at Professional Care Center,
was being held at Lew Sterrett Jus
tice Center in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Homicide detectives said they had
not determined what led to a fight Sat
urday between the two men staying at
the home. Both patients were partial
ly paralyzed before the incident.
Officials with Integrated Health
Services, which owns the 155-bed cen
ter, declined to comment on most as
pects of the case but said they were not
aware of any problems between Cala
han and Amador. The men had been
roommates for less than two months.
Amelia Hillmon, the nursing as
sistant who was the first to respond
to an alert light outside the pair's
room, was treated Saturday for a
head injury she reportedly suffered
when Amador allegedly struck her
with a cane, police said.
"It was a bloody mess,"
said. "Elzie was covered in so i
blood that you couldn't te\\ if he was
white, black or Hispanic."
As she entered Room 231,1
mon said, she saw Amador's bed and
nearby walls splattered with blood.
She did not recognize the body on
the floor. Amador then started to
ward her in his wheelchair and hit
her on the head with a cane, accord
ing to The Dallas Morning News.
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