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Nursing assistant accused of abusing "vulnerable" adults

A nursing assistant is barred from working with vulnerable adults after the state Department of Social and Health Services found him guilty of abusing four adults over an eight-year span.

Published: Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. PST
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A nursing assistant is barred from working with vulnerable adults after the state Department of Social and Health Services found him guilty of abusing four adults over an eight-year span.

Read more : http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2013/02/14/nursing-assistant-accused-of-abusing-vulnerable-adults/

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