Doylestown Nursing Home 'Horrified' After Man's Fatal Fall

Representatives for a Doylestown nursing home where an elderly man took a fatal fall Wednesday morning say they are “horrified” at the incident and plan to take action.

The Intelligencer reports the unidentified man fell outside the Golden LivingCenter around 9 a.m. Detectives with the Central Bucks Regional Police Department told the publication the man died “as a result of a fall.”

“We are horrified at this incident and take the safety and security of our patients and residents very seriously as their well being is our highest priority. We are investigating to determine what happened, so we can take the necessary precautions to protect our other patients and residents,” Golden LivingCenter spokeswoman Michelle Metzger told Patch Wednesday.

The facility is located on Maple Avenue.

Last week, attorney General Kathleen G. Kane added the facility in Doylestown to a statewide legal action against the nursing home chain. A total of 25 Golden Living Centers are now named in the legal action.

Kane alleges residents at Golden Living Centers were left in soiled diapers for extended periods of time, were at risk for bedsores and were not routinely bathed, among other allegations. The attorney general also alleges that residents were often not escorted to meals as required, sometimes missed meals entirely and staff falsified records.