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Great Falls Nursing Home Employee Accused of Elder Abuse

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Jul 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM MST

Story Updated: Jul 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM MST

A Great Falls nursing home employee is accused of elder abuse and 12 other criminal counts for allegedly stealing prescription drugs from a resident. Keiko Douglas, a laundry worker at the Park Place Health Center was arrested yesterday (7/21) and in court this afternoon (7/22) to hear the charges against her. According to court documents, nurses at the center noticed a fetanyl patch that should have been on an elderly woman's arm was missing. The prescription pain patch went missing six times over the last two months. Nurses witnesses Douglas going into the resident's room when the patches went missing. Her bond is set at $5,000.

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