Thomas Artley caregiver slept while wheelchair-bound man wandered

[Sister Iroz]

A caregiver for a Lake Mary assisted-living facility was arrested Monday after police found a confused, elderly patient along a busy road.

Thomas Artley, 31, faces one count of neglect of the elderly without bodily harm, a third-degree felony, after police said he slept while a 78-year-old under his care escaped the Tender Hearts facility on Estates Circle and rode his wheelchair about a third of a mile to Old Lake Mary Road.

A police dispatcher heading to work found the man just before 6 a.m. Feb. 3, sitting beside the road in a sweater, shorts and a hospital shirt, Detective John Kelly said.

The dispatcher asked who the man was and where he was going, and the man replied he didn't know where he lived, was 29 and heading to elementary school, Kelly said. An officer found Artley sleeping in the house where the assisted-living facility is located. He was the lone caregiver.

Artley was being held in Seminole County jail on $1,000 bail.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7710353.story

[MadmamainNC]

I know these stories get your hinky meter going and you worry.

Was this a private run facility where he's the owner and does this himself or a larger facility where other people asleep at the wheel?

In MD Ex monster in-law ran one of these and she would do it alone with 5+ patients. As long as they didn't need round the clock medical care, it was allowed. IMO, Alzheimer patients need 24/7 care and shouldn't be in these types of facilities -the home-run group care.
I wouldn't wish a rabid dog to be tended to by that heifer. Scared of what she'd do to the dog. Completely unregulated.

[MadmamainNC]

Here's the Estate Circle Facility.
Looks privately run in the home type based business run by a head office.
Like a franchise type thing.

http://www.tenderheartsfl.com/home2....89e62df5da1c4a

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http://www.tenderheartsfl.com/