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Wausau nurse charged in grandmother's death
https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/06/18/wausau-nurse-charged-in-grandmothers-death/Wausau nurse charged in grandmother’s death
by Shereen Siewert
June 18, 2022
A Wausau nurse is facing criminal charges connected to her grandmother’s death after she allegedly stopped giving the diabetic woman insulin and instead gave her a supplement she was selling on social media, according to court documents.
Kandise L. Sheahen, 36, faces charges of negligently subjecting an at-risk individual to abuse, causing death. The charge was filed June 16 in Marathon County Circuit Court, about five months after the woman’s death, and carries additional potential penalties because the crime was allegedly committed against an elderly or disabled person.
Police say Sheahen was the woman’s healthcare power of attorney.
In the weeks prior to the woman’s death, police say ambulance crews were called multiple times to the home for a lift assist after she had fallen out of bed. Sheahen refused to allow emergency crews to transport the woman to the hospital or check vital signs and was “adamant not to do anything further for the patient,” court records state.
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by Shereen Siewert
June 18, 2022
A Wausau nurse is facing criminal charges connected to her grandmother’s death after she allegedly stopped giving the diabetic woman insulin and instead gave her a supplement she was selling on social media, according to court documents.
Kandise L. Sheahen, 36, faces charges of negligently subjecting an at-risk individual to abuse, causing death. The charge was filed June 16 in Marathon County Circuit Court, about five months after the woman’s death, and carries additional potential penalties because the crime was allegedly committed against an elderly or disabled person.
Police say Sheahen was the woman’s healthcare power of attorney.
In the weeks prior to the woman’s death, police say ambulance crews were called multiple times to the home for a lift assist after she had fallen out of bed. Sheahen refused to allow emergency crews to transport the woman to the hospital or check vital signs and was “adamant not to do anything further for the patient,” court records state.
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