Posted on 09/06/2025 10:42:32 PM PDT by Morgana
Two staff members at a nursing home in Texas have been indicted for allegedly letting an elderly woman freeze to death during a winter storm.
Cynthia 'Cindy' Pierce, 73, died of hypothermia after being rushed to the hospital in Austin on February 17, 2021, with her body temperature reading 94.2 degrees, according to court documents viewed by Daily Mail.
Care staff at Renaissance Austin Assisted Living Facility allegedly left her window open after changing her out of soiled clothing and bedding the morning Winter Storm Uri hit the city.
When they left the room, the window remained open and staff did not check on Pierce until the afternoon, the documents say.
The facility lost power during the storm, and the Pierce family accused the nursing home of not taking appropriate measures to ensure the older woman was taken care of and failed to restore power to the building.
On Thursday, Harvest Renaissance and its executive director, Mendi Ramsay, and wellness director, Rochelle Alvarado, were indicted by the Travis County District Attorney's Office for failing to 'promptly move and transport an elderly and disabled resident.'
The DA's office said the facility had a warmer area available to move Pierce to, but failed to do so.
The facility also allegedly failed to notify Texas Health and Human Services Commission of the power outage, the indictment said.
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They were probably just letting the covid out.
I’m glad I don’t have to tend to an entire wing of nursing home patients.
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