LM Police Log
Manor Care Employees Get into Fight in Patient's Room
Two employees of Manor Care got into a physical altercation in an elderly woman's room while she was still there.
The Lower Moreland Police Department was already responding to a minor incident at Manor Care Health Services, 3430 Huntingdon Pike, on July 28 when an officer was approached by an employee who wanted to report an assault. The employee told the responding officer that coworkers Shadae Marquis, 22, of Philadelphia, and Charles Sawbo, 30, of Philadelphia, were invloved in a fight in a patient's room. She heard yelling and screaming coming from the room and decided to see what was going on. As the one employee entered the room, she saw Sawbo strike Marquis with a closed fist, after which Sawbo pushed the other employee to the ground causing her to fall backwards and strike a table next to the patient’s bed. She said during the fall, she …
Jacqueline Smith
6:52 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
I too had my loved one at Manorcare Health Services in Huntingdon Valley and she received excellent rehabilitation services. She is home now and still speaks fondly of her stay and interaction with staff. She described the staff as caring and responsive. She was shocked to hear of the incident above but voiced that the Administrative Team at the building was really on top of things and is certain… more ›