David Machoka
Agnes Machoka
Margaret AdhiamboThe owners of Collegedale assisted living home have been arrested after police say they neglected and abused the eight elderly patients in their care.
Collegedale police reported that they started investigating Moraa’s Assisted Living Home for Seniors in February after receiving reports of elder abuse. Several residents from the home had been transported to the hospital, where signs of abuse and neglect were discovered, said police spokesman Corporal Melvin Taylor.
Investigators found the converted home, located at at 8616 Apison Pike, was owned by David and Agnes Machoka and only employed one worker, Margaret Adhiambo, who was responsible for eight patients.
Adhiambo, who was unlicensed to administer medication or care for their needs, was often the only person on duty, police said. While Taylor said the Machoka’s facility license allowed for this, as long as patients could administer their own medication. But investigators found none of the patients in a condition to do so.
Investigators also found two elderly patients who had been removed from the facility by suspicious family members had not been given critical medication they should have been receiving at Moraa’s, said Taylor.