- A Millcreek nursing home employee was charged Thursday with aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult.
- The nurse allegedly assaulted an 85-year-old hospice patient, causing her to fall.
- The woman died four days later, but an autopsy found it was unlikely the alleged assault contributed significantly to her death.
MILLCREEK — A nurse at a Millcreek nursing home was charged Thursday with assaulting a patient who later died.
David Schwendiman, 51, of West Jordan, is charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony.
On Feb. 14, an administrator at Sandstone Nursing Home, 3855 S. 700 East, contacted Unified police to report that Schwendiman, who was an employee and nurse at the facility, had assaulted an 85-year-old woman who was also a hospice patient, a couple of days earlier, according to charging documents…