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    Three arrested on elder abuse and Medicaid fraud charges in Arkansas

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    Three people were arrested in Arkansas on charges of Medicaid fraud and elder abuse in separate cases, including a case in which an assisted living facility employee was seen beating an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease, prosecutors say .

    The three suspects in the different cases were arrested or taken into custody on October 31.

    Ja’Layia J. McClendon, 28, of North Little Rock, was arrested on a charge of abusing an endangered or disabled person after prosecutors said witnesses saw her hitting an 82-year-old woman with her Alzheimer’s disease who lived in a Little Rock assisted living facility. Prosecutors say the woman was left with bruises on her face and forearm.

    Trey Franks, 28, was arrested in Little Rock on Oct. 31 on a warrant for the same charge after prosecutors said more than $1,000 was sent to his credit card from the bank account of a woman who lives at a long-term care facility in Cabot. , Arkansas, in five separate transfers from September to October 2023.

    The third arrest was that of Hannah Christmas, a 34-year-old resident of Hamburg, Arkansas, who faces a charge of Medicaid fraud. She is accused of billing the Dermott, Hamburg and Lakeside school districts $5,500 for physical therapy services that were never provided from August 2023 to April 2024.

    USA TODAY attempted to contact attorneys for all three people and was unable to identify any of them or did not receive a response from them.

    Elder abuse can take many forms, including physical, psychological or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect and abandonment. The Department of Justice estimates that more than 10% of people over 65 years of age suffer some type of elder abuse each year.

    Max Hauptman is a USA TODAY trends reporter. He can be reached at [email protected]

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