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Nursing Home Operator, Employees to Appear in Court



The woman who owned and operated a nursing home in Altoona where a resident was allegedly poorly cared for and later died is facing neglect charges.
 
Sherry Jo Warner, of Riggles Gap Road, ran Warner's Home for the Aged on 14th Avenue until her license was revoked last year.
 
Two direct care aides, Diana Frye and Marjory Koch, both of Altoona, are also facing charges.
 
Eighty-year-old Kenneth McGuire, a resident at the home for five years, passed away last November after being admitted to Altoona Regional with reportedly so many unattended sores that a doctor told a grand jury that it was the worst case he had seen in over 30 years.
 
Warner, Frye and Koch are all charged with one count of neglect of a care-dependent person, a misdemeanor, and remain fee on unsecured $25,000 bail each.
 
All three are expected to appear in Central Court for preliminary hearings on Wednesday.

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