Pennsylvania Home Care Scandal Triggers Criminal Charges and Agency Shutdown

Four home‑care workers at Hickory Creek Home Care in Harrisburg were charged with felony neglect of a care‑dependent person, Medicaid fraud and related offenses after a resident was found dead in a chair after roughly 40 days of confinement. Prosecutors allege the victim was left in unsanitary conditions, while the home’s director, Gregory Stanbro, is accused of billing the state Medicaid program for services that were never provided, resulting in a false claim of $6,873.60. Each defendant was ordered to post $50,000 unsecured bail.

Separately, Pennsylvania state officials temporarily closed a rural aging agency in Potter County after an investigation uncovered “serious performance issues,” signaling broader concerns about oversight and quality in the state’s home‑care system.