Police are searching for a severely brain-damaged nursing home resident who went missing last week. According to police, the facility reported 32-year-old man missing on a week ago.

Although called a nursing home, the residence is classified by the state as a personal-care home. Workers noticed that the man was gone when they went to his room around 6 p.m. last Thursday to give him his medication. He was last seen when he ate lunch earlier in the day. The man suffers from brain damage, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. He is also diabetic.

The man had been a resident of the facility for less than two months at the time of his disappearance.  As of the report yesterday, the man is still missing. For more, read the story. 

Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.