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U.S. NEWS Friday 11 May 2018

Nurse charged in death of former Trump adviser’s father

By ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL McMaster, said in a state- who hit their heads, includ- asked Gainey whether the the last entry on McMas-
and MICHAEL RUBINKAM ment. “The best way to ing assessments every 15 nurse had conducted the ter’s neurological chart
Associated Press honor his memory is for all minutes for the first hour required evaluations of Mc- indicated that an evalua-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A of us to do all we can to and every hour for the next Master. Gainey replied she tion had been performed
nurse was charged Thurs- prevent others from suffer- three. had and said, “They were 20 minutes after his death,
day in the death of the ing at the hands of those An assistant nursing direc- fine,” according to a po- Gainey told her, “Well, I fal-
father of President Donald who lack compassion and tor told police that after lice affidavit. sified that one,” the affida-
Trump’s former national se- abandon even the most McMaster’s death, she When the supervisor noted vit said.q
curity adviser after authori-
ties said she failed to give
him a series of neurological
exams following his fall at
a Philadelphia senior care
facility.
Christann Shyvin Gainey,
30, was charged with in-
voluntary manslaughter,
neglect and records tam-
pering in the death of H.R.
McMaster Sr.
The 84-year-old retired U.S.
Army officer died April 13,
about eight hours after fall-
ing and hitting his head at This undated photo from the
the Cathedral Village re- Office of the Pennsylvania
tirement community. Attorney General shows
Surveillance video showed Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30,
a nurse, who was charged,
that Gainey, who worked Thursday, May 10, 2018, in
as a contract nurse at Ca- the death of the father of
thedral Village, failed to H.R. McMaster, President
conduct a series of eight Donald Trump’s former
neurological evaluations national security adviser,
of McMaster as required, after authorities said she
prosecutors said. Gainey failed to give him a series of
neurological exams following
then allegedly falsified his fall at a Philadelphia senior
documents to make it care facility.
seem she had. Associated Press
Gainey’s attorney, Sharon
Piper, said her client in- basic standards of human
tends to plead not guilty. decency. Today’s charges
She declined further com- are an important step for-
ment, as did Gainey’s em- ward in that connection.”
ployer, General Healthcare McMaster was admitted to
Resources of Plymouth Cathedral Village on April 9
Meeting. for rehabilitation following
McMaster’s son, H.R. a stroke. Three days later,
McMaster Jr., served as according to court docu-
Trump’s national security ments, he was found on the
adviser from February 2017 floor of his room by a nurs-
until he resigned in March. ing assistant, who alerted
“Our father ... was a tough Gainey, the charge nurse.
and compassionate soldier Cathedral Village policy
and public servant,” Mc- mandates close neurologi-
Master’s daughter, Letitia cal monitoring of patients