Two elderly men say they were abused at a senior living center in Cape Coral. One had to be treated at the hospital after reports that workers at Clare Bridge on Santa Barbara Boulevard had gotten violent.
In a police report filed on November 16, the families of two male residents at Clare Bridge claimed the men were bruised and abused.
One man says his 89-year-old father-in-law was found at the facility with bruises on his nose and face.
Another man reported his father complained of an employee grabbing his thumb, then refusing to let go.
The families even say one resident was sent to the hospital after being punched in the chest.
Dotty St. Armand, Director of the Lee County Elder Abuse Prevention Partnership, says she often hears similar stories of abuse all over Southwest Florida.
"As they grow older and more frail and isolated, they are easily targeted for scams and exploitation," she said.
Now, the state is looking into the claims of abuse.
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State investigating Abuse Claims at Cape Senior Living Center
4 comments:
Beating up on someone who can't fight back has got to be the most pathetic thing somone can do. Sickening.
Who called for the investigation? I have a feeling it wasn't the facility but the family of the victims.
Everyone involved must be fired and then charged.
Reminds me of those sickies in CA earlier this year who were playing practicle jokes on each other by greasing the patients who couldn't move on their own so when the aides would go to turn them over, they'd slide off the bed. Sick.
This is why people are afraid of growing old and ending up in a nursing home.
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