Statistics show about one in three homes nationwide have been cited for abuse. FOX4 found more and more families fed up with the system, are fighting back with their own secret weapon.
At 98 years old, [Minnie] Graham was a cherished woman.
Graham was adored by a large extended family and granddaughters who could not stand by when they started noticing bruises.
"She kept telling us people were hitting her," said Teri Hardin, another granddaughter.
Her granddaughters say the Winters Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Garland told them Graham fell out of her wheelchair. They didn't buy it so they installed a hidden camera in her room.
Brenna Tiller is the hospice worker who was assigned to Graham. The video shows Tiller pulling Graham up by the arm. Graham later falls back onto the bed and cries out.
"Somebody help me," you can hear Graham say on the tape.
When Graham begins slapping at Tiller, Tiller slaps her more than once.
"When my grandmother is screaming in pain, it is completely disregarded," said Teri Hardin.
Tiller uses language we cannot print. She calls Graham ugly and retarded. She mocks her. She also sticks out her tongue at Graham, sprays water in her face as she brushes her hair and puts a towel in her mouth she just used on Graham's body.
"I just don't know how people can be so heartless and careless," said Ballard. "Clearly it hurt when they pulled on her arm. Clearly it hurts when you yank someone by the hair on their head."
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Nursing Home Investigation: Families Fight Back
Sadly, black eyes, bruises, etc. are exactly what people are associating with nursing homes.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope the Abuser was Reported and Arrested and the Family Sues for the Abuse!! This just makes my Blood BOIL!!!
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened in Virginia Beach, where an employee of Jewish Family Service of Tidewater beat and berated a 94 year old lady. The Virginian-Pilot then refused to divulge the name of this abusive CNA's employer, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.
ReplyDeleteWithout a hint of irony, the Virginian-Pilot then urged its readers to thoroughly "investigate" any home care agency hired to care for the vulnerable, frail elderly. That second article ALSO refused to reveal the name of the agency that employed this miscreant, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.
When a reader responded with comments about the incontrovertible FACT that Jewish Family Service of Tidewater and Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia deliberately cover up the serious mistreatment of their elderly clients, the Virginian-Pilot responded by banning further comments, thereby directly participating in the cover-up of this mistreatment by the abusive, neglectful, anonymous local home care agency, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater:
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/nurses-aide-gets-jail-abusing-93yearold#comment-1568261
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/04/involvement-first-step-help-prevent-elderly-abuse#comment-1568458
Who did all this? Jewish Family Service of Tidewater. And the Virginian-Pilot.
Shameful, truly shameful.
Thanks to the GrannyCam, that aide should not be able to work in the industry again - I hope!
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