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| Veronica Stewart A woman has been arrested for abusing an elderly woman. (SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE) |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is behind bars after abusing an elderly person at a nursing home.
Veronica Stewart, 40, is charged with two counts of adult abuse/neglect/exploitation and aggravated assault after she allegedly abused a woman with Alzheimer’s and dementia, an affidavit read.
On Sept. 6, 2017, officers were told by a woman that her 90-year-old mother was injured at Graceland Nursing Home on Farrow Road, an affidavit read.
She has Alzheimer’s and dementia and she requires total assistance with her daily living. She is confined to a wheelchair.
According to court documents, the victim had several injuries to her face, her lips were very badly swollen and she had several read knots on her forehead and a scratch to the left side of her face near her eye.
The daughter arrived at Graceland Nursing Home and discovered her mother lying in bed with unexplainable injuries.
Stewart, a nursing assistant at the nursing home, said she was giving the victim a shower when she became irate and hit herself in the face with a shower rod, the affidavit said.
The suspect advised that she was grabbing objects during the struggle.
Stewart called for a staff person to assist.
MPD detectives interviewed the staff at Graceland nursing home and were advised by the staff that no one assisted Stewart with the victim and the victim did not shower, the affidavit said.
According to police, detectives were told that Stewart asked one of the staff to help her make up the reason for the victim’s injuries and she was told by the staff to report it to the on-duty nurse.
The victim was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and her nose was fractured.
Stewart is due in court Wednesday.
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