Assisted Living Nurse Arrested for Slapping and Threatening to Choke Residents
In Hilton Head Island, South Carolina a caregiver at an assisted living center was charged with elder abuse that she committed against several of the women staying there. The Hilton Head assisted living center reported that the 41-year-old Sonia King of Estill will be charged with three counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult.
King is accused of slapping two residents and threatening to choke a third. The extent of the injuries is unknown. Police officials are accusing King of striking the two women and threatening them while she was working there on December 31st. The Beaufort County sheriff deputies say that the victims were given medical treatment and that luckily none of the women suffered life-threatening injuries. At this point it was not stated whether or not King had been given an attorney.
When you trust your loved one to an assisted living facility, you assume that their safety will never be compromised. All the employees should always be under supervision and have the appropriate background checks taken at the time of their employment. Although it was undisclosed how these allegations came to surface, if there was any neglect in the part of the nursing home than they can be held responsible for the injuries of the elderly women.
