Nursing Home Staff Member Accused of Hitting Resident with Bed Pan
A Chillicothe, OH nurse’s aide is currently facing an investigation after she allegedly threw a bed pan at him, hitting him in the stomach and causing a bruise the size of a 50-cent coin. Another patient that witnessed the incident stated that the aide yelled at the elderly man and threw the bed pan from roughly 5 feet away. The patient’s daughter complained to the Area Agency on Aging and an investigation began.
No charges have been filed as of yet and police continue to investigate this incident. The nursing home had not taken any action against the employee for this incident of abuse, according to the report.
There is no information on what caused the nursing home employee to react in this way. However, regardless of the cause, there is no excuse for harming an elderly person that you’re supposed to be caring for. Some people say their temper may flare up if they have a bad day, or in the case of nursing home employees, they may argue that their patient wasn’t being cooperative with them. None of these are valid reasons, though, and nobody deserves the sort of treatment that the elderly man in this incident received.
In the report of this incident, the witness stated that the nursing home aide yelled at the patient saying they didn’t have time to be dealing with the patient the entire night. The fact is, that is a nurse’s aide’s job. They are employed to assist elderly people with whatever they may need for proper care. Granted there are many residents in any elder care facility, but that does not give a person the right to abuse an elderly person.
