Retirement Home Aides & Administrators Accused of Abuse & Embezzlement
Three employees at a Winterville, GA retirement home including one administrator have been accused of assault and embezzlement in separate incidents, according to the Onlineathens.com report. The 47-year-old administrator of the facility is accused of stealing over $4,000 in social security payments from a 69-year-old resident of the home. The administrator was arrested and charged with three counts of theft and two counts of exploiting an elderly or disabled person.
In a separate incident, a 52-year-old employee was arrested after allegedly punching an 82-year-old resident in the face in February. The report states the employee punched the resident because she took some butter from a food cart. A few days later a 20-year-old employee reportedly stole over 100 Xanax tablets from another resident at the home. Investigators searched the employee’s home and found 94 of the 100 pills. The employee was arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance.
The fact that these incidents occurred at separate times makes this story much worse than if they had occurred at the same time. This means that despite the first incident occurring, the administrators and anybody in charge at the nursing home simply allowed the incident to take place and did not take any action to prevent further incidents from occurring. The facility administrator was also allowed to get away with stealing money away from the residents. This type of behavior should never be allowed to occur by any means and anybody that commits these crimes should be brought to justice for their actions.
