Nursing Aide Injures Elderly Woman in Nursing Home
A nursing assistant in a Georgetown, TX nursing home has been terminated for reports that she had injured an 88-year-old patient. According to the attacker’s police arrest affidavit she is facing a charge of injury to the elderly and police are planning to arrest her.
This is the first offense towards the attacker but police were not hesitant in notifying the proper agencies. The other staff members in the facility told police that the nursing aid had been trying to dress the patient when she became frustrated. The nursing aide then grabbed the woman’s arms and tried to force her on the toilet with her hand on the elderly woman’s chest. The woman later complained of chest pain and had bruising on her arms. After questioning the attacker about the incident, the nursing home put the employee on administrative leave and was later fired.
While the nursing home took the right measures in firing the employee, it does leave some questions unanswered. For example, in most cases of abuse there is usually a pattern of abuse or a previous incident. Did the nursing home fail to properly background check their employees? Or did they disregard previous complaints? All of these things should be evaluated by a professional when an employee of a nursing home has seriously injured you or a loved one.
