Abuse of the elderly in nursing homes has continued over the past five years, leaving families in quandaries over best steps to mitigate or obliterate abuse of their loved ones. CNAs have been left potentially unsupervised and untrained for these levels of abuse to continue. “That tells me these aides are not being trained or supervised by those that do know how to protect and maintain dignity of elderly people,” said a defense attorney for the family of a patient who suffered abuse.
One family caught the abuse on video. “He was boxing and hitting my dad on the face and shoulder. You could hear the physical slaps. My dad was cowering and mumbling, ‘Please stop hitting me,'” said a family member. The aide was silent when questioned and received little punishment for his actions. Advocates advise family members to research facilities survey reports and experience levels of employees at facilities to avoid incidents of abuse. For more, read the story.
