Re: Nursing Aide sexually abuses and preys on stroke victims at nursing home
I just cannot fathom how this went on for YEARS. Yes, I blame the corporation and obviously the sick bstard who did this but I also blame any staff who witnessed it and yet couldn't bring themselves to call the police once they saw that the facility wasn't taking any action. Is your paycheck so important to you that you would be willing to sit back and allow helpless elderly women to get abused? How could you even bring yourself to work in a facility where you knew it was happening and nothing was being done?!
We need to have mandated reporting laws for people who work with elderly/disabled populations the same way we have them for those who work with children. If this happened in a school, and an aid saw a teacher hitting a child they would be required BY LAW to report that abuse to the proper authorities (as in the police, not the principal) immediately. Why should this be any different? It's sad that we need laws to get people to step up and protect those most vulnerable, but I guess this story is proof that they are necessary.
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