Nursing Home "Fight Club"

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

It seems like every few weeks there's a terrible news story about elder abuse happening at assisted care facilities, and every time I think it can't get any worse, it does.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10/14/elderly-care-staff-accused-pitting-residents-against-each-other-dementia-fight-club/

This all took place on a memory care unit, and consequently the patients were very vulnerable to becoming disoriented and agitated. Fortunately the perpetrators don't appear to be actual nurses; still, I don't understand what would possibly compel someone to do this. This makes me so incredibly sad.

[crazin01]

this is so sad.... while it's atrocious these folks entrusted to care for the vulnerable would do something so heinous, I seriously am starting to wonder about the stupidity level of people, as a population.

You are committing a crime, period. Somebody is being harmed. And you are concerned with recording said event to view later?!?!!? or livestream to facebook (as we've seen so many do lately).... WOW! is wrong with people???

again, not to sound callous to the victims, but....really?

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

14 minutes ago, crazin01 said:

this is so sad.... while it's atrocious these folks entrusted to care for the vulnerable would do something so heinous, I seriously am starting to wonder about the stupidity level of people, as a population.

You are committing a crime, period. Somebody is being harmed. And you are concerned with recording said event to view later?!?!!? or livestream to facebook (as we've seen so many do lately).... WOW! is wrong with people???

again, not to sound callous to the victims, but....really?

I was thinking the same thing. There's an awful lot of stupid on the hoof these days. They walk among us, they vote, and (!) they reproduce. I honestly don't know how these idiots thought they'd get away with it, and I can't imagine in which universe this would ever be OK. Unbe-freaking-lievable.