There have been numerous episodes of resident abuse at the place where i work, they have all been reported to the NM and DON. The aides abusing the residents continue to be employed there. There is no documentation in the res. chart, all documents are written down and given to the NM and DON and I believe are easily "misplaced" or thrown away. The NM always seems to find some other reason for the bruises, or they get a psych consult so they can put an alert and oriented person on psych meds and have them diagnosed with some sort of disorder that could explain why her accusations aren't accurate. I think there is a lot of covering up going on and i don't know what else to do. Can i be fired if i turn them in to the office of aging?? I am afraid they will come in and do an investigation and not find anything because of all the "covering up" that the NM and DON are doing so they dont have to get rid of CNAs.
These aren't minor episodes of abuse either, resident's are being physically harmed, verbally and emotionally abused.
