Abuse at Minnesota Nursing Home Makes "Work Fun" - UPDATE
We have talked about the appalling situation that occurred at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea in our blogs of September 19, 2008 and September 16, 2008. This is the facility where four teenage nursing assistants verbally, sexually, and emotionally abused the residents. The abuse ranged from spitting in a resident's mouth, groping of genitals, hitting and/or touching residents in the breast or genital area, sitting on the lap of a female resident in a wheelchair with bare buttocks, sticking fingers in mouths or noses to keep residents from screaming, and taunting them.
We can now report that the Minnesota Attorney General's Office will be prosecuting two of the four teens who participated in the abuse. Two of the abusers were adults at the time the abuse occurred and, as such, will be prosecuted by the State of Minnesota. The other two individuals were 17 at the time they chose to abuse these residents and are considered juveniles under the law. They will be prosecuted locally.
