Minnesota Nursing Home Aide Wanted to "Smash" Elderly Resident
Glenwood Village Care Center, a nursing home facility located in Glenwood, Minnesota, has terminated a teenage employee who allegedly abused at least two elderly residents. The aide has denied the allegations.
The aide, who was approximately 18, was hired January 30, 2009 and was fully trained in residents' rights, care of vulnerable adults, and how to prevent and report abuse. On June 22, 2009, another facility employee reported that the aide had been struck by a resident and the aide threatened to hit the resident back. The aide reportedly told the co-worker, "I wouldn't really hit her, but believe me, I want to. I just want to smash her." Another employee later told investigators that the aide told the resident, "If you hit me, you are going to go to jail and do you know what happens to people in jail? They get raped."
Later that evening, the same aide began lifting a resident's leg and continued to move it when the resident expressed pain with movement and told her, "Cry if you want to cry."
Reportedly, this same aide also made a resident cry by telling her she could soon see her dead husband.
Investigators concluded that the home had acted appropriately concerning the incidents and reported the aide to the nurse aide registry, which may bar her from future employment in a nursing home setting.
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