Minnesota Nursing Home Resident Force-Fed
According to a November 9, 2009 report from the Minnesota Department of Health, on May 26, 2009, a resident of Homeward Bound Maple Grove, a nursing home facility located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, was forced to eat her dinner by a facility employee. The resident, who suffers from cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and swallowing problems, was not hungry at dinner. While she is able to feed herself, facility staff will assist her with her meals when she tires and she is able to communicate whether or not she wants to eat.
On the day of the incident, the male employee took the resident outside in a t-shirt, when it was cold. She did not want to eat, but the employee forced her to eat and used a larger spoon than what the resident would normally use. She also had problems breathing when she was being fed.
Reportedly, another employee witnessed the event and tried to stop the employee from force-feeding the resident. When she attempted to intervene, she was told that the resident was losing weight and he had to force her to eat if she did not want to. The resident was resisting the feeding and trying to push the man's arm away. The reporting employee had previously voiced concerns about how he cared for the residents that were consistently denied by the man, so she videotaped the incident on her cell phone.
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