Kentucky Nurse's Aide Pleads Guilty After "Granny Cam" Records Abuse
We discussed Richmond Health and Rehabilitation in a previous blog.
Armeda Thomas' family noted severe bruising on her body and facility staff could not explain the origin. The family resorted to placing a "granny cam" in Ms. Thomas' room. The camera caught facility staff "pulling the resident out of bed by her wrists and neck" and "roughly moving the resident from side to side". Ms. Thomas suffered fractures in her lumbar vertebrae after being handled roughly by facility staff. Among other things, the camera captured images of a staff member showing her fist to Ms. Thomas after she was combative and, on another occasion, a staff member dancing in front of Ms. Thomas while another staff member held her down. The camera also captured Ms. Thomas lying on the floor for an hour before being discovered by staff.
Former nurse aide Valerie Lamb pleaded guilty to reckless abuse and neglect of an adult in the incident. Another former nurse's aide pleaded guilty last year and a third nurse's aide faces trial in March 2010.
