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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:23 PM Jun 2016

Son Plants A Hidden Camera At Mother’s Nursing Home

Worried Son Plants A Hidden Camera At Mother’s Nursing Home. What He Captures is HORRIFYING!

When Camille found bruises all over her mother’s body, he decided to plant a hidden camera in her room at Saint Joseph nursing home.
Camille’s mother suffers from Alzheimer’s and didn’t remember what happened to her which made him doubt other residents at the nursing home.
To make sure his mother was safe, he set up the camera and what it captured will make you sick to your stomach.
Camille discovered that it was not only the residents but also staff/caretakers who were abusing his mom.
The video shows how terribly the poor mother was treated there. These people are savage and should be punished!
What do you say?

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still_one

(91,966 posts)
3. I assume with a name like St. Joesph, they are affiliated with the Catholic Church, and I would
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:42 PM
Jun 2016

expect they should also be doing something about this


Uben

(7,719 posts)
4. That lady is SCUM!
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:51 PM
Jun 2016

She deserves a very long prison term, and I hope she gets one. What kind of evil bitch does something like that? Karma is going to be so "not good" to this person!

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
5. Nursing homes are minimum-security prisons with better landscaping
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:04 PM
Jun 2016

Close them down and move the residents back into the community. Not only won't there be atrocities like this, but it's cheaper.

FREE OUR PEOPLE!!!

http://www.adapt.org

BuelahWitch

(9,083 posts)
8. You are right
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jun 2016

I am only half joking when I tell my friends that I did something when I lived "on the outside." I live in assisted living and so far the only abuse I've gotten is verbal, but they know if any of them touched me I have several friends who would get them shut down.

PS. regarding putting residents into the community, I tried to get an apartment when my insurance company told me I could move out of the nursing home. But I have no family here, and the ins co more or less forced me to come here. They threatened to shut down my Medicaid if I went into senior/handicapped apartments.
It's a real racket.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
12. Get thee to thy local independent living center
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jun 2016

Find it here:

http://www.ilru.org/projects/cil-net/cil-center-and-association-directory

Your state also has a long-term care ombudsman who is equipped to deal with the ins. co. racket.

msongs

(67,199 posts)
6. home care is better and much less expensive even with professional help. there are drawbacks
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jun 2016

depending on the family/work situation of course.

qnr

(16,190 posts)
7. That's pretty awful. It never happened to
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:22 PM
Jun 2016

any of my family members (at least that I'm aware of, we don't stay in touch). However, it has happened to other people that I know.

 

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
10. This is probably going to be swept up today, but it should be posted again and again
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:33 PM
Jun 2016

With my parent's getting older, this is my nightmare.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
11. Horrible and Criminal... However...
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:55 PM
Jun 2016

As a nurse I have worked in nursing facilities, both rich and poor, and though I have experienced (and punished) poor patient care, I have experienced much more of the opposite: Staff treating patients like family, often providing out of their own pockets, clothing, treats, presents on birthdays and holidays, and care and love that absent family members don't; we called them Christmas families... sons and daughters and others that only showed up on Christmas Day and then only to criticize everything they saw.

I hate the abuse stories more than most, but sometimes the other side of the picture needs to be shown.

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