Busted: Man plants camera in elderly mother's nursing home, captures brutal abuse by caregivers - Sensationalist Headlines

[release][h2]Man plants camera in elderly mother's nursing home, captures brutal abuse by caregivers[/h2] [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/06/29/2011-06-29_man_plants_camera_in_elderly_mothers_nursing_home_captures_brutal_abuse_by_careg.html]//Source+video: NYDailyNews.com[/url] ____________________________________ [img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2011/06/30/alg_elderly_abuse.jpg[/img] [I]A nurse's aid manhandles 78-year-old Esther Piskor, in footage captured on a hidden camera the patient's son planted in the room.[/I] An Ohio nursing home is under fire after a hidden camera installed by a patient's son caught caregivers brutally abusing his elderly mother, according to a report. Two nurse's aides were fired from the Prentiss Center for Skilled Nursing Care in Cleveland and a third was disciplined after they were filmed manhandling 78-year-old Esther Piskor, an investigation by Cleveland's WKYC television revealed. One of the aides, Virgen Caraballo, was charged with felony assault, and police were investigating other workers at the home. Caraballo pleaded not guilty. The state Department of Health cited the center, run by Cleveland's giant MetroHealth health care system, for failing to prevent the abuse. Piskor's son, Steve, told the station that he hid a camera inside a fan on his mom's dresser after the home ignored his complaints that his mom was being beaten up. His mother, a grandmother of 25 who has Alzheimer's, had red welts on her face and raised her hands in fear whenever he visited, Piskor complained. "MetroHealth said I was taking things out of context and taking it too far," Piskor told WKYC. "They made me out to be the trouble maker, the complainer, the bad guy. "The administrator at one point told me accidents happen and mistakes are made." But his hidden camera footage told a different story. One video shows Caraballo jerking the helpless granny [del]off[/del] out of her wheelchair and tossing her on her bed like a rag doll. Later, other brutal aides push Piskor's face against the wall, slam her into a wheelchair and punch her in the face. Amazingly, Piskor posted signs around the room that the workers were being watched, but the abuse continued. Piskor said the videos devastated his family. "I only showed them two videos and they got so upset they were actually crying," Piskor told the station. Dr. James Campbell, the chief of geriatric care at MetroHealth, said the hospital was "incredibly sorry." But he denied that Piskor's earlier complaints were ignored, saying both the hospital and the health department investigated the claims but didn't find anything. "The unfortunate part is those investigations didn't reveal what this video has now revealed," Campbell said. "With 20/20 hindsight, I sure as heck wish we'd have done something sooner."[/release] What the fuck, man... who would treat elderly people like fucking ragdolls?! Wait, people who are underpaid and hardly qualified, that's who... but that is [B]not[/B] an excuse, IMO. This is what's coming to all of us, fellas... :ohdear:

:wtc:

Time to start smoking so I die before reaching that age.

Seriously? Who has the capacity to hurt children and the elderly?

How the fuck is this allowed?

Thats just horrible :ohdear: Grandmother of 25 and no one will take her into their house?

[QUOTE=GhostG45;30792491]Seriously? Who has the capacity to hurt children and the elderly?[/QUOTE] Foreigners, Democrats, Teenagers... God bless 'Murrica.

I am never going to retire... Not that there is going to be much social security left by that time anyway. I never understood how people would send their grandparents off to a nursing home to die. :smith:

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;30792467]Time to start smoking so I die before reaching that age.[/QUOTE] Dude, do what I plan to do, and kill yourself on your 80th b-day (if you make it that far) :v:

[quote]Later, other brutal aides push Piskor's face against the wall, [b]slam her into a wheelchair and punch her in the face.[/b][/quote] What the fuck, who goes and sucker punches a 78 year old woman. That's just sick.

Good thing I'm living with my grandma and can help her.

why does the son in the video look like stephen hawking who's been shooting up heroin for four months.

I hope I die before I get old

Every time I hear something about nursing homes, I pray that I shall never need to step a foot in one when I'm a senior.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;30792550]I never understood how people would send their grandparents off to a nursing home to die. :smith:[/QUOTE] Well, sometimes some families are way too busy to properly take care of an elderly relative and they have no choice... Or, what's worse, some families just want to get rid of the "old fart" and prefer to leave them to die all alone in a nursing home, as if it were some kind of punishment... usually because those "old farts" were massive dicks when they were young.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;30792550]I am never going to retire... Not that there is going to be much social security left by that time anyway. I never understood how people would send their grandparents off to a nursing home to die. :smith:[/QUOTE] It is sad, but sometimes it is hard to manage a family and a grandparent with Alzheimers. This is why specifically we should have trained, patient, and professional care takers instead of these bastards in the article.

It's a shame that things like this happen. The employees are adults, they should know better..

[QUOTE=GrabbinPills;30792578]why does the son in the video look like stephen hawking who's been shooting up heroin for four months.[/QUOTE] Pffhahahaha you bastard :v:

[QUOTE=Keegs;30792510]Thats just horrible :ohdear: Grandmother of 25 and no one will take her into their house?[/QUOTE] i guess you've never had to look after an elderly person with alzheimers before

Seen this many times before, always some stupid skanky bitch. Always.

[QUOTE=J!NX;30792974]Seen this many times before, always some stupid skanky bitch. Always.[/QUOTE] Who have black hair and look like witches. Burn the witch!

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;30793176]Who have black hair and look like witches. Burn the witch![/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g[/media] BURN THE WiTCH!

Wow, I can't stand looking at that picture. It feels horrible.

America is one of the only civilized nations that just tells the old people to fuck off.

Poor granny. I hate people who think that Elder folks are so easy to fuck with. It's sick.

[QUOTE=Rocko's;30793297]Poor granny. I hate people who think that Elder folks are so easy to fuck with. It's sick.[/QUOTE] They are, but that doesn't mean its right at all. You can also fuck with a young child all the same. (Again, still very wrong)

This came to mind when I read it [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNO5s3eln4[/media]

This is sick. How can anyone harm an elderly person like that? It's not their fault they're disabled and slow, and occasionally shit their pants

[quote]One video shows Caraballo jerking the helpless granny off out of her wheelchair and tossing her on her bed like a rag doll.[/quote] Wait, what?

[QUOTE=Craig Willmore;30793278]America is one of the only civilized nations that just tells the old people to fuck off.[/QUOTE] yeah it's pretty sickening that americans warehouse old people