Thursday, December 11, 2008

Teenage Abuse on Adults

Usually you hear about adults abusing younger people, but that was not the case in Albert Lea Minnesota. At Good Samaritan Society nursing home, there have been reports of abuse. About fifty angry people showed up at the company meeting Thursday night, criticizing the management for the handling of the abuse cases. Among this meeting was Jan Reshetar. Reshetar's mother in law was one of the the victims in the abuse cases. Jan Reshetar's mother in law said tried to tell people about the abuse but no one listened, most people just thought it was the Alzheimer's sun downers that was making her say all these crazy things, but she was not alone. The reports filed last week say that six teenage aides taunted residents with advanced dementia. The aides were have said to hit, poke breasts and genitals, and stuck fingers inside of residents noses and mouths to keep them from screaming and yelling. "Somebody needs to stick up for our moms and grandparents." This is a statement that Jan Reshetar will live by for the rest of her life.

1 comment:

msc said...

This is horrible. I'm glad you're using your blog to inform people.

Here are the official reports of the abuse if anyone wants to read them.

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fpc/directory/surveyapp/ohfcfindings/h5441019.pdf

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1202081minn1.html