Two staff members at a nursing home in Winter Haven are facing battery charges for tormenting and abusing a 76 year old Alzheimer’s patient.
The victim’s son, Dale Wilson, began to notice random bruises on his father. In early October, he set up a hidden camera at the Palm Garden Nursing Home. What he discovered was extremely upsetting and disturbing. The footage revealed certified nursing assistants Yashika Zenobiaha Jones, 28, and Rose Dorlean Blaise, 35, assaulting him.
Police cited the video and interviews with other staff members regarding three specific incidents, occurring over three weeks:
- On Oct. 7, Jones was videoed rubbing her hands on the victim’s face, and making punching motions to agitate him. Another nurse was in the room.
- On Oct. 16, Blaise appears to lunge at the victim as he gets agitated and flails his arms. The police report says the woman used her legs and feet to stomp on his bare feet or kick him in the leg.
- On Oct. 24, Jones again is seen making punching motions at the victim. Grabbing his wrists, she used his fist to punch himself in the face, and slapped him in the face, police said.
Jones is facing two counts of battery of an elderly person, although she denied the accusations. Blaise is charged with one count of battery on the elderly.
The workers has been suspended without pay.
Take a look at the video footage below.
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