Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

DURHAM D

(32,606 posts)

13. One of our local nursing homes has a very bad reputation because it takes

Reply to LisaL (Reply #7)

Fri May 22, 2020, 08:28 AM

May 2020

patients in for drug rehab. I have a friend who is a police officer and he says they spend a lot of time there because the rehab patients are visited by their dealers, they fight among themselves all the time and steal from each other, attack the staff, and also attack the other (older) residents. You can imagine the staff turnover.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

26 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Online video shows 20-year-old beating elderly nursing home patient [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 OP

That's very disturbing. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #1

Video showing man beating 75-year-old until he bleeds leads to arrest mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #2

Who taped this? marble falls May 2020 #3

I don't know. It looks as if the camera were carefully hidden behind the paper towels. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #4

Family members are not allowed into nursing homes right now. LisaL May 2020 #6

I hope there was good intent, but if this was a 'trophy' footage or taken because this ... marble falls May 2020 #11

Oh, it was absolutely trophy footage obamanut2012 May 2020 #17

That's my thought. Totally premeditated. marble falls May 2020 #23

Looks like the trophe footage. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #19

The abuser seems to be handling the camera at the end, as though he wants to be seen tblue37 May 2020 #21

Statement from the nursing home: dalton99a May 2020 #5

Seems bizarre that apparently physically able 20 year old LisaL May 2020 #7

Perhaps a step down care placement following a hospital stay Devil Child May 2020 #9

Well it clearly was a wrong place for a 20 year old to be placed among LisaL May 2020 #10

One of our local nursing homes has a very bad reputation because it takes DURHAM D May 2020 #13

Yeah, my first thought was that this si what it was obamanut2012 May 2020 #16

Those who beat the elderly are no better than rabid animals and deserve the same fate Devil Child May 2020 #8

Please edit to show statistics of recent increase in assaults on seniors. Maggiemayhem May 2020 #12

hope he is on charges and will never work in a nursing home again. i wont watch vid. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #14

Understandably. I couldn't take more than a few seconds. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #15

He was not an employee, but a patient n/t obamanut2012 May 2020 #18

he doesn't work there. barbtries May 2020 #20

What the actual fuck!? n/t SpankMe May 2020 #22

I hope he gets the most severe sentence possible. EllieBC May 2020 #24

Cowardly shitstain should be charged w/hate crime. radius777 May 2020 #25

WTF? jcmaine72 May 2020 #26