‘That Is Just Inhumane’: Hidden Camera Captures Alleged Elder Abuse At Folsom Senior Living Facility

FOLSOM (CBS13) –  State authorities are present investigating alleged maltreatment aft Folsom Police arrested a elder surviving installation caregiver who’s charged with felony elder abuse.

A hidden camera captured a tiny presumption of a family’s overmuch bigger interest astatine Brookdale Senior Living.

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A 90-year-old grandmother, who household members don’t privation identified, was primitively forced retired of her location due to the fact that of the Caldor Fire and past sent to the elder facility.

The video shows 1 of the caregivers drawback the woman’s head, propulsion her hairsbreadth and propulsion her. Family members accidental they installed the hidden camera aft uncovering bruises connected their grandmother.

“It was precise hard for maine to look astatine those videos. They were taunting her,” said Carole Herman, president and laminitis of the Foundation Aiding the Elderly, oregon FATE.

Herman filed a ailment with the licensing part of the Department of Social Services, which present launched an investigation.

“This is elder abuse. They harmed that pistillate to the constituent that she present is truly suffering. It traumatized her truthful atrocious and a idiosyncratic with dementia similar that. That is conscionable inhumane,” Herman told CBS13.

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Brookdale Senior Living sent CBS13 this statement:

“We instrumentality immoderate allegations precise earnestly arsenic the wellness and wellbeing of our residents is highly important to us. Having the spot of our residents, and their families is vital. Inappropriate behaviour oregon behaviour is not tolerated and is dealt with appropriately. The individuals progressive are nary longer with the company, and we are cooperating with the authorities.

“Our institution has thorough employment standards successful place, including inheritance checks, and ongoing grooming of employees successful compliance with authorities rules and regulations.

Out of privateness for those involved, we are incapable to supply immoderate further details.”

Folsom constabulary arrested 1 of the caregivers who is present charged with felony elder abuse, but Herman is hoping anyone other who suspects maltreatment volition travel forward.

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“To interruption an aged dementia pistillate who was traumatized to statesman with — to permission her location due to the fact that of the fire. How tragic is that?” said Herman.

Marlee Ginter