Posted on 04/11/2023 8:02:36 AM PDT by Morgana
A pair of senior-care nurse aides are currently facing felony charges - for filming themselves mistreating a dementia-stricken patient for followers on social media.
The disturbing video shows Shy'Tiona Bishop, 20, and 18-year-old Jada Harris, terrorizing the female senior at an assisted living center in Northeastern Florida, laughing and mocking her throughout.
The footage was livestreamed on one of the staffers' Instagram accounts on April 3, and was subsequently aired during a press conference presided over by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Monday.
The unnamed senior - since confirmed to be a dementia patient at the Melbourne facility - can be heard screaming as the pair repeatedly joke and laugh at the camera and ignore the woman's cries.
At one point, the staffers purposely block the woman from entering her bathroom, and begrudgingly help her put on a pair of pants while complaining about being forced to look after the senior. Both women have since been fired.
'I'm sorry, yeah. She is embarrassing,' Harris can be heard saying in the clip, which Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey slammed as 'disgusting' Monday after announcing the charges against the duo, who have since been relieved from their posts at the old folks home.
Chiding the women for their behavior, Ivey also decried the state for setting both of the suspects' bond at $6,000 or less, with Bishop's only set at $4,000 despite the range of offenses.
The meeting saw the sheriff unveil the elderly abuse case for the first time, after receiving a tip from someone working at the facility, identified Monday as Market Street Viera in Melbourne, about the April 3 livestream and a week of investigations.
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That scares me about getting old. Don’t want to be a burden on my children, don’t want to fall into the hands of the cruel or negligent.
When my grandmother was in the nursing home, my uncle spent more time schmoozing the aides than sitting with her. It might have paid off.
Pronounced "shit on ya?"
This is the reality of state-run/state-controlled health care - expensive, bureaucratic, bad
After a stroke, our mother entered a country rehab center. The staff were nice enough, but neglectful. Mom developed bed-sores almost immediately, diapers went unchanged for long periods, mentally ill people roamed the halls unchecked.
We got her out of there and brought her home. Although it was a huge burden to all of us, we made it work. We are so glad she was able to die in peace, at home.
These pieces of excrement are getting bolder and bolder. They think they are immune from prosecution or reprisals. And in many cases, they are right. That HAS to change and right quick.
Florida news.
Hey any Florida FREEPers seeing much about this elder abuse in your local Florida media?
I have seen LOTS of coverage about a black Republican who thinks men shouldn’t use women’s bathrooms but NOTHING about this OR the murders of three Marion county teenagers.
Hmm.
I suspect it happens more than often than we know.
They should hang for this, by legal or extra-legal means if necessary. Only way this kind of uncivilized behavior is ever going to stop
I’m in Orlando. All the local networks covered this, albeit differently. One made mention of it, about 8 seconds. Another spent a minute or so and the local Spectrum cable feed showed the bLack girls in handcuffs walking to a waiting van.
We thank God that after Dad died my brother and his family were willing and able to move into the family farm and take care of Mom. A facility would have been horrible; she wanted to be at home.
She’s 99 this year, and still perky and mentally sharp. They’re doing and amazing job with her care.
My MIL lives with us. She’s very old and fragile. Subjecting her to the tender mercies of these shitbirds would be unthinkable.
I was hospitalized for thirty days. There was a screamer on each of the two floors I was on. One mostly stopped at night. The other seemed to have infinite energy. She had been there for a year and had no idea who she was. Periodically she’d try to “go home.”. It was painful having her around and she consumed a huge amount of time and energy. There was no chance she would “get better.”. My nurse said anything involving her was exhausting.
Hey Baby how much yo head weigh!??
Young people think they’ll never grow old.
These bitches need to do time.
Good catch.
Let’s hope she didn’t.
Affordable Healthcare.
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OH WAIT. Not racist when she says it. But what Scott Adams said...
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