Former CNA Admits Witnessing Abuse and Neglect
WLBT out of Jackson, Mississippi had a disturbing story of a former employee's admission of abuse and neglect she witnessed at Brandon Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, a for profit nursing home. Several people contacted WLBT sharing similar stories.
"Brandon Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center employee who we'll call "Ann" worked as a certified nursing assistant at the facility for about six weeks. "While I worked there I reported several cases of abuse," said Ann. She resigned after repeatedly seeing elderly patients neglected, left for hours in their waste and treated cruelly. The 30 year old wife and mother said she told her supervisors about the abuses but nothing was ever done.
"I witnessed a gentleman fall out of his wheelchair and I witnessed one of the other aides that I was shadowing pull his shirt up over his head and when she did that his head bounced and hit the floor," said the certified nursing assistant.
Why isn't this place getting investigated or shut down--the regulatory enforcement is lacking.
