Tuesday, June 01, 2010

VIDEO: NYC Nursing Home Abuse seen

Nurse Jessie Joiner landed herself in court after she appeared to jerk a wheelchair out from under an elderly patient, a fall which caused the victim to break her hip.

Nurse Jessie Joiner landed herself in court after she appeared to jerk a wheelchair out from under an elderly patient, a fall which caused the victim to break her hip.

But CBS got an exclusive look at what happens when a nurse, instead of taking care of a patient, causes incredible harm. It was a case of nursing home horror -- and it was all captured on tape.

In a video a nurse is seen allegedly dumping an elderly woman in a wheelchair on the floor.

It has led to criminal charges filed against the nurse by the attorney general.

The NY attorney general said everything you need to know about the criminal charges Joiner faces is on the video recorded by a camera placed to protect patients and staff, by the William Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion in Queens.

The incident happened on March 20, just after 9 p.m. Joiner is seen on video pushing a medication cart but suddenly abandons the cart and heads to the patient in the wheelchair. Joiner appears to jerk the chair sharply to the left and the woman, who is 85 years old and suffers from dementia, goes flying to the ground, a fall that breaks her hip.

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