"A caregiver at a Hoover nursing home is in jail after authorities say she slapped and manhandled an 80-year-old bedridden patient.
Taneka Kiera Hopkins, 28, of Pinson, is charged with second-degree elder abuse. "Her actions were appalling, awful and disturbing,'' said Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector.
Hopkins worked as a certified nursing assistant at the South Haven facility on Old Columbiana Road. She has since been released from employment.
Rector said family members suspected their loved-one was being abused, and contacted Hoover police. The male patient suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia. "He is unable to care for himself and unable to speak,'' Rector said"
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