Nursing Assistant Charged with Nursing Home Abuse Allegedly Punched Resident’s Face
A nursing assistant at the Manor Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been arrested and charged with nursing home abuse. Eronie Deverlus allegedly used her closed fist to strike a female resident on the face. The victim is 65.
Deverlus had entered the female resident’s room to change her socks. Another worker at the nursing home reports hearing yelling and then walked in just in time to allegedly see the nursing assistant hit the patient’s face. When questioned about her actions, Deverlus is said to have responded that the resident had assaulted her first.
The elderly victim has dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Deverlus was let go from the nursing home following the alleged abuse incident.
If convicted of the felony crime, Deverlus could be sentenced to a maximum prison sentence of five years and ordered to pay a fine.
Nursing home residents who have Parkinson’s disease and/or dementia many not always know what they are doing. According to a 2006 article published in SeniorJournal.com, each week approximately 88,000 nursing home residents become physically aggressive as a result of their conditions.
Nursing home workers assigned to work with these patients should know this and must have the proper training necessary to care for these residents. Striking or inflicting any kind of abuse on a patient is not an acceptable strategy for dealing with an aggressive nursing home resident. This is called nursing home abuse and can be grounds for a Chicago nursing home negligence lawsuit against the home and/or the abusive nursing home worker.
Wilton Manors nursing home assistant faces abuse charges, Miami Herald, August 5, 2009
Violence by Dementia Patients in Nursing Home Associated with Key Factors, Senior Journal, June 27, 2006
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