Nurse's Aide Nabbed for Elderly Abuse

An article in the Staten Island Advance shows what can happen when a caregiver just doesn't care. According to the article, a nurse's aide at Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center twice dropped a 67 year old patient with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia. The aide was moving the elderly patient into another room without assistance (contrary to facility rules). The aide is charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree, and willful violation of the public health law.

The aide was caught on camera which led to the arrest.