Nursing Home Aides Accused of Taunting Residents and Taking Photos

From the article, the aides were charged, "for taunting residents and taking still and video digital images of nursing home residents in undignified poses, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said.

The former aides worked at the Pontiac Nursing Home and St. Luke Health Services, both in Oswego.

'Nursing home residents and their families deserve the peace of mind of knowing that their loved ones will be protected and respected by their caregivers. To record images of residents for one's own amusement is a blatant violation of trust and privacy in the very place these residents call home,' Schneiderman said...

Several of the pictures allegedly depict the defendants lying in bed with a resident and touching the resident in a taunting and abusive manner, the attorney general's office said."

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