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the physical abuse cases can
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be a couple different scenarios one
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we’ve had cases which are
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resident on resident physical abuse
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where a facility has a person who’s
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known to be
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aggressive and uh violent
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yet they keep them in the facility with
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the other
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elders and if they do that it’s just a
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matter of time
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before that person who who’s aggressive
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with staff will then become aggressive
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with
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other residents and the injuries
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can be substantial the most common in
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these physical abuse cases are broken
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bones by virtue of the person getting
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shoved to the ground
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we’ve seen a lot of black eyes we had
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even won a fractured skull
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this person took property at the home
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and used that to beat up
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this other defenseless elder we also see
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it
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where facilities some of their workers
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have lost
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their temper lost their patience with
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one of their residents
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shoved them resulting in you know a
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broken arm or a broken hip
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we’ve had a fractured orbital an orbital
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fracture
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from being punched by one of the workers
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and in that situation it’s just a
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failure of the facility to do a proper
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background check
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we’ve we found out when you have workers
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who commit violence on residents in
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almost every situation that person has a
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record
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of violence and that if you looked into
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it you would have known look
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this is not a person that i can hire to
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provide
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care to our vulnerable elderly residents