This is so true. I witnessed a CNA pushing a frail old man to the bathroom as I walked by the door. THE REASON? The poor dear had wet his pants and it made the CNA mad. The man had dementia and couldn't help himself.

Did I report it? You better believe it. I was furious. When the head nurse did nothing, I went over her head to the State. I reported it and within a day there were people everywhere investigating it and the man in question was taken off the floor of dementia patients.

Is that the end of the story? Nope. Within a month this person was back on the floor and the reason I got from the Administrator was that they were short of help. No excuse! I was mortified and I said, "Well, let me tell you this. If that man comes anywhere near my Daddy, I'm holding YOU responsible." He was never assigned to Daddy, but here's the thing. I had to go home at night. What happened after I left? I was so depressed! But eventually, the man was taken off of the floor completely because of shouting at another patient and he was reported (not by me, by the woman who witnessed it).

Now get this...would you believe that some of the other patients wives got mad at me for reporting him? Yep... sure did. Said I put their loved one in danger by doing so. Hello? Do you think I cared? Not one bit. Abuse is abuse and if I had witnessed any again, I would have shouted just as loud.

JJ