Care home workers ‘forced terrified elderly women into dementia fight club’
A trio of carers were indicted after they allegedly forced terrified elderly women suffering from dementia into a fight club at an assisted living center. Tonacia Yvonne Tyson, 21, Taneshia Deshawn Jordan, 27, and Marilyn Latish McKey, 33 were formally charged with assaulting an individual with a disability on Wednesday. The crime they’re accused of stems from a disturbing incident at the facility Danby House in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in June 2019. The women were accused of encouraging two female residents to fight each other and allegedly recorded the incident. Jordan said to police that she encouraged one of the women to punch the other in the face, according to police documents.
One woman allegedly began choking the other one and a resident could be heard screaming, ‘Let me go!’ according to the Free Lance-Star. Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. A third female resident was lying on the floor during the fight, while staff members walked past her and refused to help her, police said. McKey told police that she allegedly pushed one of the female residents during the fight and did not check to see if she was okay.
The women in the fight, all in their 70s, were not physically injured, police said. The assisted-living facility released a statement and said that the three caretakers were terminated immediately in June. ‘Danby House has a zero-tolerance policy for the mistreatment of those in our care,’ the statement said. ‘Danby House has undergone leadership changes in recent months, and we look at situations like these as opportunities to improve upon the high standard of care we provide for our residents.’
After the incident the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services barred Danby House from having any new residents due to multiple complaints from within the facility. The maximum punishment the caretakers will receive if convicted is 120 days in jail.
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