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Catania, November 6, 2020 – Seniors completely naked, insulted, left on the ground along with theirs excrementme, wedged between the protective bars of his bed, with conspicuous wounds. Some came related or in treatment with expired medications. It’s a real one retirement home of horrorsme that discovery ad Aci Sant’Antonio, in the Catania area, as part of an investigation carried out by the carabinieri and coordinated by the Etna prosecutor. Quattro the investigated: Pietro Giovanni Marchese, 60, sole director of the “San Camillo srl” nursing home, and employees Giuseppina Giovanna Coco, 37; Rosaria Marianna Vasta and Alessandra Di Mauro, both 41 years old For Marchese, a one-year ban on business activity was ordered, while for the three employees, instead, a ban on practicing in nursing homes. and facilities for the care of the elderly for 9 months.
The research originates from seizure of some mobile phones, which took place in July 2019. Numerous have been identified within Coco’s phone Photo, taken inside the retirement home between March and June 2019, which portrayed mistreatment to the detriment of elderly patients. In particular, the photo of a pressure ulcer in an elderly patient, not adequately treated and that has significantly worsened over time, stands out. Subsequent controls, carried out together with the Catania Labor Inspection Unit, determined that inside one of the bedrooms on the first floor, a invited it was literally stuck in his own bed, unable to get up and due to chairs and a sofa placed on the sides of the bed, which prevented any movement.
The presence of 11 undeclared workers was also found, including two of the suspects, and some of them were transferred to a state of freedom for having illegally received citizenship income.
According to investigators, the structure manager, who holds a position of guarantee towards the guests entrusted to the nursing home, “had not supervised the employees so as not to prevent them from mistreating the elderly in the structure and create a
habitual atmosphere of harassment, humiliation and mortification to the detriment of them; neglecting care, including medical care, and care for the elderly and women
poor sanitary conditions from the nursing home (where mice have been sighted in it and the elderly have contracted scabies), thus aggravating the state of physical and mental suffering of the guests ”. In addition, it was found that “this negligent behavior of the owner allowed the three employees, as people who were entrusted to the elderly hospitalized for care and assistance, to mistreat them.”
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