Care home abuse: Shocking video sees dementia patient attacked by evil care workers

A shocking video has captured the horrifying moment care workers abused a vulnerable dementia patient - yet the men involved only received a four-month prison sentence

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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The distressing footage, shown at Bristol Crown Court by the Crown Prosecution Service, may be difficult for some to watch.

Filmed by secret cameras, it shows a distressed Gladys Wright, 79, being pushed, shoved and pulled on a number of occasions, all as staff subject her to a tirade of verbal abuse.

Daniel Baynes, Tomasz Gidaszewski and Janusz Salnikow, can be heard calling the helpless pensioner a “nasty aggressive bitch” and telling each other to “f*** her”, throughout the recordings.

They can also be seen forcing Mrs Wright's eyes open, forcing her into a chair and grabbing her neck.

The appalling treatment that Mrs Wright was subjected to at Granary Care Hime in North Somerset only came to light after her son, James, placed a hidden camera in her room.

The men, who have been suspended, pleaded guilty to abuse.

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Baynes was jailed for four months after admitting three counts of ill treatment or neglect of a person who lacks capacity, and another of theft after he was caught stealing Mrs Wright’s food.

Salnikow was given two months in prison, suspended for two years after admitting three counts of ill-treatment.

Gidaszewski was sentenced to 180 hours’ unpaid work for admitting one count of the same.

Sentencing them, Judge Michael Longman said: “This was in breach of a most basic duty of care and humanity which you had all undertaken to perform.

“Nothing about her behaviour or the environment in which you worked excuses your behaviour against a very vulnerable patient in your care.”

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Mrs Wright's son, speaking after the men were sentenced, admitted that he does not believe care home abuse will stop until 24-hour CCTV is set up in all homes.

He said: “I believe we'll be seeing many more instances of the abuse of vulnerable individuals and know this will not improve until we see the implementation of CCTV in these homes.”

Today we saw #carehomeabuse trend on Twitter after Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield discussed the issue on This Morning.

And, judging by people's comments on the social media site, more needs to be done:

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