nurse convicted of hitting/kicking elderly patients

[Amby 490]

A nurse has been convicted of assaulting elderly patients by hitting them with a pillow, kicking them onto their beds and forcing them to the ground with "controlled assistance."

Amanda Manuel, 30, of Greenwith, Australia showed little emotion as the Adelaide Magistrates Court found her guilty Friday of five counts of assault.

Magistrate Peter Snopek ruled that in January and February 2008 Manuel assaulted two women twice and a man once.

She is said to have hit one female patient with a pillow and "punted" another in the back to force her onto a bed.

He found her not guilty of two further allegations -- that she pushed an elderly man into a toilet and then dragged him several feet across the floor.

Manuel's case began in December 2008, when she was charged with seven counts of assault.

Her identity was suppressed by court order until February 2009, when The Advertiser had the ban overturned by the Supreme Court.

The identities of her victims, however, and the name and location of the nursing home in which she worked, remain confidential.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580010,00.html

[Chica Yeyé 41]

what a fvcking b1tch.

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Hell, I would; who needs BY?

[Mary Lou 681]

what a fvcking b1tch.

Ditto

[spookyturtle 9,466]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Knowing him, he's probably say she was justified.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Knowing him, he's probably say she was justified.

####### you two, stfu. this is not joking matter.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Knowing him, he's probably say she was justified.

####### you two, stfu. this is not joking matter.

I wasn't trying to make it a joking matter. It is very serious and wrong.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Knowing him, he's probably say she was justified.

####### you two, stfu. this is not joking matter.

I wasn't trying to make it a joking matter. It is very serious and wrong.

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

BY would punch her in the head for this transgression.

Knowing him, he's probably say she was justified.

####### you two, stfu. this is not joking matter.

you gonna punch us in the head too?

[Nagishkaw 510]

I worked in a nursing home back in the 70's and believe me I saw way worse than that happening. Whenever I would complain to superiors, I was chastised . In other words, they knew darn well what was going on but didn't want anyone making waves. Laws just didn't exist back then like they do today. Abuse was simply covered up.

[alienlovechild 75]

I worked in a nursing home back in the 70's and believe me I saw way worse than that happening. Whenever I would complain to superiors, I was chastised . In other words, they knew darn well what was going on but didn't want anyone making waves. Laws just didn't exist back then like they do today. Abuse was simply covered up.

I'll buy that. It's a tough job with low pay working with patients that may have neglected by their own families.

The Baby Boomers know what they did to their parents, that's why people are staying in their homes longer or wanting other options like assisted living. Americans are youth oriented and care far more about kids than old people who get little respect compared to other nations.

[Darnell 8,478]

I wonder if she was an overseas 'travelling nurse' ??? If so, she'll be deported after her jail time.

[Niels Bohr 72]