Nursing aide pleads guilty to abusing Ohio patient
CLEVELAND (AP) — A nursing home aide in Ohio has pleaded guilty to seven counts of abusing a 78-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.
Prosecutors say 45-year-old Virgen Caraballo of Cleveland treated the patient roughly, including forceful wheelchair transfers, tossing the woman onto her bed and pushing her face into the mattress.
The aide was caught on a camera hidden in an air purifier by the victim’s son.
Caraballo pleaded guilty Monday in Cleveland and faces sentencing Jan. 9. Under a plea deal, she’s barred from working in a nursing home that gets Medicaid funds.
Caraballo could not be reached for comment today.