DULUTH, Minn. — A nursing home employee admitted to recording humiliating videos of residents and posting them on social media.
It started with a call to authorities by a former employee at the Bayshore Residence and Rehabilitation center. That whistleblower says a current worker posted inappropriate video and pictures of residents on social media.
The tip says the images of four residents, all with physical, communicative, and cognitive impairments, were upsetting and seemed to be getting worse in nature.
The Minnesota Department of Health investigated the abuse allegations.
One incident alleges the worker removed the shoes of one resident and threw it into his bare chest and face.
The complaint said the employee also took revealing photos of three other vulnerable residents either partially nude or posing with pornographic images.
“It’s just inhumane and it shows a lack of connection with basic human life,” said Suzanne Scheller.