A D.C. man in a wheelchair says nurses and aides are sleeping on the job when they’re supposed to be keeping him safe. He and advocates are sounding the alarm about what they call a growing risk affecting some of the District’s most vulnerable residents.
Damon Brooks knows the value of a good team. He makes his living covering athletes as a writer for the Monumental Sports Network. A team mentality is even more important to him when he’s off the job. Thirteen years ago, a tragic wrestling accident with a friend left him a paraplegic.
Brooks depends on nurses and aides throughout the day, managed through the city’s Elderly and Persons with Physical Disabilities program funded by Medicaid. The program allows him to remain in his own home…