Claims of elder abuse have surfaced at an Edgefield nursing home after an 81-year old man says a nurse punched him in the eye.
Nursing home resident,Venson Rodgers, says a nurse at the Trinity Mission Health and Rehab Center punched him. “I think I’m in shock because I just can’t believe it’s happened,” said Dianne Long, Venson’s daughter. She is now struggling with feelings of regret after her father’s dementia forced him into a nursing home, and now this.
Meanwhile, Denise Bagwell turned herself in to police early Thursday. She is facing felony charges for abuse of a vulnerable adult. Edgefield Police Chief Ronnie Carter says, “It does look like he was punched in the eye whether it was an accident by his own hands or whether the nurse hit him…that will be for a judge to decide.”
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