Nursing home workers post video of themselves taunting a 91-year-old great grandmother with dementia

Nursing home workers are fired after ‘filming themselves taunting a 91-year-old great-grandmother with dementia before posting it on Snapchat’

  • Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa shot a video of themselves taunting the elderly resident of the Abington of Glenview nursing home in Glenview, Illinois
  • Margaret Collins, 91, is seen in the video flailing her arms and pushing away the caregivers, as they keep throwing a hospital gown in her direction
  • Cortez and Montesa write on the video that ‘Margaret hates gowns,’ and include two laughing face emojis in the cruel online post 
  • Workers at the nursing home know that Collins, a great-grandmother, does not like hospital gowns, according to family members, who are suing the facility
  • Suit also names Cortez and Montesa, both certified nursing assistants, who were fired by the nursing home over the video because it violated Collins’ privacy 
  • Glenview Police charged Cortez and Montesa with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for the incident, which took place four days before Christmas

Margaret Collins (above), a 91-year-old great grandmother with dementia, was taunted by two nursing home workers in a Snapchat video they shot  appearing to try and force her to wear a  hospital gown

Two Illinois nursing home workers shot a cruel Snapchat video of themselves taunting a 91-year-old great-grandmother with dementia over her aversion to wearing hospital gowns, according to a lawsuit filed by the woman’s family.

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas, reported ABC 7. 

In the social media video post, Margaret Collins appears to become increasingly upset, flailing her arms and pushing away the caregivers as they keep throwing a hospital gown in her direction. 

‘She’s waving her arms because of one reason. She doesn’t have mobility to get away. That’s the only option she has to protect herself,’ her son Tom Collins told ABC 7.

The video includes the words ‘Margaret hates gowns,’ and includes two laughing- face emojis.

 ‘You’re just like, this is somebody’s sick idea of entertainment?’ asked Joan Biebel, Collins’ daughter, also while speaking to ABC 7.

A spokesperson for the nursing home did not immediately return a call from the Daily Mail. 

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas

Cortez and Montesa, both certified nursing assistants, were fired, because of the incident and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct by Glenview Police. 

A dispatcher answering the phone for the police told the Daily Mail that additional information on the charges was not immediately available. 

Collins no longer lives in the facility and now suffers from anxiety, says her family which has filed a lawsuit naming Cortez, Montesa and the nursing home.

‘Margaret’s privacy was clearly violated,’ said John Perconti, attorney for the family. ‘They had no right to have cell phones in there.’

In the social media video post, Margaret Collins (above) appears to become increasingly upset and starts flailing her arms. Her taunters wrote 'Margaret hates gowns' on the post with two laughing face emojis

In the social media video post, Margaret Collins (above) appears to become increasingly upset and starts flailing her arms. Her taunters wrote ‘Margaret hates gowns’ on the post with two laughing face emojis

A hospital gown is thrown in Margaret Collins' direction (above), even though workers at the nursing home are aware she has an aversion to wearing them

A hospital gown is thrown in Margaret Collins’ direction (above), even though workers at the nursing home are aware she has an aversion to wearing them

The nursing home said in a statement: ‘The privacy and dignity of our residents are of the utmost concern at the Abington. Recently, two employees were immediately terminated when it was determined that they violated our standards and policies.’

Family members complained the terminations didn’t happen fast enough, which for them was evidence the facility had turned a blind eye.

‘They violate her safety, her privacy, and then they do a slow walk to correct the behavior?’ Collins’ son Tom said. 

A report from the Illinois Department of Public Health said the Abington failed to implement its own abuse prevention policy.

 

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