Elderly abused by Filipino care worker

[rare_phoenix]

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By Jane Worroll

PUBLISHED: 22:50 GMT, 22 April 2012 | UPDATED: 11:39 GMT, 23 April 2012


'I used a spy camera to catch a care home thug beating up my mother': How a daughter's suspicions lead to her uncovering harrowing abuse

Harrowing ordeal: Filipino care worker Jonathan Aquino was caught slapping Maria Worroll around her thighs and her face

The footage showed two female carers hauling my mother out of her chair and manhandling her into bed. She was crying out in pain. One of them picked up her legs and dropped them on to the mattress.
Harrowing ordeal: Filipino care worker Jonathan Aquino was caught slapping Maria Worroll around her thighs and her face

Harrowing ordeal: Filipino care worker Jonathan Aquino was caught slapping Maria Worroll around her thighs and her face

‘Oh God, oh God,’ my mother was wailing. She has terrible arthritis, so rough treatment like this was agony for her. One of the carers commented nastily on how much my mother’s breath smelled.

Amid all this I could see my mother searching each woman’s face, trying to keep eye contact with her carers, still trying to rescue the situation and smile at them — even though she was in pain and being treated like dirty laundry.

But they blanked her and talked over her like she didn’t exist. It made my blood boil.

My heart told me to run to my mother, gather her up in my arms and bring her home. But I had a stronger gut feeling that I should film one more night.

I put the memory card back in. The next day, my heart heavy with anxiety, I visited my mother. She was still; pensive.

I left at 4pm with the footage from the second night in my pocket. I was still hoping the first night had been an aberration and that the new footage would show my mother sleeping peacefully.

When I got home, I popped the memory card into my laptop. Aquino came up on the screen. I was aghast — he shouldn’t be in my mother’s room. She was supposed to have only women carers. And he was alone.

I saw him tugging my mother’s clothes and a wave of outrage rose up in my throat. With a rude shove, he rolled her on to her side while she cried out with humiliation and pain. Then his arm swung back. I heard the crack of a slap against her thigh.

Over the following minutes, I saw him slapping my mother around her thighs and her face — again and again and again.

I was so shocked I screamed and leapt to my feet. ‘Pete!’ I yelled out to my partner, my throat catching. ‘He is hitting her! He is hitting her!’

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'I used a spy camera to catch a care home thug beating up my mother': How a daughter's suspicions uncovered harrowing abuse | Mail Online

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[AlbertCruz]

mao niy angay bitayon na OFW

[balipseyev]

Sus madaot nasad ang mga OFW nato aning balitaa...

[rare_phoenix]

It's on the home page of dailymail

[mindtrickz]

tsk3x..mas samot siguro ni kalisod mu-sud sa UK if ila i-tighten ila regulations after this incident

[Sol_Itaire]

makes my blood boil too. i can hang that aquino right now.

[nea_ness]

gapakauwaw lng. madamay nasd uban OFW aning balitaa

[naxi85]

naboang uroy nis jonathan ai!
kaluoy tawn anang tiguwang iya mang gitamparos!

[bravoONE]

gi at*y! mga demonyo, maytag mubalik na ninyo ang gaba!

[ironmack08]

pakauwaw man tawn ni siya ue....tsk3