TWO aged care workers who tied an elderly man with dementia to a chair, pushed him, and dragged him across the floor have been banned from healthcare for two years. Login or signup to continue reading Supryinka Poudel and Megana Pandey were working as assistants in nursing in the memory support unit at a facility run by Infinite Care. That organisation runs a number of nursing homes , including on the Central Coast.
The two women worked a night shift together on June 24, 2023, when their activities were recorded. The CCTV footage was examined during a routine review by the facility manager the following day. In a decision published on its website, the Health Care Complaints Commission says the two women blamed one another for the 85-year-old man's treatment.
The commission found them guilty on several grounds, first of using an unauthorised restrictive practice, by placing a sheet around the resident, tying him to a chair and restricting his movement. Second, they used unreasonable force several times through the night, including pushing the man into a chair and pulling and dragging him across the floor. Third, they were neglectful in their duties , failing to report the four times that he fell during that shift, and failing to offer him any assistance, leaving him on the floor in urine-soaked clothing.
The fourth allegation proven against them was inflicting psychological and emotional abuse, by leaving him on the floor after he fell, and not cleaning and changing him. The c.
