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A 48-year-old man who works at a nursing home in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing a 90-year-old male resident.
According to police, Toshihiko Kato has admitted to abusing the wheelchair-bound man by strongly kicking the back of his chair, in the dining room at around 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday at Agano-en rest home, Kyodo News reported. The man had finished lunch and was waiting for his turn to take a bath.
Another employee later saw the man sitting in his wheelchair in his room and noticed that he was having trouble breathing. He called 119 and the man was taken to hospital where he died at around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Police quoted Kato, who was alone at the time with the victim, as saying he got irritated because the man kept asking him to do many things while he was busy with other duties.
© Japan Today
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falseflagsteve
What a thug and a bully. I know these oldies can be very demanding but he’s getting paid to look after them.
BigP
Paid to after them? That’s the problem.
Low pay = Low quality nursing.
Shirokuma4812
The pay here for nurses and orderlies is ridiculously LOW and the hours are terrible.
kaimycahl
I agree working in a nursing home for the elderly could be very demanding, as my mom use to say you are born to be, an adult once and a child twice. With that said, yes the pay is low and the work is hard and stressful but when it gets to the point where you can't handle the work load its time to move on.
Police quoted Kato, who was alone at the time with the victim, as saying he got irritated because the man kept asking him to do many things while he was busy with other duties.
jeancolmar
What a terrible way to go.
602miko
They should hire more staff. I know how hard and stressful their work is, it is not the low pay they were paid pretty well, but long hours of work.
sir_bentley28
You mean.......your job?
John
It’s unbelievable to see so many crazy comments about pay. The guy killed a 90 year old man God’s sake. What’s his salary to do with it. If you ask me, his salary was too high as he can’t do the job, and he seems to be worthless.
starpunk
Nursing is a labor of love. It's about the Commandment: Love thy neighbor as thyself. Even if the pay isn't good there's no excuse for the abuse.