Wife says nursing home no place for aggressive husband
Woman speaks out after W5 documentary reveals 10,000 incidents of patient-on-patient abuse
Hugh Adami, The Ottawa Citizen
Doris Andrew is embarrassed by her story, but she says it needs to be told because she’s fearful for her husband, who has dementia, and the people he might hurt once he’s sent to a long-term care facility. Doris believes that the system is failing, and that aggressive individuals, such as her husband, should not be mixed in at nursing homes with passive patients.
