Elderly Woman Dies After Allegedly Beaten At Nursing Home
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Hospital officials say Friday that an elderly
woman has died, after suffering a beating with brass knuckles in her nursing home bed.
Dallas County Prosecutor Jamie Pratt says 81-year-old Willie Mae
Ryan was taken off a ventilator at Jefferson Regional Medical
Center and died yesterday evening.
Pratt says he will file murder charges against two women already
charged with felony adult abuse in the case. He plans to meet with
investigators today and file specific charges early next week.
Nursing assistants 17-year-old Shermika Rainey and 44-year-old
Gayla Wilson are charged in Ryan`s beating on July 30th. They work
at Dallas County Nursing Home. The state Office of Long Term Care
is investigating the case and today placed both women on a registry
of elderly abusers.
Authorities say Ryan was beaten by a certified nurse`s aide
while another employee held her on the bed. According to an
affidavit, Wilson told Rainey she was tired of the woman, quote,
"being disrespectful."
