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Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge
Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge A hidden camera caught a home health aide assaulting a 90-year-old stroke victim at an assisted living facility in Park Ridge, said authorities who arrested her. The micro-surveillance “Safe Care Cam” unit caught Mitsou Gottheim, 50, of Nanuet on video “physically assaulting the elderly woman, who is bedridden and unable to communicate verbally because of a stroke,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. It is the first time that police charges have been filed against a caregiver as a result of video captured through the relatively-new state program, authorities said. Gottheim –…

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by Jerry DeMarco