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Home Health Aide Accused Of Abusing Victim In Searingtown
A home health aide has been accused of assaulting a victim on Long Island.
According to Nassau County Police detectives, a 68-year-old Searingtown man who suffers from a cognitive disorder needed the assistance of a live-in home health aide and hired Radica Barker, age 59, of Orlando, Florida, to provide care.
It was then discovered that Barker would often lose her patience with the victim and strike him, causing bruising and substantial pain in a series of incidents dating back to Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023..
Barker would take the victim’s cane away, which he physically needed, and o…