Home aide batters 95-year-old grandmother over the head with a saucepan until she collapses in her New York City home – while her horrified family watched the attack unfold on cameras
- Do you know the healthcare worker? Mail to nic.white@mailonline.com
A healthcare worker is wanted by police after she hit an elderly woman with a pan in her own home.
Dorothy, 95, was being cared for by Medflyt’s female assistant at Home Health Care Agency on July 21 when she was attacked.
Her daughter and granddaughters watched the attack live on cameras they had set up around their Harlem apartment, but were unable to prevent it.
The footage shows the Medflyt in a rage, yelling at Dorothy, “You’re making me mad,” before violently throwing two objects at her.
Dorothy, 95, was being cared for by Medflyt’s female assistant at Home Health Care Agency on July 21 when she was attacked
Later in the video she hits her with a pan, which Dorothy holds back with her arm, then throws the pan over her head.
Then the caregiver returned to Dorothy with another pan and repeatedly hit her on the head while she clung to her walker, until she fell to the floor.
Dorothy was battered and bruised from the attack. She has difficulty lifting her arms and is still in pain. Doctors are concerned about possible blood clots.
Her daughter Ramona Mitchell was not in the apartment and received a call from her daughter, who had watched the attack on her phone.
She said her other daughter, Tiffany, called Michelle and said her grandmother was being attacked. Michelle then called Ramona, crying.
The caregiver approached Dorothy with a pan and repeatedly hit her on the head as she clung to her walker
The caregiver beat Dorothy until she fell to the ground
Dorothy’s daughter Ramona Mitchell was not in the apartment and received a call from her daughter, who was watching the attack on her phone
“Tiffany just told me the girl beat her up, Michelle was crying and screaming on the train ‘oh my God, grandma’s been beaten up’,” she said ABC7.
Michelle said witnessing the “horrific” attack was a “nightmare” and one of the worst days of her life.
“I felt helpless… it was the worst thing I could imagine,” she said.
“It was so surreal to me that someone could hit someone like he was beating them up.”
Police are looking for the worker, but have not yet been able to arrest her.
“We are conducting an internal investigation with the New York City Police Department and are cooperating with authorities,” Medflyt said.