Care worker said ‘f**k you, old bat’ as she taunted pensioner with dementia

A carer threatened, taunted, tormented and even hit an 83-year-old resident with dementia, who then died weeks later. 

Footage confirmed Valentina Baghiu, 23, guffawing whereas she poked and grabbed at Elizabeth Ann Mernock.

In one video, she will be seen waking the helpless lady up after which hitting her legs with a brush whereas hissing ‘f**k you, you old bat’ and ‘hell will become of you’. 

She laughed at Mrs Mernock as the pensioner pleaded ‘get off me’, ‘leave me alone’ and ‘stop it’. When Mrs Mernock tried to get out of the chair, Baghiu grabbed her wrist, pulled her again and said ‘look at me’. 

Baghiu was additionally seen poking her sufferer’s face and saying ‘you would think I’m enjoying with the cat’ and waving her fist in Mrs Mernock’s face threatening: ‘You are going to get it tonight, do you understand?’. 

The single mum made a number of merciless feedback to Mrs Mernock in Romanian. These had been translated into English for Liverpool Crown Court. 

One nasty comment was said to both imply ‘I’ll mess you up like nothing else’ or ‘I’ll offer you just a few slaps over the top’, the Liverpool Echo reported.

The abuse, at Birch Tree Manor care house, in Port Sunlight, Merseyside, passed off on two unspecified dates between May and November in 2019.

Mrs Mernock died that very same November from unrelated causes. 

Just just a few weeks earlier than she handed, Mrs Mernock instructed her daughter, Sarah Thomas, that individuals had been ‘hitting, pushing and shouting at her’. 

But Mrs Thomas spoke to employees and determined it was ‘probably just in her mum’s head’ as a result of she has dementia. 

‘Then to search out out what had occurred was true, makes it really feel extremely upsetting. It begs the query: “If I had believed her at the time, would she still be here today?”,’ the daughter said. 

Mrs Thomas instructed the courtroom: ‘My mom had one-to-one care, which mistakenly made the household presume she was very secure, properly taken care of, and most significantly, completely satisfied.

‘Instead, now we should contend with the truth that her closing weeks had been stuffed with distress, concern and trauma, which has inevitably led us to query whether or not it led to a deterioration of her situation and demise.

‘It is a question I will have to live with for the rest of my life.’ 

The abuse was revealed by a fellow employees member who secretly filmed the assaults and despatched them to Wirral Adult Social Care Services. 

Police then investigated and knowledgeable Mrs Thomas in regards to the allegations which made her really feel ‘sick to her stomach’. 

In January, Baghiu pleaded responsible to the ill-treatment or wilful neglect of a person by a care worker.

Despite the responsible plea and movies, the decide spared Baghiu from jail after she instructed the courtroom that she financially helps her five-year-old son in Romania and is anticipating a second little one in October. 

He made his resolution although the magistrates’ courtroom, the place she admitted the offence, had escalated the case to the crown courtroom particularly so the next jail sentence may very well be thought of. 

Instead Baghiu, of Warren Road in Warrington, was handed a six-month sentence suspended for 18 months. She must work for 75 hours unpaid and was given a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.

After the sentencing, Mrs Thomas and her brother had been reportedly visibly upset however didn’t need to remark. 

Prosecutor Alan Currums said:  ‘The victim’s household had deliberate their mom’s funeral however had been then instructed it needed to be delayed due to what had emerged about Baghiu.

‘They couldn’t speak to anybody about this as a felony investigation was underway.

‘They had thought their mom was secure however she had develop into the sufferer of a heartless and callous bully.

‘Most carers, together with the employees at this house, look after the residents compassionately and competently, regardless of the challenges offered by sufferers with dementia.

‘The good work of the vast majority of carers should not be forgotten when the actions of people like Valentina Baghiu come to light. They are the bad apples in an area of care that is often the scene of great kindness and professionalism.’ 

Birch Tree Manor Care Home said: ‘We are saddened and upset that these incidents occurred in our house and labored with the related authorities all through to convey this prosecution.

‘The well being and wellbeing of our residents is our primary precedence and this episode just isn’t a mirrored image on our excellent and devoted employees.

‘We dispute Ms Baghiu’s allegations relating to her working patterns and coaching and do all the pieces we are able to to make sure that our employees keep the best potential requirements.’

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