Nursing Home Worker Accused of Battering 89-Year Old Resident

WUSF | By Sarah Pusateri

Published May 17, 2012 at 1:05 PM EDT

A 44-year old nursing home employee, Fannie McGee, was arrested after Hillsborough County Deputies say she was seen smacking an 89-year old woman twice on the side of her face.

Deputies say the victim suffers from dementia and lives at Superior Residences Home in Brandon where McGee works.

McGee is facing felony charges of battery on the elderly.

Health News Florida

Sarah Pusateri

Sarah Pusateri is a former multimedia health policy reporter for Health News Florida, a project of WUSF. The Buffalo New York native most recently worked as a health reporter for Healthystate.org, a two year grant-funded project at WUSF. There, she co-produced an Emmy Award winning documentary called Uniform Betrayal: Rape in the Military.

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