Mother Jerking Son

Man plants camera in elderly mother's nursing home, captures brutal abuse by ...

An Ohio nursing home is under fire after a hidden camera installed by a patient's son caught caregivers brutally abusing his elderly mother, according to a report.

Two nurse's aides were fired from the Prentiss Center for Skilled Nursing Care in Cleveland and a third was disciplined after they were filmed manhandling 78-year-old Esther Piskor, an investigation by Cleveland's WKYC television revealed.

One of the aides, Virgen Caraballo, was charged with felony assault and police were investigating other workers at the home. Caraballo pleaded not guilty.

The state Department of Health cited the center, run by Cleveland's giant MetroHealth health care system, for failing to prevent the abuse.

Piskor's son, Steve, told the station that he hid a camera inside a fan on his mom's dresser after the home ignored his complaints that his mom was being beaten up.

His mother, a grandmother of 25 who has Alzheimer's, had red welts on her face and raised her hands in fear whenever he visited, Piskor complained.

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"MetroHealth said I was taking things out of context and taking it too far," Piskor told WKYC. "They made me out to be the trouble maker, the complainer, the bad guy.

"The administrator at one point told me accidents happen and mistakes are made."

But his hidden camera footage told a different story.

One video shows Caraballo jerking the helpless granny out of her wheelchair and tossing her on her bed like a rag doll.

Later, other brutal aides push Piskor's face against the wall, slam her into a wheelchair and punch her in the face.

Amazingly, Piskor posted signs around the room that the workers were being watched, but the abuse continued.

Piskor said the videos devastated his family.

"I only showed them two videos and they got so upset they were actually crying," Piskor told the station.

Dr. James Campbell, the chief of geriatric care at MetroHealth, said the hospital was "incredibly sorry."

But he denied that Piskor's earlier complaints were ignored, saying both the hospital and the health department investigated the claims but didn't find anything.

"The unfortunate part is those investigations didn't reveal what this video has now revealed," Campbell said. "With 20/20 hindsight, I sure as heck wish we'd have done something sooner.

Special LIFF Review: Memories of March | MAARS News

, Was the second film I had the pleasure of seeing as part of the London Indian Film Festival. Written by and starring Rituparno Ghosh, the film also stars Deepti Naval and Raima Sen. I was looking forward to seeing Memories in March and one of the main reasons is that the story, the emotions and the treatment of the film seemed a world away from the jhatkas and matkas of your typical Bollywood movie.

is the story of a recently bereaved mother, played by Naval, whose late son, Siddharth, lived and worked away from home. She makes a trip to where he resides following his sudden demise in the hope to collect some of his memories and find out about his life in the final few months of his life. She meets her son’s colleagues (Sen and Ghosh) and also visits his workplace. All seems “normal” until it is revealed to her that Ornob (Ghosh) and Sid were, in fact, lovers. What follows is a mother’s attempt to piece together the life her son led during the last 6 months as well as come to terms with his homosexuality.

With a story of this kind, one does expect a few tear-jerking scenes and also performances which will remain with you for some time. However, if this was indeed an expectation you had, you will be somewhat disappointed. There are definitely a few scenes in the movie which give you the inevitable lump in your throat but they are few and far between, sadly. In fact, it’s possible to count on one hand how many times one sees Naval shedding tears at her loss.

Aside from the obvious, it has to be said that Ghosh’s performance as the person who has just lost his lover is praise-worthy. One is able to feel his grief, his sense of loss and his anger at the situation as well as the way in which he seems to know everything about Sid’s mother through Sid’s eyes. It goes to show that Ghosh is not only a big film director but his acting skills are also showcased worthily in this movie. Hats off to a man who is most definitely a legend.

Raima Sen is an actress which has been seen in a few Bollywood films and her interpretation of her character, Shahana, is one that should get her noticed. It seems given the right films and roles, this actress could easily get critical acclaim. Let’s hope the producers and directors out there are taking notice because Sen is very much the surprise package of this movie and also the much-needed breath of fresh air in an otherwise slow-paced plot.

Memories in March has the potential to be a great watch but it’s not for the masses. Perhaps the one thing that lets the film down is the difficulty in getting under a character’s skin and feeling what they feel as a viewer. Despite this drawback, the film is a delicate, realistic and unconventional attempt to venture into the forum of a subject like homosexuality and portray it as if it is a part of life and, in this case, it also seeks to tackle grief and unknown relationships alongside it.