SUED: Nursing Home hired male STRIPPERS to entertain elderly
Upmarket New York nursing home hired male STRIPPERS to entertain elderly dementia resident, shocking lawsuit claims, alleging it was done for 'perverse pleasure' of staff
East Neck Nursing Center is being sued for 'defiling' one of its residents
Son of resident found a picture of his mother giving money to a stripper
Lawsuit said his mother feared 'physical harm' during striptease
It claimed that staff at the center ignored his complaints
The victim suffers from dementia and has had three strokes
Complaint: The son of Bernice Youngblood was shocked when he arrived at her nursing home in Long Island to find a picture of her stuffing dollar bills into the underwear of a stripper (pictured)
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The family of 85-year-old Bernice Youngblood decided to sue her Long Island care home after one of the sons found a picture in her belongings of her placing dollar bills in the underwear of a stripper, who was bent over her.
Several other residents at the East Neck Nursing Center in West Babylon were present in the room, with one appearing to be crying, according to the suit.
The family complained not only about the striptease show, but about the fact that Mrs Youngblood's money was supposed to be locked safely away.
‘Bernice Youngblood has lived 85 years as a traditional Baptist, hard-working, lady... And now she has been defiled.'
The show was put on 'all for the perverse pleasure and enjoyment of the Defendant’s staff', it added, and 'has breached its... duty of care by purchasing the services of male strippers and directing them to perform various sexually related acts upon the facility's patients knowing that its patients did not have the physical or mental capacity to consent to such vile acts or defend themselves against such vile acts'.
The suit explained that one of Mrs Youngblood's sons found the photograph in January 2013 and that staff tried to snatch it from him when he showed it to them.
