A nursing assistant has been charged following an investigation into the alleged assaults of residents at an aged care facility in Epping.
On Saturday, March 26, police received a report that two residents, aged 92 and 87, had allegedly been assaulted at a facility in early March.
The 87-year-old woman received facial injuries during the alleged incident.
Officers from Ryde Police Area Command commenced an investigation and were made aware of alleged assaults on two further residents earlier in the year.
The residents, two 95-year-old women, were allegedly slapped by a nursing assistant.
Following inquiries, detectives attended a home on Powell Street, Homebush, about 4.30pm on Wednesday, March 30.
A 25-year-old woman, a nursing assistant, was arrested at the home and taken to Ryde Police Station where she was charged with ‘assault occasioning actual bodily harm (DV)’; and ‘three counts of common assault (DV)’.
The woman was refused bail and appeared at Hornsby Local Court on Thursday, March 31, where she was given bail to reappear on Tuesday, May 10.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.