These are the disturbing moments a carer and a nurse drag a quivering and distressed disabled pensioner across her room.
Michael Lanera covertly filmed the carers with a camera hidden underneath a desk after he suspected his 85-year-old mother, who has dementia, was being mistreated at a Halifax care home.
A mental health nurse and care assistant were sentenced after being caught "drag lifting" her across her room, reports YorkshireLive.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, a judge at Bradford Crown Court watched the distressing footage on Friday which also showed the victim being left in her urine-stained bed.
Prosecutor Wayne Jackson said that on December 1, 2018, the man had visited his mother, who suffered from dementia and mobility problems, and found her lying in a urine-soaked bed still in her clothes from the day before.
When he checked the camera footage it showed nurse Mamello Herring and care worker Maria Jackson “drag lifting” his distressed mother back to her bed from the toilet area.
The method involves someone putting a hand or arm under the person’s armpit and can result in injuries to those involved.
Mr Lanera's mother can be heard wailing in discomfort and is clearly seen to be in a state of distress.
The court heard that when the pair were questioned, Herring said she knew that “drag lifting” was not permitted because it was unsafe and she had been taught that in training sessions.
Jackson also accepted that their actions had been wrong and it went against their training.
Herring, 55, of Rossefield Place, Bramley, pleaded guilty to a charge of ill treatment by a care worker, which can carry a maximum sentence of five years in jail.
She was given an 18-month community order and told to do 250 hours unpaid work for the community.
Herring was cautioned in 2015 after she moved a frail woman who had fallen out of bed and broken her leg. She was warned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) but escaped suspension.
She was brought before the NMC after the incident at Woodlands Care Home in Mirfield in September, 2013.
Jackson, 41, of Lane Ends Terrace, Hipperholme, pleaded guilty to common assault and also received an 18-month community order. She was ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work.
The Recorder of Bradford Judge Richard Mansell QC said “drag lifting” was specifically excluded because it was potentially unsafe never mind the indignity it involved.
