The employee must have beaten one of the elderly people living on the property with a fist bump on his hand and addressed the elderly with harsh tone. The manager of the accommodation was told by a colleague who must have seen the incident.

Suspended from work

An investigation was started quickly and it was concluded that what had happened was a serious misconduct when the elderly person was exposed to deficiencies in treatment and physical abuse. The employee was also suspended from his job from the accommodation located in Halmstad municipality pending an investigation.

Other staff have also received training in low-impact treatment and in what obligations they have to report on maladministration in health care, according to lex Sarah.