Nurse pulled 87-year-old dementia patient out of her chair

NORTHAMPTON

  A care home nurse pulled an 87-year-old dementia patient off a chair by the arm and said ‘how can you sit there with your p–sy hanging out?’, a tribunal heard. Maureen Tavengwa made the remark at The Angela Grace Care Centre in Northampton before forcefully walking the resident to her room, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. John Bentley, for the NMC, said: ‘A referral was made to the NMC following an incident on 2 January 2015 involving an…

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