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JUST IN: Nursing home employee accused of assaulting 90-year-old woman

Austin American-Statesman - 7/18/2017

July 18--Austin police have issued an arrest warrant for a nursing home employee who is accused of beating a 90-year-old woman after she wet her bed in the facility in May.

Carly Vondra, a 44-year-old certified nurse's assistant, faces a second-degree felony charge of injury to a disabled individual, according to an arrest affidavit filed on Monday.

Austin police began investigating the incident on May 12 after a woman at the Gracy Woods 1 Nursing Center in the 12000 block of Metric Boulevard reported that a new employee had assaulted her during the night, the affidavit said.

The woman told investigators that the employee turned her over on her stomach and hit her on her back several times, according to the report.

She said she thought the employee was upset with her because she wet her bed, and she was afraid to go back to the nursing home, the affidavit said.

Authorities at the nursing home identified Vondra as the employee who was caring for the woman on the night of the reported assault.

The woman also identified Vondra as the person who hit her after seeing photos a relative pulled from the internet, the affidavit said.

If convicted, Vondra faces between two and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

She was not in custody at the Travis County Jail on Tuesday morning, jail records show.

Texas Department of Health and Human services records show that the nursing center had five state and federal health violations during an Oct. 2016 inspection, along with five state and one federal life safety violation.

The state health violations included failing to provide services related to protecting (residents') privacy, failing to provide care in a way that keeps and builds each residents dignity and self-respect, failing to get doctor orders for resident's immediate car e when admitted and failing to make sure the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and affordable, according to HHS online records.

The records show state life safety code violations including failing to meet Health Care Occupancy requirements of the Life Safety Code, failing to provide each resident with a bed of proper size and height, failing to put a bathroom in or next to each resident's room, failing to provide each resident with bedding to keep them warm and failing to provide each resident with furniture and closet suitable for their needs.

All violations were listed as corrected on Dec. 9, 2016, the records show.

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