Neglected Nursing Home Fall: Granddaughter Seeks Justice

0:00It's March 30th. This is Toronto News Today, powered by AI. A 97-year-old woman named Angelina Giraldi fell out of bed at a Montreal long-term care home and died the next day on December 18th, 2024. The coroner's report just dropped, blaming fractures in both hips and internal bleeding that led to heart failure. She was high-risk for falls and fully dependent on staff for basics like getting in and out of bed. That night, around 330-430 AM, the nursing assistant on duty found her on the floor, but didn't report it right away. Instead of calling the head nurse, she tried lifting Giraldi herself, even dragging her, which breaks protocol to avoid more injury. An incident report only came hours later when morning staff heard complaints of pain. A neighbor resident heard screams and saw the whole thing through open doors, backing up that the fall happened. The assistant's story flipped during the probe. She first admitted finding Giraldi on the floor, then denied any fall.

1:00Bed sensors that should have alerted staff might have glitched since they failed tests later. Giraldi's granddaughter, Alice Costello, calls out the lack of real accountability, noting the assistant's gone, but may be still working elsewhere, without retraining. The care home fired her, reported her to Quebec's nursing order, and since then ramped up fall prevention with bedar rounds, wrist tools, and equipment checks. Corners not pushing recommendations, saying the home steps cover it, but questions linger on why protocol got ignored. The reports with regulators for any discipline, and the family's mulling legal moves while reflecting on the gaps in care.