Nursing home workers share explicit photos of residents on Snapchat
Caring nurse holding kind elderly lady's hands in bed (Shutterstock.com)
December 21, 2015
This story was co-published with the Washington Post. Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media networks such as Snapchat, violating their privacy, dignity and, sometimes, the law. ProPublica has identified 35 instances since 2012 in which workers at nursing homes and assisted-living centers have surreptitiously…