NURSING HOME STAFF IN OKAYAMA PREFECTURE ROUTINELY TIED UP ITS RESIDENTS

Highlights –

• Nursing home staff in Okayama prefecture routinely tied up its residents.
• The nursing home is run by a social welfare corporation Shomei Fukushikai.
• The prefectural govt. has banned the corporation from accepting new residents for one year starting Jan. 21.
• 22 workers at the nursing home tied ropes around the stomachs of 13 of its residents.