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Dementia patient bailed after alleged nursing home assault
Published 4 days ago
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An 87-year-old dementia patient, John Cain, is recovering in hospital after allegedly being violently assaulted by a fellow resident at the Hammondcare facility in Hammondville, Sydney's southwest. A 67-year-old man has been charged with assault and bailed on the condition he never returns to the facility, while facing a bedside court hearing under police guard. Hammondcare has announced a full internal investigation into how the alleged assault occurred in the dementia care centre's courtyard area.
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