Human Rights Abuse in Australian Institution

A photo was published on 16th March 2009 showing an Australian residential care worker found asleep in a resident’s bed. A carer kicked a severely disabled woman out of her bed, changed into her own pyjamas, climbed into the woman’s bed and went to sleep.

The carer was discovered ion the morning by another support worker who was to replace her on the morning shift. The disabled woman was sitting in the kitchen all night. The residential care centre conducted an external investigation of the incident. The carer was cautioned and returned to overnight shifts.

This is a perfect example of human rights abuse, as the fact that the carer kicked out a resident out of her own bed didn’t matter – all that was investigated was the fact that the carer slept during her shift, which potentially endangered the residents.