Former Jesup Ridge employee alleges assault, firing after reporting resident neglect

JESUP, Ga. (WTOC) - A former Jesup Ridge nursing assistant says she was assaulted and fired after reporting that residents were neglected at the nursing home.Precious Daniels said residents were left unattended for hours and that some told her they had not been changed all day. She said she and other nursing assistants reported concerns nearly every day after she began working there in July.“If it wasn’t me reporting it, it was the other CNAs I was working with would report and say, like, hey, my people are getting left wet, they didn’t get changed,” Daniels said.She said she reported the concerns to nurses, unit managers and the director of nursing.Staff meeting and arrestDaniels said a staff meeting was held Nov. 4, and that her boss, Erin Sowell, escalated the situation when Daniels tried to explain that residents continued to experience neglect.“The D.O.N, Erin, she was like be quiet you stop talking and then another CNA was basically like she’s not lying like we report this every