Carer Sedates Patient – Kurtz Investigations Nuremberg Uncovers Abuse in a Residential Care Home

Mrs Kirch (name changed) was completely distraught. Although she had long since come to terms with the fact that her bedridden mother would never again be able to live without outside assistance, the fact that her health condition periodically deteriorated rapidly only to improve again shortly afterwards not only caused Mrs Kirch deep emotional pain, it also struck her as suspicious. The doctors had no explanation, and the care home remained evasive. Mrs Kirch therefore sought the advice of the private detectives of Kurtz Investigations Nuremberg.

There were days, Mrs Kirch reported, on which her mother was completely lucid, spoke clearly, ate independently and enquired after her relatives. On other days, however, she would not open her eyes at all, say nothing and could hardly be fed.

Due to the regularity of these changes in condition, the private detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Nuremberg requested the duty roster of the care unit. This schedule already revealed the decisive irregularity: whenever a particular carer was on night duty, Mrs Kirch found her mother the following day in the aforementioned drowsy state.

As the care room was a rented apartment owned by Mrs Kirch, it was legally permissible for our Nuremberg detectives to install covert video surveillance equipment prior to the suspect carer’s next night shift. The first night did not yet bring success, but it did provide another suspicion: whenever the carer was in the room, he never turned on the light. As a result, the private detectives of Kurtz Investigations Nuremberg were unable to discern much when reviewing the footage.

Without delay, the existing cameras were replaced with camouflaged infrared cameras. And indeed, the recordings produced a clear result: the suspect administered injections to the patient despite having no authorisation whatsoever to do so.

The carer was summarily dismissed, and court proceedings are still pending. Sadly, Mrs Kirch’s mother passed away just a few days after these events. Kurtz Detective Agency Nuremberg would once again like to express its sincere condolences at this point.