A 76-year-old patient sitter has been sentenced for assaulting a 68-year-old man with the remote control for a hospital bed. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Eleanor Flowers, of Washington, D.C., was ...

76-Year-Old Patient Sitter Sentenced for Striking 'Paralyzed' Man, 68, with Remote Control for Hospital Bed Eleanor Flowers assaulted the victim — who had previously suffered a stroke — in ...

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Flowers was employed as a patient sitter at United Medical Center, a hospital in Southeast Washington. On January 4, 2021, while ...

A 76-year-old patient sitter has been sentenced for assaulting a 68-year-old man with the remote control for a hospital bed. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Eleanor Flowers, of Washington, D.C., was ...

On January 4, 2021, while attempting to change the soiled clothing of a 68-year-old patient under her care, Flowers struck the patient repeatedly with the hospital bed’s remote controller.