Home healthcare worker accused of aggravated manslaughter of elderly person [Video]

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A home healthcare worker was arrested for allegedly failing to call 9-1-1 or provide health care to an 86-year-old man in her care.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Beatrice Taylor, 25, of Dundee, was hired as a home health care worker by the man and his wife through Assisting Hands Home Health Care. Taylor was scheduled to work 12-hour shifts watching the couple.

Deputies said on August 15, Taylor began her shift at 9 p.m. and immediately fell asleep. Taylor allegedly woke up when she heard a “thump” coming from the victim’s bedroom.

Taylor went to the couple’s bedroom and allegedly found the man lying on his right side on the floor with his head wedged in between the nightstand and the bed. Deputies said Taylor told them she tried to help the man, but he told her not to touch him, so she left …