Hidden camera used in elder abuse lawsuit

The family of an elderly Alzheimer's patient is suing a nursing home near Montreal after a hidden camera allegedly revealed the patient being mistreated by staff. The images were captured by Chantal Contant, whose 78-year-old father Leandre was a patient at the CLSC-CHSLD Meilleur long-term care facility in L'Assomption, Que. Video footage from the hidden camera allegedly reveals poor hygiene at the home and an orderly dragging a frail Contant on the floor after a fall in Dec. 2005. The orderly has since been fired and is facing possible criminal charges. CTV's Stephane Giroux, reporting from Montreal, said the family had hired high-profile Montreal lawyer Jean-Pierre Menard and was suing the long-term care facility for $80,000. "Chantal felt that there was something wrong, so she installed a hidden camera inside his room and she caught an orderly dragging her father on the floor in a very rough manner," Giroux told CTV News Thursday.

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