Third Woman Charged In Alleged Nursing Home Abuse Case

A third woman has been charged in a case of alleged abuse of a 78-year-old dementia patient at a Haverford nursing home.

The alleged abuse happened at Quadrangle Retirement/Nursing Home Facility in Haverford.

Ayesha Muhammad was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to Haverford Township Detective Stephen Laughlin. Laughlin said Muhammad was arraigned before Judge Robert Burke and her bail was set at $35,000.

She was taken to prison, just like the other two women charged in the case.

Tyrina Griffin, 21, and , 22, were both already charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, criminal conspiracy, neglect of care-dependent person, recklessly endangering another person and harassment.

Traynham was charged Monday and her bail was set at $25,000. Griffin was charged Wednesday afternoon and her bail was set at $50,000.

District Attorney of Delaware County Mike Green said the victim, a 78-year-old woman, suffers from severe dementia. 

Green said that the woman’s son-in-law, Paul French, secretly installed a nanny cam inside a clock in her room after she complained to him and her daughter of alleged abuse from the staff at Quadrangle and after the facility’s administration stated that allegations of abuse were “unfounded,” citing the woman’s dementia as their reason.

One of the recordings from March 31 allegedly shows Griffin, Traynham and Muhammad enter the woman’s room and harass her, including making her stand topless and mock her, according to the affidavit. One of the videos of the alleged abuse can be . 

“After putting a shirt on (the woman), Griffin is shown slapping at the left and right ear of (the woman) which are overly sensitive after the loss of her hearing aids. As (the woman) sits on her bed, Griffin stood in front of her mocking her, acting as if she was ‘shadow boxing,’” the affidavit stated. “Griffin then leans over and appears to yell in her left ear. During the incident, the third employee is shown poking (the woman) in the eye as she stood helpless in front of the three employees.”