Three months in jail for support worker guilty of attacking elderly patient

90-Day sentence a 'dangerous precedent' Family of an Ottawa man beaten by a personal support worker at a City-run nursing home, is angry about the 90-day sentenced handed down.

The support worker caught on camera beating an elderly patient will spend three months behind bars.

Jie Xiao, 44, pleaded guilty in July to punching George Karam, 89, several times as he lay in bed.

Xiao was working at the Garry J. Armstrong home when the attack happened and it spurned a review of all city-run facilities.

Since then, the city has fired three employees and provided more training to workers at long-term care homes.