A mother in St. Cloud, Florida, hires around-the-clock nursing care in her home to help care for her teenage daughter.
The 18-year-old is developmentally disabled, non-verbal, quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, and has minimal vision. To cover the 24 / 7 schedule, nurses work 12-hour shifts, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in their St. Cloud home.
Checking on her disabled daughter Saturday morning, the mother notices red scratches around her daughter’s mouth and eyelid; the scratches were not present the previous evening, and as a quadriplegic, it is impossible for her daughter to scratch herself in such a way, so she reviews surveillance camera footage from the previous night and calls the police immediately.
The nurse during this time was Nia Ayers, a 24-year-old Licensed Practical Nurse who had cared for the girl on Friday night into Saturday morning for over a year.
She has been licensed since 2021 and has not had a single disciplinary action or even a complaint in her nursing career.
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[Feature Photo: Nia Ayers/ St. Cloud PD]
