Nursing home must pay €150k to three care workers sexually harassed by 93-year-old resident

Man's behaviour was alcohol-fuelled and 'went beyond tactile touching, banter or involuntary behaviour due to dementia'

A medical cert was provided to the Workplace Relations Commission to state that the man was frail and medically unfit to attend the hearing held over three days.

A nursing home has been ordered to pay €150,000 to three care workers who were sexually harassed by an alcohol-fuelled 93-year-old male resident.

All three care assistants were dismissed following a flashpoint involving the pub-going resident on January 7, 2018 and the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered that the nursing home pay each care worker €50,000 compensation.