NORTH BERGEN AND BEYOND — Gloria Diaz announced at a press conference on Monday that she plans to sue the Harborage nursing home on River Road in North Bergen after a worker there was caught on tape allegedly hitting her bedridden 87-year-old mother, the day before her mother died.
The aide, Julia Galvan, was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office after Diaz viewed the tape and reported the alleged abuse to authorities. However, Galvan was not charged with the woman’s death.
Diaz said last week that she hid a video camera only after she kept finding bruises on her mother.
Her mother, Modesta Alvarado, had suffered a stroke and couldn’t move.
The Harborage released a statement saying: “The Harborage takes this issue very seriously. We have a zero tolerance policy with respect to the improper treatment of any of our residents. We value and greatly respect the care and dignity of every one of our residents. Whenever an issue or concern is brought to our attention regarding the care of a resident, we always conduct meeting(s) with the relevant individual(s) and investigate the circumstances thoroughly.”