{"id":92339,"date":"2026-07-28T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92339"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:27:15","slug":"care-worker-sentenced-for-sending-degrading-snapchat-images-of-dementia-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/28\/care-worker-sentenced-for-sending-degrading-snapchat-images-of-dementia-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Care worker sentenced for sending degrading Snapchat images of dementia patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA28Mi1E.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=143&y=150&s=694&d=108\" alt=\"PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Claire McDonald (centre) with family members of affected patients, Tanya (right) and Shirley, outside Craigavon Crown Court (Liam McBurney\/PA) (PA Wire)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A care worker who took degrading pictures of dementia patients and sent them on Snapchat has been handed a probation order and given 100 hours of community service.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/care-worker-sentenced-for-sending-degrading-snapchat-images-of-dementia-patients\/ar-AA28MfMD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a67648926fa4293a8e4dc7defc81b5f&ei=10\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A care worker who took degrading pictures of dementia patients and sent them on Snapchat has been handed a probation order and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-and-social-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ciara-Corvan.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92341,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92339\/revisions\/92341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}