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    Elderly NYC woman, 95, beaten by home health aide in chilling video: ‘Could see her begging’

    By Marie Pohl, Olivia Land, Deirdre Bardolf,

    3 hours ago

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    A 95-year-old Harlem woman was allegedly viciously beaten by her home health aide, begging as she defended herself with a backscratcher, video of the incident shows — and her family is demanding answers.

    Dorothy Foye was at her home in upper Manhattan July 21 when, she said, the woman her family hired to look after her started cursing at her and throwing household objects in her direction, according to Nest and Ring camera footage viewed by The Post.

    Foye, who uses a walker and requires oxygen, struggled to defend herself as the aide struck her multiple times — including at least once with a metal pot from the kitchen, clips of the incident revealed.

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    A home health care aide was caught on video beating 95-year-old Dorothy Foye, leaving her injured and aching. J.C. Rice

    She eventually fell to the floor.

    Foye — a former home health care worker herself — called her daughter and granddaughters while she was being struck, telling them, “I love you” and then the call cut out, the family said.

    When the terrified relatives reached her again, they heard screaming.

    “I called the [aide] and she said everything was fine,” Tiffany Mitchell, 43, one of Foye’s granddaughters, told The Post.

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    “Under no circumstance are you to yell at her,” Mitchell recalled telling the woman.

    “She said, ‘Of course not. Absolutely.’ Just like that, nice and sweet,” Mitchell said.

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    Nest and Ring cameras captured the woman beating the 95-year-old grandmother with a pot. Courtesy of Dorothy Foye

    Then, she redialed her grandmother and was stunned by what she heard.

    “I hear this woman in the background — it’s like Jekyll and Hyde — screaming profanities at her,” Mitchell claimed.

    The aid would throw water bottles, cans and other items at the older woman, then disappear, according to security footage the family viewed.

    “You could see her begging,” Mitchell said of her poor grandma.

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    The home health worker used household items including a box and a pot, above, to strike Dorothy Foye. J.C. Rice

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    Mitchell’s sister, Michelle, said Foye was forced to defend herself with a backscratcher.

    The family says the aide was triggered by an argument over changing bedsheets, and that they found alcohol bottles strewn about the apartment.

    The worker also wrecked the home and left faucets running, flooding it, the family contended.

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    Foye, who uses a walker and requires oxygen, struggled to defend herself as the aide struck her multiple times. Courtesy of Dorothy Foye

    Nearly one week after the brutal beating, Foye still has aches and pains all over her body.

    “It was terrible,” she told The Post. “I’m still sore. I got bruises all over me — my arms, my legs. My back hurts, my head hurts.”

    Foye said she tried to fight back but is weak and couldn’t take the “big woman” by herself.

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    “You could see her begging,” Tiffany Mitchell said of her poor grandma’s attack, which was caught on video. CBS New York

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    Tiffany Mitchell said the aide’s beating reduced her grandmother to “a helpless baby.”

    Foye’s family has since hired a new aide from a different agency, but they are demanding action against Medflyt at Home, a home healthcare service based out of Brooklyn, which sent the alleged attacker.

    They said they experienced a string of inexperienced, careless aides from the company — including one who allegedly left in the middle of the night without telling anyone — and are now considering legal action.

    “My grandmother is traumatized,” Michelle Mitchell said. “When the home attendant came in yesterday, she started screaming. She is in shock still.”

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    A neighbor said Foye was “a really nice person who was always helping people” and that her brutal attack shocked the entire neighborhood. Courtesy of Dorothy Foye

    Terrence Weeks, 34, is a neighbor of Foye and said she used to babysit him when he was young.

    “She is a really nice person who was always helping people,” he told The Post. “Everyone is shocked … the entire neighborhood knows.”

    Medflyt has launched an internal investigation, as have the police, CBS reported.

    Foye worked in private home care for years, her family told The Post. “And now that she needs someone to take care of her, this is what happened,” said Michelle Mitchell.

    The NYPD investigation remains ongoing, a spokesperson told The Post Saturday. Medflyt did not return The Post’s request for a comment.

    For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/

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