Barbara (Trish) Berg’s misconduct and the disciplinary measures imposed are summarized in a notice of a consent order published by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives on Thursday. Between December 2020 and August 2021, according to the college, Berg did not report “incidents of resident abuse” at a Maple Ridge nursing home. Additionally, he did not “engage or respond” to the college during an investigation into the allegations. A report, also posted online, provides more details. In December, Berg failed to fill out incident reports or otherwise notify Maple Ridge Seniors Village management of two incidents of abuse of a resident. In the first, a care assistant “threw a punch” and “put a resident in a choke hold.” In the second, a care assistant was observed “putting an electric razor in (the resident’s) mouth three times to try to ‘keep him quiet.’ From January to August 2021, the petition says, Berg failed to respond to “communications, inquiries and requests for information in a timely, complete and substantial manner in connection with the investigations against her.” Attempts to contact Berg included phone calls, voicemails, emails and couriered letters, according to the college. In addition to the two-month suspension, Berg agreed to a public reprimand, remedial training on “reporting abuse and protecting vulnerable adults” and to pay the college’s investigative costs. The consent order notice states that these measures “took into account (Berg’s) willingness to accept responsibility for her conduct, as well as the existence of mitigating factors in (Berg’s) personal circumstances.
