Home Health Aide Cares for Fake Client for 8 Days While the Real One Lay Dead in the Bathroom

A home health aide named Yesenia was assigned to an elderly client in his late 70s named Albert. A thin, gray-haired man answered the door, introduced himself as Albert, and she got to work. For eight days she bathed, dressed, and cared for him, even as his requests grew more personal and he kept steering her away from the master bathroom, blaming broken plumbing. He also asked her to buy bags of ice and refused every offer to contact family or her supervisor.

On her final visit, Yesenia found the front door open and a body in that bathroom, surrounded by the melted bags of ice she had purchased. She later learned the body was the real Albert, who had died before her visits even began, and that the man she had cared for was his nephew, who had been answering to his uncle’s name and never reported the death. Yesenia believes the motive involved the house and money, and the story, narrated by TikTok creator @justkhandee, has racked up over 460,500 views.

The Daily Dot could not independently verify the account and the identities and locations involved remain unconfirmed, but the conversation it sparked is real: how do home health workers verify who they’re caring for, and what safety protocols should be in place when they enter strangers’homes alone? That’s the question worth asking here.

What would have made you suspicious on day one? Tell us in the comments.