John Cain, 87, is recovering in hospital, with bleeding on the brain, a broken eye socket and a burst ear drum, after being attacked on Wednesday night at a HammondCare facility in Sydney\u2019s southwest.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Elderly dementia patient bashed at Sydney nursing home<\/p>\n A fellow resident, aged 67, has been charged with the assault. He was granted bail and ordered by a court to never return to the facility.<\/p>\n Cain\u2019s family is distraught and angry.<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes me feel really sad for that family as well. I feel that HammondCare not only failed my family but they\u2019ve also failed that family,\u201d his daughter Margaret said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are defensive wounds on his arms. They\u2019re also being bandaged up.\u201d<\/p>\n His 85-year-old wife Leah called to the home on Wednesday night and told he\u2019d suffered a fall.<\/p>\n \u201cShe just does not understand how dad was outside unsupervised at night in the middle of winter,\u201d Margaret said.<\/p>\n Both men were in the dementia wing, with HammondCare triggering its own internal investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the unit we have people with extreme behaviours and unfortunately things can happen,\u201d HammondCare Executive General Manager Jenny Summerton told Sydney radio station 2GB.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are people that have high-level needs. They get funded for high-level needs and there needs to be appropriate care,\u201d Aged Care Justice\u2019s Anna Willis said.<\/p>\n Cain had only been at the home for six months after waiting two years for a bed. His family now deciding if he\u2019ll ever go back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Great-grandmother in tears after saving Tony Modra\u2019s life<\/p>\n 4 min read<\/p>\n![\"John](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6f33efb5326f673303719d8073be0ee0b1c83f51.png\")
John Cain suffered serious injuries. Credit: 7NEWS![\"His](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3013a10a22a3cb574965987da42ac8395aaec18d.jpg\")
His wife Leah called the home about the incident. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n![\"Cain](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/407e3c901678091e6ca52a65ad0bd1b3ced68b73.jpg\")
Cain remains in hospital. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n