Seaton, SA: Volunteer, 85, allegedly attacks staff with knife at St Hilarion Residential Care and Nursing Home

A nursing home is in shock after a volunteer allegedly attacked a staff member with a knife.

Around 9.30am on Friday, police were contacted with reports of an assault at an aged care facility in Seaton, near Adelaide.

Police allegedly confiscated a stanley knife from the scene at St Hilarion Residential Care and Nursing Home.

A female staff member in her 60s was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It is believed her injuries were to her neck and she is recovering in the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

He was also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to his neck and arms, which were described by authorities as “self-inflicted”.