Former nurse’s aide used job skills to prey on, rob elderly

As a former nurse’s aide, Susan Gwynne knew the language of elder care, how to interact with co-workers and how to earn people’s trust. She feigned kindness and dedication to betray her former profession by stealing — in a prolific, multiyear spree — jewelry, credit cards, keepsakes and memories from those who were ill, confined to a bed or just in need of companionship.