09 Dec 2013 A failed care home will be discussed in court. Meppershall Care Home will be discussed in two cases at Bedford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon (December 11). The Care Quality Commission took urgent action to close the nursing home in July this year to protect the residents’ welfare and safety. Health and
A catalogue of failures which contributed to the death of an elderly care home resident who fell to the ground from a first floor landing amounted to “gross neglect”, a jury has ruled. Marjorie Keogh died in hospital on February 7, 2010, due to injuries sustained a day earlier in the fall at Scraptoft Court
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Woman-89-died-fall/story-20221627-detail/story.html only one member of staff was helping Mrs Keogh on the morning of the accident when a risk assessment document said she needed two to help her wash, dress and move from one part of the home to another. An elderly care home resident died after crashing through a wooden handrail on a
A care assistant has had to take medical retirement after being attacked by a resident at an old people’s home in Middlesbrough. The UNISON member, who was employed by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, has now received over £57,000 compensation after an eight year legal battle. Her job was looking after elderly male residents with
A grandmother who was forced to quit her career as a care worker after an attack by an aggressive patient, has been awarded a £12,500 out of court payout. The UNISON member, identified as Mrs Hunt, was held in a headlock and punched by an elderly patient, Jack Tooby, in September 2005. The care home
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