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I watched with horror the way that poor woman was treated in a care home ? how can they be called Care Homes ?
what I saw was something you would have thought to have seen in the dark ages.not in this day . The carers seem to be more interested in wages holiday ,hours and pensions. but isnt that what we are seeing and hearing at this moment ? no one seems to care about others they are number one.
why did those carers stay in Ash Court if they were not satisifed ?because the it appears (as I understood ) came from abroad so had working permits. could that be the reason they didnt bother about Care as it should have been given? they thought no one would find out what they were up to and what they were doing .?
Good for the women daughter for taking the camera in and filming what was going on. as it appears others in that care home didnt seem to notice bruises and marks on the body of that lady . who ran the home ?surely she must have made the rounds to inspect her patients.?did they have no doctor calling in to check on the patients. ?
Those workers who abused that poor women should be sent back to their country and the Man who was jailed returned as soon as his served we dont need people like that in this country looking after the elderly. Many of these nurse from abroad are kind and do a wonderful job. I know I have been nursed by many of them.
But I think to avoid this happening again spot checks should be done on these care homes. maybe it will stop this type of thing happening again.
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That poor woman was my first thought this morning when I woke up. Her daughter must of felt like doing him harm, I know I would!
I still believe managers were at fault..........where were they not to see that this lady was covered in bruises from head to toe. Perhaps if they were allowed to put cameras in all private rooms this would not happen to any vunerable person again.
Maggie you have hit the nail on the head.........."Old School" was a big problem in my days as a HCA ,and the person in question was about to retire having worked there for over 20years.
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Rita,
I must defend the 'foreigners'. I was talking to a young woman from the Philipines = I'll call her Ann. She tried talking to one woman at the home where she works, and was very upset that the woman wouldn't talk to her because she was foreign. Ann was quite upset by this - but understood why the woman wouldn't talk to her. In the Philipines, the elderly were respected, so Ann asked to be main carer for someone who didn't care that she wasn't white/British
As for the wages - as Swiss says - they're abysmal.Not just in care homes either.
My daughter works in a maternity ward on minimum wages. Part of her job is aiding the midwife in births, running a breast feeding clinic and putting drips etc in new born babies. She carries on - even though with the cost of childcare (and our 'wonderful' government) she's now losing money - because she loves her job. Fortunately her husband's wage just about keeps their heads above water. Makes me wonder how mothers of prem babies would feel if they realised their child's life depends on someone who isn't getting a 'living' wage.
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Maggie it was not the case of them being from the philipines most of them are excellent nurses.. but there again I have been in hospital when the nurses have not spoken to their patients as their knowledge of English was not good.
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I have a friend who's son married a Phillipino nurse . he is a male nurse and they have worked in both countries no problem in fact they are working over here at the moment.
you get some people who can be very nasty to the foreign nurses but without them we would have a shortage of nurses and doctors.
My daughter in Law works with the Midwives.in the maternity unit and her wages are not good .neither is my son who is a Paramedic and works long hours for low pay he does it because he loves his job.
My other daughter in law is also a nurse on the intensive care unit..
They were not happy to see the way this elderly lady was treated. that was what I was getting at. if they come over here on a works permit and treat patients in this manner then I am sorry they should be sent back we dont need this type of person nursing in this country.
Most of these career people are low paid they always have been what ever country they have come from. They do a good job.
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We have brilliant Fillipino nurses, both male and female in our large hospital in Derby, on all he wards, and I have been a patient on many of them. They work very hard. When I was in Step Down, after a heart attack, a brilliant Afro-Carribean nurse fought very hard to make sure I did not die.
As for Nursing Homes, when it happened that my mother had to go into one, very,very locally, they invited relatives to come and have a look, before we decided if it was suitable for her.
My sister, 40 years an NHS Nurse and her husband, a Bishop, took my father, and they had a good inspection, which was very much to our satisfaction.
When Mum, was in there, we could drop in and visit at almost any hour of the day. She was kept very clean and dry, and I never saw her disturbed in anyway, as opposed to her mother in a nursing home some years previous, who was never dry... We were so impressed, we asked (jokingly) if we could put our names down, for when it was our time.
All the staff were local, and some had known their patients in a former life.
I did not watch the programme, but there are good and bad care homes, as there are good and bad nurses, no matter what their nationality is
Julia in Derbyshire
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Julia
that is a lovely story I am so pleased they let you visit anytime and let you view the place before your mother went in one . that is how it should be. after all later on in life we may need looking after and a little care and loving goes along way
I dread the thought of going into one after seeing that terrible home on the TV programme, . I have been in many hospital, London.Norfolk and Surrey and only once was I shouted at. and one of the nurses reported the other nurse to Matron. we called this nurse Attilia afterwards.she was really horrible.
Rita
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when my lovely Dad died my Mum was left in the house on her own - a sister of hers lived round the corner in a bungalow - Auntie asked if Mum would like to live with her - they'd be company for each other - Auntie was like a second Mum to me so we all agreed
what a ghastly mistake - OK for the first couple of months but unbeknown to use Auntie was being mentally and physically abusive to Mum who was crippled top to toe with reheumatoid and osteoarthritis - Mum was afraid to say anything as she didnlt know what would happen to her
Soon as I found out Mum was out of there in a heartbeat - the rest of the family wouldn't believe it and accused me of maybe having given Auntie a heart attack!!! if only!!! Auntie continued the charade until she died - she lost the power of walk and had to rely on other people for the next ten years of her life so she then knew what it was like
The family ignored my sister and I at Mum's funeral and treated us as if we were lepers but we knew the real truth
I think with hindsight they know we were correct but things have never healed
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How sad is that AnnCardiff.
What a good job you found out what was happening. but one of your own kin to do that is very bad you never know do you ? till it comes to the head what goes on even with family.I could never do that to anyone family of stranger. I know to be a carer you need to be paitent and show care and keep your temper otherwise it is not the job for you.
But they say what goes round comes round.
yoiu have lost nothing with the family AnnCardiff you know what happened.and you know you did the right thing.
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