In a tragic incident at a care home in the UK, a man has hurled his mother over a balcony to her death. According to the Daily Mail, 52-year-old Robert Knight visited his 79-year-old mother …
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Outrageous: 89-yr-old man protests in his wheelchair after care home refuses to allow him to see his wife
An 89-yr-old man has launched a one-man wheelchair protest after a care home has “refused to allow him to see his wife”. Dennis Daniels alleges that he has not seen his wife Dorine because the …
Pensioner, 84, dies after developing gangrene on his genitals due to staff not bathing him
An 84-year-old man sadly died after a nursing home in the US state of Florida, failed to attend to his personal hygiene a state medical board has ruled. In a truly shocking story, the man …
92-year-old US woman shoots son dead after he insinuated he was going to put her in a nursing home
A 92-year-old fatally shot his 72-year-old after he suggested he might put her in a nursing home because ‘she was difficult to live with’. The incident happened in Phoenix, Arizona, in recent days. It is …
Scandalous: Nursing home residents “had not received showers for a month”
A report recently published by HIQA in relation to St. Patrick’s Community Hospital in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, has revealed a litany of shortcomings in patient care. The report states that the institution failed on 12 …
Nursing Homes Could Be Forced To Close Their Doors
The doors of 21 nursing homes throughout the country could possibly be closing their doors as they do not meet the national standards. According to the Sunday Business Post, these nursing homes are situated nationwide, …
Nursing homes advised that they have three years to reach HIQA standards
The health watchdog HIQA has today agreed to grant nursing homes up to three years to reach adequate standards of care. It was revealed last week that 80 homes may face closure by the …