Abuse in care homes
SmartTIIam
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Has anybody working in a care home "blown the whistle" on any abuse they saw, whether intentional or unintentional, how did you go about it and what was the outcome?
I may be in the situation of having to do this, but I am worried about what reprisals I might encounter as a result. When I say abuse, I mean verbal abuse and a care worker treating residents roughly, to the point of reducing them to tears and causing unnecessary pain when dressing and undressing.
I may be in the situation of having to do this, but I am worried about what reprisals I might encounter as a result. When I say abuse, I mean verbal abuse and a care worker treating residents roughly, to the point of reducing them to tears and causing unnecessary pain when dressing and undressing.
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Obviously you really can't stand by and let abuse happen but you need to be sure you're talking to the right people- like the Care Quality Commission.
You are protected by law regarding whistleblowing, and any good manager would endure you are protected from any repercussions.
Reading between the lines of your post, I think that the perpetrator is a bully and uses their position to intimidate other staff.
Please, please report this as soon as possible. You can message me if you wish to discuss this further.
You should report this to the relevant authority without delay.
You can contact CQC but they take ages to get their arses into gear, best thing to do is to report it to a manager or a senior carer, I'd suggest writing it down on paper (signed and dated) so nothing can be changed to protect anyone including the managers/owners and of course keep a copy of this for your records.
Three woman and a male worker facing charges although listening to some of the evidence there should be a couple more of them being prosecuted .
Surely those two men just be facing charges as well ??
Because I haven't read anything about it.
Any link?
One member of staff really was not at all pleasant and liead about a serious incident, I brought this up with management, it just got worse for me.
Luckily I was able to go home, I made a complaint but it was jsut dismissed, I went to the CQC but got nowhere
Yep
Hillcroft Care Home , Lancaster .
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/05/dementia-patients-bullied-care-home-court-hears
In exactly the same way as I think child abuse (whatever form it takes) abusing another human being (whatever their age or status) IT IS WRONG and I would report it to the 'inspectors' the repercussions and reprisals are always a worry but we must put the victim of abuse first - I believe to get justice for the victims of abuse we may personally have to experience a little hardship. sorry!
That's awful
When my eldest son was in his early teens he worked for this company (Hillcroft Care Homes, Lancaster)he was often left to look after people that were dying without a more experienced staff member and he was present at the death of quite a number of the residents - we were quite concerned for him as this kind of experience for young people can be quite traumatic - the company didn't seem to care about the staff and the staff (at least some of them) didn't seem very compassionate (I must add, some of the staff were/are brilliant)
Thanks.
That's terrible, but I'm glad some people were decent enough to expose the whole thing. It's also made me a little sad, it's so easy to forget about our vulnerable members of society until there's a story of abuse.
So why on earth are those two male members if staff not being prosecuted .... it makes my heart billed when I hear these dreadful cases .
Is Smith a man? I read it and thought it was a woman. :eek:
The article just throws in "Smith" as if we're supposed to know who that is.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hillcroft-care-home-trial-dementia-2679449
Oh wow. I would say something, but it would include lots of swearing. :mad:
You'll be swearing even more when they get a few hours picking up litter as their sentence.
Which is only half as much as I'll do if they get off.
Secondly, that the complaints made by hugely vulnerable patients are not taken seriously.
The issue I had, it was just me and a member of staff, nobody else saw what happened and who do they believe? A 'client' with ASC and long term MH issues or a 'reliable' member of staff?
It's shocking really :mad:
How long ago was that? I think the dimwitted CQC have woken up a bit since the bad publicity directed at them and their farcical inspections. These people wouldn't have got to court a few years ago. As for you first point, that's still going on. I wouldn't trust half of them to care for a sprout.