Elderly people 'warehoused' in care home with insufficient food and water
A coroner said the owners and staff at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly, were responsible for a 'gross betrayal of the trust' placed in them
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Dr Prana Das was owner of the scandal-hit Brithdir home in New Tredegar were residents were 'dehumanised' (Image: Getty Images (main))
A coroner has slammed the care given to six residents who died at a scandal-hit nursing home as he gave a withering summary of a catalogue of failings – accusing managers of “dehumanising” and “warehousing” the elderly.
Assistant Gwent Coroner Geraint Williams began summing up after hearing six weeks of evidence into the deaths of the residents at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.