The Fremantle Trust fined after disabled dementia sufferer put at 'significant risk of harm' at Lent Rise House care home, Burnham
Lent Rise House
A tetraplegic dementia sufferer was placed at “significant” risk of harm when an untrained agency worker at a care home tried to suction his mouth.
The Fremantle Trust has been fined thousands of pounds for failing to provide safe care and treatment to Mr John Widdall, who was tetraplegic and suffering from advanced dementia, at Lent Rise House care home in Burnham.
Mr Widdall required oral suctioning by qualified nursing or care staff to prevent him choking on saliva – but on December 16, 2017, while visiting, his wife witnessed an untrained agency worker trying to suction her husband’s mouth.