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Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a care home operator in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of an elderly resident after ants were .
Monday, 18 January 2021, 2:17 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a registered nurse in breach of
the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights (the Code) for failures in the care provided to a man
in a high dependency unit (HDU).
The man has lived at
the HDU in a rest home since 2012. He has chronic
schizoaffective disorder and vascular dementia, and is
subject to an indefinite compulsory treatment order. His
care plan noted that out of confusion and disorientation, he
tended to get unsettled and agitated and exhibit verbal and
physical aggression.
On the day of the events, the man