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The woman, who was in her 70s, was not able to get in or out of bed on her own.
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall found the Radius Elloughton Gardens rest home in Timaru breached the Code, after the woman suffered serious injuries in their care in 2018.
The woman fell out of bed in 2018 and died days later.
Staff at the Timaru rest home claimed to have been unaware of how the woman suffered multiple fractures, despite an investigation saying it s most likely someone was with her at the time.
The rest home said it had apologised to the family for what happened in 2018.
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He wouldn’t be giving it up, despite the protocols passed by the majority of councillors. Shadbolt, deputy mayor Nobby Clark and councillor Lindsay Abbott voted against the new media protocols, councillor Marcus Lush said he did not vote and councillor Ian Pottinger did not attend the meeting. When Shadbolt was asked if he would think twice before speaking about the actions and decisions of his council colleagues in future, he said he would not. He would be “speaking out” when he believed councillors had crossed the line, and he would support those councillors who were also prepared to “take the risk”.
“We’re simply not doing enough.’’
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Councillor Allan Booth raises an issue at the Timaru District Council draft Long Term Plan meeting Cr Allan Booth asked why there was a need for the unit, when all the climate change policy was being driven by central Government. He suggested sharing resources with other councils, rather than council having their own unit. “I don’t want these two advisors to be twiddling their thumbs and doing nothing,” Booth said. Dixon replied there was “a lot of work” that could be done in the climate change field, particularly when it came to measuring the impact on infrastructure.