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The hearing heard Mrs Jones was admitted to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr with a urinary tract infection, and medical staff discovered the extent of her wounds.
Mrs Jones s daughter, Marina Walters, said she was unaware of the pressure sores until her mother went into hospital. The day following my mother s admission to the Prince Charles Hospital my daughter Ruth attended the hospital to see her grandmother, she said in a statement. Upon arrival she was informed by staff on the ward that my mother had very bad bed sores - the worst they had ever seen.
The dementia sufferer died in hospital in November 2005 after staying at the Brithdir home. Pictured: The care which was known as Brithdir Nursing Home near Caerphilly, Wales
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image captionEvelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns
A grandmother died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a nursing home, an inquest has heard.
Dementia sufferer Evelyn Jones, 87, developed a 50cm sore across her lower back, described by hospital staff as the worst they had seen and by care workers as smelling like a dead cat .
She died in hospital in November 2005 after staying at the Brithdir home near Bargoed, Caerphilly county.
The Newport inquest is looking into the deaths of seven residents at the home.
They died between 2003 and 2005.
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