By Press Association 2021
Former miner Stanley Bradford, 76, died after living at the Brithdir Nursing Home for three months (Family handout/PA)
An elderly nursing home resident was so neglected by staff that he was left looking like an inmate in a prisoner of war camp, his daughter told an inquest.
Stanley Bradford, 76, died just three months after moving to the Brithdir Nursing Home, New Tredegar, South Wales in 2005.
The former miner had lived at a residential home for three years but moved because of his declining health.
Former miner Stanley Bradford, 76, was a father of five (Family handout/PA)
He had previously suffered a stroke and had also been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and schizophrenia.
Nursing home staff more interested in smoking than caring for sick residents, inquest told
A coroner has heard how a woman with dementia was neglected by staff at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar leading her to develop infected sores thought to have contributed to her death
18:03, 21 JAN 2021
A woman with dementia was neglected by nursing home staff and left to develop infected bedsores in the months leading up to her death, an inquest has heard.
June Hamer, 71, died weeks after she was examined by a doctor on her family’s instruction after they became concerned about the lack of care given to her at Brithdir Nursing Home.
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By Nelli Bird
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image captionJune Hamer lost three stone and had a serious pressure sore while at the care home, the inquest heard
A care home was so understaffed a woman felt forced to feed her mother and other residents, an inquest has heard.
Seven residents of the former Caerphilly home died after suffering alleged neglect, prompting an £11m police inquiry.
An inquest in Newport has heard the residents died between 2003 and 2005.
One, June Hamer, who lived at the Brithdir home in New Tredegar, died after being taken to hospital with a serious pressure sore.
But another report following a police investigation into the care he and others received at the home found it was likely that ulcers on his body “made a minor contribution to his death by their effects on his frailty”. Analysis of care plans put in place for Mr James, which showed he had developed a large number of sores from January 2002 and was at “high risk” of developing more, included instructions for care staff to turn him onto a different part of his body every two hours day and night to relieve his pain. But no notes indicting the progress of the plan were ever found, and only a handful of entries were made to his records by staff to show the repositioning had taken place and he was being placed on a pressure-relieving mattress.