An elderly stroke victim who died after suffering malnourishment and pressure sores experienced “significant failures” in basic care at a nursing home, an inquest has been told.
Bed or chair-bound Dorothea Hale, 75, died in hospital weeks after being admitted from the Grosvenor House nursing home in Abertillery, Monmouthshire.
On Wednesday, coroner Geraint Williams highlighted a number of failures by care staff during the mother-of-two’s four months at the home between July and November 2006.
But he said a lack of evidence that better care would have prolonged her life meant he could not record that her death in January 2007 was contributed to by neglect.
Elderly woman died of malnourishment and pressure sores after four-month stay at nursing home
Dorothea Hale, 75, died after a four-month stay at Grosvenor House nursing home in Abertillery, Monmouthshire
Dorothea Hale who died in hospital weeks after being admitted from the Grosvenor House nursing home in Abertillery, Monmouthshire (Image: PA)
An elderly stroke victim who died after suffering malnourishment and pressure sores experienced significant failures in basic care at a nursing home, an inquest has been told.
Dorothea Hale, 75, who was confined to a bed or a chair, died in hospital weeks after being admitted from the Grosvenor House nursing home in Abertillery, Monmouthshire.
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image captionDorothea Hale became malnourished and developed extensive pressure sores at the nursing home
A woman suffered a significant failure of basic medical care at a nursing home, a coroner has found.
Dorothea Hale, 75, had two strokes after heart surgery, which left her needing full-time care.
She moved to the Grosvenor Nursing Home in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, in July 2006, becoming malnourished and developing extensive pressure sores.
In November 2006 she was admitted to Nevill Hall hospital in Abergavenny and died there in January 2007.
In a narrative conclusion coroner Geraint Williams said Mrs Hale had a number of serious health conditions.