Coroner slams dehumanising care given to five residents who died of neglect at a scandal-hit nursing home where one elderly man was left looking like a prisoner of war
Geraint Williams accused owners and staff at Brithdir nursing home, South Wales of a gross betrayal of trust
He recorded narrative conclusions for five residents at an inquest today, with a sixth dying of natural causes
They all suffered dehydration, malnourishment and pressure sores on their bodies between 2003 and 2005
The family of one victim spoke of their guilt in believing they could have done more to ease his suffering
“Her general condition I would describe as poor. She looked unclean, her hair was matted and unkempt. “She was dirty from faeces and in my opinion she had been in this condition for some considerable time.”
Edith Evans. Picture: PA She added: “I was quite shocked at her appearance and the way she was left at the care home to come to A&E without anybody with her.” Mrs Pulman said she was asked to contact the nursing home to find out why she had not been accompanied to the hospital and was sent without medical records. The inquest heard she spoke to the home’s nurse-matron Philip McCaffrey about the widow.
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image captionEdith Evans spent six years at Brithdir Care Home
An 85-year-old woman was sent from a care home to hospital without a member of staff, medical history or next of kin details, an inquest has heard.
Edith Evans arrived at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil from Brithdir care home unclean, with hair matted and unkempt, incontinent and dirty with faeces, and had been in this condition for some time .
Her stomach feeding tube was infected with MRSA, which caused sepsis.
She died in September 2005.
The inquest in Newport is hearing evidence into the deaths of seven residents at the care home near Bargoed, Caerphilly county.
A&E nurse shocked by care home patient arriving unclean and dirty from faeces
A coroner has heard how dementia patient Edith Evans appeared to have been neglected at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar. She arrived in hospital filthy having been so for some considerable time
Pensioner Edith Evans was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil where she later died (Image: Media Wales Ltd)
An elderly woman was left so poorly neglected by nursing home staff that hospital workers were left shocked by her condition, an inquest has heard.
Dementia patient Edith Evans, 85, was suffering from MRSA and an infection to a feeding tube to her stomach.
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