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A GRANDMOTHER died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a scandal-hit nursing home, an inquest has heard.

BBC News Published 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 b...

A nurse working at a scandal-hit nursing home where the elderly were neglected has been criticised by a coroner for not caring about the residents. Philip McCaffrey rejected the assertion and said he “cared sincerely and genuinely” for all the residents at the Brithdir home in south Wales. An inquest in Newport, Gwent, is hearing evidence into the deaths of seven residents of the care home between 2003 and 2005, some of whom suffered from dehydration, malnourishment and pressure sores. Mr McCaffrey worked as a nurse at Brithdir from June 2005 to January 2006, after a long career in health...

A nurse working at a scandal-hit nursing home where the elderly were neglected has been criticised by a coroner for not caring about the residents. Philip McCaffrey rejected the assertion and said he “cared sincerely and genuinely” for all the residents at the Brithdir home in south Wales. An inquest in Newport, Gwent, is hearing evidence into the deaths of seven residents of the care home between 2003 and 2005, some of whom suffered from dehydration, malnourishment and pressure sores. Mr McCaffrey worked as a nurse at Brithdir from June 2005 to January 2006, after a long career in health...

A nurse working at a scandal-hit nursing home where the elderly were neglected has been criticised by a coroner for not caring about the residents. Philip McCaffrey rejected the assertion and said he “cared sincerely and genuinely” for all the residents at the Brithdir home in south Wales. An inquest in Newport, Gwent, is hearing evidence into the deaths of seven residents of the care home between 2003 and 2005, some of whom suffered from dehydration, malnourishment and pressure sores. Mr McCaffrey worked as a nurse at Brithdir from June 2005 to January 2006, after a long career in health...