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Elderly people 'warehoused' in care home with insufficient food and water A coroner said the owners and staff at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly, were responsible for a 'gross betrayal of the trust' placed in them Updated Dr Prana Das was owner of the scandal-hit Brithdir home in New Tredegar were residents were 'dehumanised' (Image: Getty Images (main)) A coroner has slammed the care given to six residents who died at a scandal-hit nursing home as he gave a withering summary of a catalogue of failings – accusing managers of “dehumanising” and “warehousing” the...

A coroner has slammed the care given to six residents who died at a scandal-hit nursing home as he gave a withering summary of a catalogue of failings – accusing managers of “dehumanising” and “warehousing” the elderly. Assistant Gwent Coroner Geraint Williams began summing up after hearing six weeks of evidence into the deaths of the residents at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, South Wales. He accused the owners and staff at the home of a “gross betrayal of the trust” placed in them by the relatives of the residents by keeping them in the dark of the poor standards o...

BBC News Published image captionStanley Bradford, June Hamer, Evelyn Jones and Edith Evans were all residents at Brithdir Residents at a care home were "dehumanised" by staff and the standards of care were "wholly inadequate", an inquest has found. The deaths of six residents at Brithdir Nursing Home from 2003-2005 in New Tredegar, Caerphilly, eventually triggered a police investigation. Coroner Geraint Williams said residents were "warehoused", meaning they are "simply kept, fed and watered". The evidence suggested "even the feeding and watering was inadequate". Stanley James, 89, June Hamer...

A coroner has criticised the care given to residents who died at a scandal-hit nursing home as he highlighted a withering catalogue of failings – accusing managers of “dehumanising” and “warehousing” the elderly. Assistant Gwent Coroner Geraint Williams said the deaths of five residents at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, South Wales, were contributed to by neglect. He accused the owners and staff at the home of a “gross betrayal of the trust” placed in them by families of the residents by keeping them in the dark over the poor standards of care. Mr Williams recorded n...