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Creative Commons This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Formerly Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age, Imperial College, London, UK Brice Pitt, who died aged 89 on 16 January 2021, was a highly significant pioneer of ol...

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...

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...

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…