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Nearly 500 New Cases of Neglect and Care Home Abuse Reported Every Week

A report conducted by the NHS Information Centre has revealed that almost 500 new cases of care home abuse and neglect of the elderly are being reported every week in the UK.


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A report conducted by the NHS Information Centre has revealed that almost 500 new cases of care home abuse and neglect of the elderly are being reported every week in the UK.
 
The report’s findings, published in the Daily Mail, showed that in the past year social services were called in to investigate 25,240 incidents, including some in which care home residents had been locked in bedrooms, tied to chairs or left to go hungry or thirsty.
 
According to the study, a huge forty-three per cent of incidents involved care home abuse at the hands of nurses or other staff.
 
This is not the first time shocking levels of abuse have been reported in UK residential and care homes. Last May Bristol police arrested four people after several incidents of serious abuse were secretly filmed by BBC Panorama at Winterbourne View residential hospital.
 
Video footage showed shocking examples of what a leading expert in working with adults with mental disabilities called “torture”.
 
“It’s horrendous to think that this stuff is going on in care homes in the UK, not just with vulnerable adults but also those specialising in caring for the elderly” says care home abuse claims expert Simon Thompson, managing director at Precision Claims.
 
“To think that these are the people who need our help most, and yet they are being abused, is truly sickening.”
 
Precision Claims specialises in helping the victims of care home abuse and their families claim financial compensation for the physical and psychological injuries they have suffered.
 
“Often, care home abuse victims don’t actually realise they can claim financial compensation. Abuse can take many forms, from verbal to sexual, and at Precision Claims we help people throughout the UK claim the compensation they deserve.”
 
Precision Claims specialises in helping families and individuals claim compensation for care home abuse. For more information about the firm’s services, visit: http://www.precisionclaims.co.uk



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