CQC to shut Fawlty Towers care home
From the dry report emerged a figure better placed in fiction - the dictatorial, angry and insensitive owner/manager
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Sarah Whitebloom
May 4, 20184 min read
Care Residents left at risk - despite Regulator knowing care home is unsafe
It never fails to shock that older and vulnerable people live in unsafe and disgusting conditions. It is so much worse when the...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Apr 29, 20183 min read
Understaffed, unclean and unsafe. Tales from the Worst Homes of the Week: Queens Care Centre, Rother
A relative told the inspectors: 'If my family member is sat there day after day in the wrong wheelchair, without her glasses, in someone
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Sarah Whitebloom
Apr 21, 20184 min read
Exceptional Care. Are they kidding? CQC slams 'highest quality' (Inadequate) Merstone Hall
Merstone Hall's use of pictures does raise a smile - for sheer chutzpah.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Apr 14, 20183 min read
The Best of Care, The Worst of Care - OLM best and worst homes of the week
Best home of the week Red Oaks, Worst homes of the week Orchard Lodge, Horsham and Duchess Gardens, Bingley
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 31, 20182 min read
Mistreatment found by CQC during urgent whistle-blower investigation
Even while the CQC was at Westacre there were allegations of abusive behaviour
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 24, 20184 min read
'Dirty Dozen' care homes unsafe - elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day for lack of staff
Elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day because of lack of staff
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 10, 20183 min read
One carer for 17 vulnerable residents - a new low in the Worst Homes of the Week?
Residents were found to be on the brink of malnutrition, neglected, in danger and ignored.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Squalid, filthy and inhumane: another week in the life of Britain's care homes.
OLM is not making it up and we make no apology for highlighting the worst cases each week
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Sarah Whitebloom
Feb 24, 20183 min read
Second death and police probe of abuse allegations send CQC teams into 'Good' care homes - a
Very very unsafe. Very scary
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Sarah Whitebloom
Feb 21, 20183 min read
FOREST CARE VILLAGE - WORST CARE HOME OF THE WEEK
Forest Care Village in Borehamwood was OLM’s unequalled Worst Care Home of the Week last week – not least because of a police...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Feb 3, 20185 min read
A VERY UNHAPPY NEW YEAR SO FAR FOR CARE HOME RESIDENTS
Orchard Manor in Walsall was investigated after news of serious injuries
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 6, 20174 min read
OLM's WORST CARE HOMES OF THE WEEK: TREETOPS, EPPING; BUPA'S GREENGABLES AND ROSEBE
In terms of worst care homes, Treetops in Epping has few rivals. It was so bad that it has closed and makes an appearance in this week’s...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 28, 20173 min read
ANOTHER TERRIBLE WEEK FOR CARE. Third in a row 'worst home of the week' for high-end provide
For the third week in a row, Barchester Healthcare is owner one of OLM’s worst care homes of the week. Barchester, one of the UK’s...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 21, 20175 min read
What is the biggest problem in care homes today? It’s the staff, stupid.
Worst care homes of the week - Calderdale Retreat, C&V Orchard and Barchester's Kingsland House in Shoreham
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Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 10, 20172 min read
Worst home of the week? There are too many to choose just one.
Such is the choice, it is hard to decide which should be the worst care home of the week. There is one obvious candidate – with five...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 4, 20176 min read
INADEQUATE: CARE SLAMMED AT SIX HOMES OWNED BY ONE PROVIDER - residents forced to rise before dawn
Residents were out of bed, dressed and in the lounge - and it was only 4.30am. Life inside an Inadequate home.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 27, 20172 min read
Vulnerable can be left at risk of poor care - despite damning reports
Another week, another slew of disgraceful reports on England’s residential homes. The care industry’s glass may be half full, but it is...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Angel Court - found 'Inadequate' in spectacular fall from grace
It was not a good week for the care industry. More than 50 care homes for older people were found to be Inadequate or Require Improvement...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 6, 20172 min read
LACK OF STAFF PUTS OLDER RESIDENTS IN DANGER AT HOME BELONGING TO TOP CARE GROUP
Two care homes a day were last week given the worst possible rating by official inspectors. In a week where approaching one half of care...
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