'No one should be handled like our dad was'

Family of man in RTE expose hit out at nursing home treatment

- BY SEAN MURPHY

A FAMILY of a nursing home patient whose care was highlighted by RTE Investigates has alleged there was a “consistent flow of poor care”.

In a new episode broadcast on television last night, the family accused those responsible of failing “people who are in dire need of attention”.

Several accusations were made, including claims that a man was left alone in a corridor to tear pieces of paper, left cold with only a blanket, and that urine was “all over the floor”.

The programme was aired last week to allege multiple accusations of care failings for vulnerable residents at two nursing homes.