Care home axed over failures on safety.A CONTROVERSIAL care home is being shut down after failing to meet safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . Camperdown Care Home in Dundee - which looks after 30 adults with brain trauma, neurological disorders This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g.back pain), signs (e.g. aphasia) and syndromes (e.g. Aicardi syndrome). and spinal injuries - was told to improve or risk closure. The home - run by Duncare Ltd, part of the Four Seasons Health Care Group - will shut by the end of July. In 2005 disabled resident Robert Burns, 49, who needed 24-hour care, drowned after a carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → left him in a bath while he talked to other residents. Duncare were fined pounds 45,000 for health and safety breaches. Five formal complaints about Camperdown were made between August 2007 and December 2008, with four being upheld and one partially upheld. The Care Commission issued an improvement order at the end of last year after finding "weak" care and support, staffing levels and management - and "offensive" smells in rooms. Dundee City Council have been forced to find alternative accommodation for the residents, who will become homeless when Camperdown closes. Four Seasons, which has more than 400 UK centres, said: "It is with regret that we have taken the very difficult decision to close. "We will work with Dundee City Council and Care Commission to find alternative care for the residents." CAPTION(S): Closure: Camperdown |
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