Inspectors uncover severe conditions at care facility including prolonged solitary confinement
Inspectors found a resident locked in a room for 18 months with minimal daily access, alongside unlawful medication and unsafe practices.
Inspectors discovered serious welfare failures at a care facility, including prolonged solitary confinement where a resident was locked in a room for 18 months with the door opened for just 90 seconds daily. The investigation also uncovered unlawful medication practices, access to basic needs being conditional on behaviour, and a resident sustaining friction burns during an emergency evacuation.
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Locked in a room for 18 months, with the door opened for just 90 seconds a day
Inspectors found prolonged solitary confinement, unlawful medication, access to basic needs tied to behaviour and a resident left with friction burns after being moved on an emergency evacuation mat.