Manager of care home struck off
Bamburgh Court Care Centre is now under new management.
The manager of a Tyneside care home labelled the "worst" ever seen by an inspector has been struck off the nursing register.
Ann Rigby, 50, admitted misconduct while in charge of Bamburgh Court Care Centre, South Shields in 2004.
Dementia patients had to sleep on dirty mattresses on the floor while faeces was smeared on the wall, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) heard.
The family of Martha Bentham, 91, who died at the home, welcomed the ruling.
Daughter Maureen Crozier, 70, of Cleadon Village, said: "This will not bring our mother back but it will be a warning to other carers and managers.
"It should put the wind up them because no other family should have to go through what we had to go through."
Mouldy food
Her sister, Fran Dodds, 62, of Cleadon Village, South Shields, said: "There are other people to blame and we're not quite finished yet.
"We are going to see if we can get anyone else before a tribunal."
Anne Kelly, NMC committee chairman, said after ruling on Friday: "It is apparent that the state of affairs was appalling both in terms of the state of the physical premises and the care of the residents."
The panel also heard rooms and corridors were poorly-lit and a pervasive smell hung in the air, as mouldy food was left to rot in cupboards.
The home was billed as a specialist care centre, split into one unit for dementia patients and another for the elderly.
But inspector Darren Hobson called it the "worst" home he had visited.
An improvement notice was served immediately and the manager suspended in June 2004. Rigby eventually resigned through ill health in November 2004.
She did not attend the London hearing but admitted by letter six counts of failing to ensure the home was maintained and cleaned and failing to provide adequate nursing care.
SOURCE: bbcUK
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