Abuse care home exposed by Daily Record to shut
Mar 31 2008 By Annie Brown
A CARE home exposed by a Record investigation for abusing elderly residents is to close.
Davenport Nursing Home has such an appalling reputation and is in such a poor state of repair that residents are rejecting offers to go there.
Owners Fours Seasons have refused to give it the cash injection it needs to get it up to an acceptable standard.
And watchdogs have condemned it for being smelly, filthy and poorly staffed.
Letters went out to the remaining 47 residents at the start of February, telling them they would have to find alternative accommodation before the May closure.
And staff have been told they will have to move to another Four Seasons home or be out of a job.
Davenport became the source of a scandal after our reporter uncovered verbal and psychological abuse at the home. Posing as a care assistant, they filmed the workers taunting and screaming at elderly residents.
The Four Seasons spokesman added: "We took the decision to close Davenport. The building and infrastructure require significant investment to raise the facilities to acceptable, modern standards and it is not financially practical to spend the money needed.
"We are working closely with Glasgow City Council and the Care Commission to support the residents and their families in finding alternative care."
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SOURCE: dailyRecord
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