Doors close on clients
21/10/2008
DOZENS of clients needing home care have been left up in the air after Bendigo service provider Chancery House closed its doors on the weekend.
Chancery House Services in Wills Street covered a region from Kyneton to Mildura.
It provided home care, attendant and cleaning services for patients unable to look after themselves because of age, illness or accident.
But carers who contacted The Advertiser have expressed alarm that although some casual staff were told of the closure on Sunday, clients have been left in the dark.
“We had one elderly woman sitting in her nightie wondering why no one had come to serve her breakfast,’’ one carer said.
“She eventually had to phone her own daughter to come.
“The real problem here is that no provision has been made for the clients, and many of them have suffered strokes or have to be spoon fed and are not capable of looking after themselves.’’
Chancery House did not return calls and no reason has been given for the abrupt closure.
There has been no indication of how many clients are on the lists.
Source: The Bendigo Advertiser
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