Dozens of nursing home residents are in emergency care after more than a several staff members were arrested for being illegal immigrants.
UK Border Agency officials raided the Linford Park Nursing Home in Ringwood, on the outskirts of the New Forest, Hants, amid concerns about the care of residents.
Officials entered the home, which cares for patients with dementia and physical disabilities, after a tip off.
Four of the centre’s managers and carers on suspicion of mistreating vulnerable patients.
On Friday night, emergency care staff were moving 34 frail residents to alternative accommodation.
"We have had to move a number of the most vulnerable and frail elderly people to alternative care,” Felicity Hindson, Hampshire County Council's executive member for adult social care.
A Hampshire police spokesman said a 62-year-old man from Christchurch, a 61-year-old woman from London and a 78-year-old man, also from London, were arrested on suspicion of neglect.
A 47-year-old man from Ringwood was also arrested on suspicion of neglect. None of the group have been named.
"It is believed that those arrested are responsible for the management of the care home or for the care of the residents,” said a Hampshire police spokesman.
Officials also discovered eight female workers from Ghana, Malawi and the Philippines and three males from Ghana and the Philippines were working illegally.
The rural care home, set within 26 acres, is owned by Linford Park Care Homes Ltd and accommodates 107 residents in 44 single and nine shared rooms.
The home's website claims it is registered to provide social, personal and nursing care to frail, elderly patients and those people with dementia over the age of 65 years.
It was rated adequate and given one star in its latest inspection by the Commission For Social Care.
"The operation was intelligence led and targeted immigration offenders working illegally at the home,” said a UK Border agency spokesman.
He said 13 workers were found to be illegal immigrants. Two were released on bail while the rest were in custody last night.
A spokesman from the Care Quality Commission added: "We will monitor the situation extremely closely over the next few days and will take any further action that may be required."
The centre’s managers were released on police bail on Friday night until October pending further inquiries.
SOURCE: The Telegraph, UK
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