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Originally Posted by Cherie
No other sector would put up with paying for something to be ill treated, it is a national scandal
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There's a website where you can view the official inspection reports for care homes, I can't remember what it's called, wife looked it up for the one her grandmother is in and its... Just awful stuff. "D" ratings in several areas and actually marked as failing in others with a threat of being shut down if no improvement.
But we looked up all the others in her grandmothers local area... The best and most expensive one was barely scraping "C" grades in most areas. I have no idea how they get away with it. Are these places really just so expensive to run that even with every resident paying in to £3000 a MONTH they're only just getting by? Or are there some fat cats who own these places who are making ridiculous profits whilst providing the bare minimum of service...
That said it can't even be just a money issue. Some things like the attitude of the staff and the cleanliness standards of the place could be improved with little or zero additional expense.