When abuse is the only word for care of the elderly

Dan Buckley on how long-term neglect has eroded care for our vulnerable senior citizens.

When abuse is the only word for care of the elderly

THE outside of the grey, Victorian hospital was dark and foreboding, like something out of a badly made 1950s Gothic horror movie. Despite meagre attempts to beautify the grounds with flowers and shrubs, there was no denying that this was a grim and cheerless place.

Inside, that sorry facade was mirrored by murky pea-green walls, a well-trodden and cracked tiled floor and threadbare curtains dividing the beds in the public ward.

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