Patient forced to wait three days to see doctor
The report into the mistreatment of elderly residents at the home shows they were let down at all levels — from the nursing home owner to their nursing and care staff to health service management.
The report of Professor Des O’Neill, a consultant geriatrician at Tallaght Hospital, concludes care of the patients at the nursing home was “deficient at many levels” and amounted to “institutional abuse’’.
