‘I felt like I was in a horror movie’
“My dad was wheeled down to me in a wheelchair, his head was drooping and there was liquid dripping from his mouth.”
But as she placed newspapers (Mr Walsh loved reading) on her father’s knee, she saw he was dying. Relatives waited half an hour for the home’s doctor, who said Mr Walsh might have pneumonia. Residents were not admitted to hospital directly from the home, Mr Walsh’s family were told.