Family relieved as home found guilty

THE FAMILY of a dementia patient who died after swallowing a glove in a nursing home said yesterday they were relieved to have “closure” after the home was found guilty of breaching regulations.

James Griffin, aged 67, died in Waterford Regional Hospital on November 13 2008, five days after he ingested a latex glove in his bedroom at Waterford Nursing Home run by Mowlam Healthcare on the city’s Dunmore Road.

Following a complaint by his family, the HSE took a criminal action against the nursing home which was heard over a number of days last year.