Care home boss stole €45k from patient

A former nursing home manager has been jailed for 15 months for stealing €45,000 from a patient.

Maeve Bell, 38, was the clinical manager at Elmhurst nursing home in Glasnevin, Dublin, when she began siphoning off money from the “comfort account” of a resident.

The court heard that Highfield Nursing Home, which runs Elmhurst, have in place a system of comfort accounts which are used to pay for a resident’s upkeep and any other personal needs. They are funded by money paid from the resident’s main bank account.