Patient found on hands and knees beside faeces after being locked in room for 12 hours

Nursing home residents was found in distressed state in foul smelling bedroom, WRC told. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A nursing home resident was found on his hands and knees beside his own faeces after being locked in his room for 12 hours, the Workplace Relations Commission has heard.

A caregiver, whose name is listed as Varghese Mathew in a WRC adjudication, was assigned to keep an eye on the resident and denies locking him in his room.