tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post5669208713682552881..comments2023-10-11T09:14:08.345+01:00Comments on Pyjamas in Bananas: Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposedpjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-52424255087308408752011-06-01T16:02:57.842+01:002011-06-01T16:02:57.842+01:00I've also visited quite a few care homes and r...I've also visited quite a few care homes and residential units and I've often felt that neglect was quite widespread (and reporting concerns seems to have minimal effect) but I've never suspected systematic abuse on this scale. It was the Stanford prison experiment writ large.<br /><br />With the deprofessionalisation of healthcare (particularly in mental health and learning disabilities) this lack of accountability of the workforce can only get worse.<br /><br />I was genuinely shocked to see how the abuse was pretty much institutional, we didn't see management and hardly saw nursing staff, but the way this went on openly and with impunity suggests everyone knew what was going on. Of coursen if this had been the NHS, the whistleblower would have been hounded out and reported to the NMC.pjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-45069060833701614822011-06-01T14:19:29.657+01:002011-06-01T14:19:29.657+01:00I visit a lot of care homes, with demented vulnera...I visit a lot of care homes, with demented vulnerable adults. I'd wager good coin abuse happens in some homes.<br /><br />Some have been reported to the PCT, Local Authority and CQC, naught happened.<br /><br />Care Workers aren't regulated so can skip from one home to another, continuing their idiosyncratic practice/malign care/abuse without sanction.<br /><br />That needs fixing.The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.com