Castlebeck Abuse Case Study
Serious failures to protect individuals from abuse.
Castlebeck abuse failings
A care establishment called winterbourne view was owned by castlebeck care ltd in bristol.
The establishment was closed down on 24th june 2011 due to systemic failures to protect people.
BBC's panorama filmed patients being pinned down, slapped, doused in cold water, and repeatedly taunted and teased despite warnings by the whistleblower. A senior nurse had alerted the care homes management and the CQC on several occasions but it wasn't followed up.
This was a severe failure in human rights and a very bad case of physical, emotional, and institutional abuse and neglect.
Eventually action was taken with the help of panorama and the footage they filmed an investigation …show more content…
At the end of the investigation 10 members of staff were charged with ill treatment and neglect offences under the mental health act and the home closed .
It caused shock and outrage across the country when the images were aired by panorama in a special documentary to highlight the case and show what can happen behind closed doors.
(research ref: www.nursingtimes.net)
The longcare scandal
Longcare was owned by Gordon Rowe and his wife. Gordon Rowe was an ex social worker and had worked in the care system all his life, from a psychiatric nurse at broadmoor, to social worker, to a care home owner. No one expected him to abuse the people he was paid to care for. In 1994 a leaked council report revealed that for 10 years , Gordon
Rowe had been beating, raping, and ill treating the adults with learning disabilities in the residential homes run by his company,
Longcare.
He had run his company for years avoiding inspections but when the council sent in undercover investigators the truth emerged.
There was a lot of evidence produced about the abuse and those responsible were charged and
Castlebeck abuse failings
A care establishment called winterbourne view was owned by castlebeck care ltd in bristol.
The establishment was closed down on 24th june 2011 due to systemic failures to protect people.
BBC's panorama filmed patients being pinned down, slapped, doused in cold water, and repeatedly taunted and teased despite warnings by the whistleblower. A senior nurse had alerted the care homes management and the CQC on several occasions but it wasn't followed up.
This was a severe failure in human rights and a very bad case of physical, emotional, and institutional abuse and neglect.
Eventually action was taken with the help of panorama and the footage they filmed an investigation …show more content…
At the end of the investigation 10 members of staff were charged with ill treatment and neglect offences under the mental health act and the home closed .
It caused shock and outrage across the country when the images were aired by panorama in a special documentary to highlight the case and show what can happen behind closed doors.
(research ref: www.nursingtimes.net)
The longcare scandal
Longcare was owned by Gordon Rowe and his wife. Gordon Rowe was an ex social worker and had worked in the care system all his life, from a psychiatric nurse at broadmoor, to social worker, to a care home owner. No one expected him to abuse the people he was paid to care for. In 1994 a leaked council report revealed that for 10 years , Gordon
Rowe had been beating, raping, and ill treating the adults with learning disabilities in the residential homes run by his company,
Longcare.
He had run his company for years avoiding inspections but when the council sent in undercover investigators the truth emerged.
There was a lot of evidence produced about the abuse and those responsible were charged and