Carer refused to look after OAP resident

Woman rapped for failing to help

A skiving carer has been rapped for refusing orders to help an elderly resident.

Anne Mccallion repeatedly ignored calls to provide one-on-one treatment to the vulnerable pensioner.

She also sneaked off from Elderslie Care Home during her shift, leaving a gap in cover.

Mccallion was hauled in front of the Scottish Social Services Council, but escaped with a warning.

A report published after her hearing revealed the stress her failures put colleagues and residents under.

It stated: “People who use services have the right to expect that the care they receive from social service workers, in whom they place their trust and confidence, will protect them from harm.

“The behaviour of failing to provide one-to-one care to a resident, when asked to do so by colleagues, is a breach in your duty of care, and did place a vulnerable adult at unnecessary risk of harm.

“The behaviour of leaving a shift without authorisation demonstrates a lack of dependability and trustworthiness.

“This is detrimental to the quality and reliability of care being provided by contributing to a failure to maintain the staffing levels required to ensure safe practice and quality of service.

“The unauthorised absence put vulnerable adults at risk of harm.”

Mccallion was ruled to have abandoned her post at the BUPA care home in Fulbar Road, Paisley.

Her actions were deemed to be a “serious” breach of conduct and created a staffing shortage for around two hours on January 26 last year.

She had already been flagged up to bosses after refusing to help care for the resident, despite being asked by two other workers, just weeks earlier.

The centre boasts about the “high level of care” offered to residents in its four houses specialising in dementia management.

Mccallion has had a warning placed on her file for six months.