LEFT TO DIE ALONE
SUNDAY MIRROR Daughter’s fury after carer failed to raise alarm over Jack, 73 Exact copy of the paper on your tablet
A CARER has been fired after a grandad was left to die alone with a plate of chicken nuggets.
The carer put the tea on the kitchen table for Jack Moir, 73, and left.
The only other action he took was to send his co-ordinator a text – but it went unread and Jack died at home hours later from a heart condition.
His daughter Liz Moir blasted private care firm Cordia, saying: “The way my father was treated was disgusting. On top of the grief of losing him I feel angry. How did the carer not know he was dying?”
Retired driller Jack depended on three home visits a day, costing £180 a month.
On the carer’s last visit he noted in a daily log that he had put out two lots of medication and some dinner for Jack.
He wrote: “Unable to wake Jack when I arrived. Left out meds. Made chicken nuggets. Informed co-ordinator.”
Liz said the fact her dad had failed to take medication earlier should have alerted the carer, adding: “He was a decent man and deserved to die with dignity. Cordia failed him when he needed them most.” Entries in the logbook showed that Jack had been unwell for two days previously.
One written on his final morning read: “Jack still not feeling well. Still refer doctor. Asked him if I could phone daughter, he said he will after eating rice crispies.”
Liz never got a call and only found out her dad was dead the next day, when a warden of his sheltered accommodation in Glasgow told her. The angry daughter, whose mum Jessie died of cancer seven years ago, said Cordia never apologised.
However she said the firm accepted a complaint upheld by the Care Inspectorate and admitted taking action against three staff, one of whom was fired. The reasons for the sacking have not yet been disclosed.
However, the Inspectorate told Liz in a report: “The provider conceded staff did not take appropriate action to support your father.” Liz, who said the police also investigated but decided it was not a criminal matter, may consider legal action.
The Sunday Mirror tried to contact Cordia for more than a week but staff said no one was available to make a statement.