The Irish Mail on Sunday

NO COMPASSION OR DIGNITY IN DEATH

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A resident died and ‘the coffin was pushed through the entrance corridor. Little dignity or respect was offered to the [residents] in the home. Staff did not try to hide the body while the coffin passed, no curtains available to pull on double doors.’

Resident was ‘sent to the hospital unaccompan­ied, with no warm clothes and without [their] walker. [They were] incontinen­t [and] not supplied with a change of the necessary clothing Resident being charged for religious services, which were free.

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