Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract I: being silenced “They would pull my nipples and laugh!” I was sitting at the kitchen table in my son’s flat. “They thought it amusing!” My son stared at the newspaper in…
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract II: this great age! I was 96 years old and locked-up in a care home when the abuse began so, although I may have wanted to run away – flight was out…
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract III: caught in the Council’s social care web My heart sank on seeing myself back where I was three years ago, listening to a social worker bent on persuading me to agree…
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract IV: ‘Control, not Care’ in commercially-unviable care homes for older people in Scotland Dr Well-Beloved I call her Dr Well-beloved for all sorts of reasons. For being completely unfazed when I rocked…
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract V: Scotland’s hippie dippie Care Inspectorate From the sitting room window, I watched the RSPCA van pull into the care home car park. On impulse, I smiled and waved in its general…
