UK care home employed 80-year-old nurse who was not able to help lift residents
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6CWH6)
HC-One employed nurse at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found to be not safe' by inspectors
One of Britain's biggest care home companies employed an 80-year-old senior nurse in a short-staffed care home who was older than some residents and not strong enough to help lift them.
HC-One employed the octogenarian at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found by inspectors to be inadequate" and not safe", in a case that highlights a chronic shortage of care workers across the UK.
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