{"id":199326,"date":"2025-06-20T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199326\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:57:09","slug":"manchester-care-home-left-resident-smelling-of-urine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199326\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester care home &#8216;left resident smelling of urine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among the issues noted was a rise in infectious illnesses among residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Inspectors found that staff levels were &#8220;insufficient&#8221; to meet the needs of those living there with many patients not being helped to eat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some relatives told the CQC staff had spent no time with their loved ones, with some describing poor hygiene practices with residents left in the same clothes for days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One relative told inspectors that their loved one &#8220;often smelled of urine&#8221; and &#8220;sometimes had on other people&#8217;s clothes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Inspectors found the environment in the home was not safe, with damaged wardrobes, floors and radiators set to a dangerous temperature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One relative told the agency her loved one&#8217;s toilet was left &#8220;horrendous and filthy&#8221; while inspectors found some bedroom floors &#8220;felt sticky and unclean&#8221; with bedding in some cases found stained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ms Chilton said many residents were not supported to eat at meal times, no adjustments were made to solve language barriers and staff were often &#8220;too busy&#8221; to help those in distress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She confirmed the CQC had &#8220;begun the process of taking regulatory action to address the concerns&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said Advinia Care Homes Ltd would have the right to appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the issues noted was a rise in infectious illnesses among residents. Inspectors found that staff levels were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-199326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114714630155414518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}