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Staff sacking over poor elderly care 
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One staff member has been sacked and seven suspended from one of England's largest care homes after an undercover probe by BBC Panorama found poor care.

The filming at the Old Deanery in Essex showed some residents being taunted, roughly handled and one was slapped.

The home said it was "shocked and saddened by the allegations".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27128011

This is of interest here, as the place in question is in the same area as the home where my grandma ended up. It’s a very hard choice to make - we had little time to make a decision, yet we knew that the decision that was to be made was very important. It’s hard to judge care homes when you are basically being shown round by a sales rep in a nurse’s uniform (this is how one presented themselves).

I think we made the right choice, but this shows how a posh looking place can disguise a chamber of horrors. The home in question has a statement on its home page: http://www.olddeanery.com

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It was certainly a concern when my granddad entered a home. Though dear love anyone trying to mess him about lol.

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