Care home failings exposed by Which? investigation

See our experts and actors talk about the findings in our video report


Care home failings exposed by Which? investigation
Potential abuse & dirt among problems uncovered
19 April 2011

Inadequate food, unclean and unsafe environments, understimulated and inactive residents and one case of possible abuse. These are some of the things Which? discovered in its investigation of care homes, where we asked three actors to spend a week of their lives in four randomly chosen residential and nursing homes.

Independent Advocacy needs to be available to all who need it

Independent Advocacy needs to be available to all who need it

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