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Masonic Care Sandgate - Breach Aged care breach ignoredFriday,
09 November 2007
Northside Chronicle
SANDGATE: No action will be
taken against a nursing home where an 84-year-old resident almost lost his leg
from infection, despite a Federal Government investigation finding it breached
its responsibilities.
The 84-year-old stroke and heart attack sufferer,
who did not want to be named for fear of reprisal, spent two months in hospital
after the wound became so badly infected his tendons were visible.
His
son, a Wavell Heights resident, said the wound was treated for a month at Sandgate's
Masonic Care nursing home before he received a call from nursing staff indicating
his father's condition had deteriorated.
Masonic Care Sandgate is the
largest single site aged care facility in Queensland, housing 496 residents.
The man said he told the nurse to call an ambulance, which took his father
to the Royal Brisbane emergency department .
The staff at the triage
said that if he wasn't there within the next couple of days he would have lost
his leg,'' he said.
When an initial Federal Department of Health and
Ageing investigation did not find any breach of responsibilities, the son lodged
a formal complaint with the Aged Care Commissioner, with photos of the wound as
evidence.
The Commissioner's investigation, headed by Grant Davies,
found the initial investigation had been inadequate because it hadn't contacted
the resident's family.
Mr Davies also found the resident's wound
had worsened significantly under Masonic Care's supervision.
`I
believe the approved provider failed to provide adequate wound care,''
he wrote in his report.
Mr Davies recommended in strong terms that the
initial finding of no breach be overturned and said the arguments otherwise were
unconvincing.
However, his findings have been ignored by the Department
of Health and Ageing, which confirmed its original decision on October 22.
A departmental spokeswoman said the Commissioner's recommendations had been
taken into account but the original findings would stand.
``While a breach
was not found in this case, all Australian Government-subsidised aged care homes
are subject to ongoing monitoring to ensure they meet legislated standards and
this home will continue to be monitored,'' she said.
The son, who
has since moved his father to another facility, said he was outraged by the
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