A woman whose brother was caught up in the care home scandal, has told how she fears for residents still there.
Christine Livingstone voiced her concerns after it emerged that there are further problems at crisis hit Castle View.
Christine, of Alexandria, told the Lennox Herald: “I have felt throughout this that the attitude has been one of wanting to sweep this under the carpet. I panicked at the thought of them sending my brother back there.
“Hugh even smelled when he was in there and he knew it as well. He is quite particular about himself and they didn’t even give him the dignity of keeping him clean.
“We still have concerns about the place, I worry about people who are in there and don’t have family or visitors to see what’s going on.
"There are a couple of elderly men who were in when Hugh was there who I’d like to go back and see but when all this started coming out, I was more or less told I wasn’t welcome.”
“It seemed to be all about money in there.”
Christine’s brother Hugh, who suffers from Spina Bifida and is unable to care for himself, was left with Sepsis following a stint at the home.
He developed the infection after suffering a cut from his catheter.
But Christine and sister Maisie say they were ignored when they raised concerns – as their brother languished in hospital receiving treatment for the potentially deadly infection.
Incredibly, social workers told the worried pair that their 63-year-old brother would be sent back to Castle View.
The desperate duo took to Facebook to highlight Hugh’s plight and it was only after Council Leader Jonathon McColl stepped in, that social workers performed a u-turn and offered a care package to enable Hugh to return to his Haldane home.
He was only admitted to Castle View for three weeks’ respite care as his sisters – who provide extensive care and support for their brother – attended a family wedding in Australia last November.
When they returned, they found his scalp covered in blisters and pus-filled sores and say carers had brutally combed his hair.
Furious Christine, added:“Apart from anything else, they ignored his needs. I don’t believe for a minute that he wasn’t telling them he was in pain or sitting there without a sound when they were combing the sores on his head.”
