Tag: residents

Care home boss struck off for buying cabbage with residents’ cash

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 21, 2016

A CARE home manager who used company funds to buy herself kale, bottled water and knee gel has been struck off. Irene Sharp was in...

Care home manager “force fed gagging OAP”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 28, 2015

A CARE home manager faces allegations that she force-fed an elderly lady while she was gagging. Helen McLeod, from Dunfermline, Fife, allegedly pushed the frail...

Flowers thrown into sea as 104-year-old lifeboat station closes

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 9, 2015

LIFEBOATMEN threw flowers into the North Sea yesterday as part of a final goodbye to a 104-year-old station. Crew members and local residents lined the...

New £30,000 playpark approved by Edinburgh Council

Community

Deadline News Journalist - August 25, 2015

PLANS for a new £30,000 playpark including a meadow flower area have been approved by Edinburgh council. The new, improved Craigpark Crescent play area was...

A care home nurse let a 15-year-old administer medication to two elderly residents

Scottish News

Guest - August 28, 2013

A NURSE at a care home for elderly ex-servicemen let a 15-year-old volunteer administer medication to two residents has been suspended. Nurse Emee Lou Ilano...