A NSW nursing home has rejected claims it abused or neglected a man who died from a staph infection after spending just 51 days at the facility.
"Several wheelchairs do not have footplates and some wheelchairs do not fit the consumer comfortably.The ABC has obtained diary entries included in the Osgood family submission toSouthern Cross Care NSW and ACT said no complaints were ever made about Mr Osgood's chair.
"SCC has addressed all issues identified by the Commission relating to wound care … this includes improvements in wound consultancy, increased training for staff," the home said.A former staffer at the home turned-whistleblower also spoke to the ABC on the condition of anonymity."They only had one cleaner, one cleaner to a 32-bed facility, and that cleaner had to do rooms and all the general areas," she said.
The ABC has confirmed there were two reports to Belmont police station about Mr Osgood's care on September 13 and October 25 last year. "The staff member involved in one of the reports [the first report] was stood down, investigated, and performance managed, and resigned from SCC in October 2019," the home said.
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