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Sacked care home worker fined £150 for racial abuse

Care home groups Operators by Lee Peart on June 17, 2021

A care home worker who was sacked for racially abusing a colleague has been fined £150 following a court hearing. Victoria Costello was handed the fine at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for the incident that took

CCFTV calls for abuse of elderly to be made a Hate Crime

Business Crime Legislation by Lee Peart on June 15, 2021

Care Campaign for the Vulnerable (CCFTV) has called for abuse of the elderly to be made a Hate Crime. The

Care worker banned after grabbing resident by the throat

Care home groups Operators by Lee Peart on April 1, 2021

A care worker has been banned for grabbing a resident by the throat and using threatening language.

Three care home workers suspended over bullying allegations

Care home groups Human Resources Operators People by Lee Peart on March 30, 2021

Three staff members have been suspended at a Skye care home during an investigation into bullying allegations, according to a

Former care assistant struck off for ‘abusive’ behaviour

Care home groups Human Resources Operators People by Lee Peart on March 10, 2021

A former care assistant has been struck off for abusing five residents at a North Lanarkshire care home. Denise Connor

Care home worker jailed for two years for sexually abusing resident

Business Crime by Lee Peart on January 7, 2021

A care home worker who sexually abused a vulnerable dementia patient has been sentenced to two years in jail. Twenty one year old Dylan Birkett, whose abuse was captured by a hidden camera, was jailed