Elderly residents had medicines ‘mixed up’ and were left waiting for help at care home
A care home has been placed in special measures after inspectors found elderly residents were left waiting for help, were not showered regularly and had their medicines ‘mixed up’. Lyndhurst Residential Care Home, in Middleton, has been downrated to ‘inadequate’ and hit with a warning notice following a five-day visit by the Care Quality Commission. The watchdog ordered the Manchester Old Road home to improve in 2019, but when inspectors returned in August this year, they found standards had deteriorated and it was in breach of several care regulations. The home, run by Atlantis Medicare Limited, has appointed a new manager and says it has now ‘greatly improved the service’ and this will be reflected in the next inspection.


