Merrymore Nursing Home in Barton-on-Sea
A HAMPSHIRE nursing home has closed after independent inspectors found that the elderly residents were at risk of injury, malnutrition and mistakes involving drugs.
Pensioners were moved out of the privately run Merrymore home following a damning report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which criticised almost every aspect of treatment.
The report said the 22 residents, including a 105-year-old woman, were left in the hands of poorly trained and inadequately supervised staff.
It described the £550-a-week home in Barton Wood Road, Barton-on-Sea, as “poor” and gave it a zero star rating.
Merrymore was allocated time to improve standards following the inspection in February but failed to make any significant progress.
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