Mrs Nickson, 50, further said her father-in-law was assaulted by another resident within 24 hours of arriving after being moved from the Moorside unit at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester
‘When we got there it was a building site, they were building flats adjacent to the property and they were doing electrics and plastering on upstairs floors used by the care home. ‘They were unlaundered, smelly and it was distressing to go through and find someone else’s clothes and teeth.’ The father-of-one’s mental health had suffered since 2005 when his wife, Connie, died while they were on their annual holiday in Tenerife, and he had been in the care system from that year onwards.
‘He did his national service in the Royal Air Force and contributed hugely to society, yet this is how they treat him.Raymond Nickson and wife Connie in happier times