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Article: SHAMEFUL; Grace Allenby spent her life caring for others...but when it came to her own care in her final months she was MISERABLY failed. Today we ask the question why? EXCLUSIVE.(News)
- Article from:
- Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2008
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Byline: By MARIE LEVY
A TEESSIDE grandmother suffered a shameful catalogue of neglect as she lived out her final months, an inquest was told.
Grace Allenby, 88, was moved into a nursing home just two days before she died, but staff were so horrified by the state she was in they took photographs of her and called adult protection.
"I would not put an animal through what that lady went through," said senior care assistant Denise Dennison.
As a major investigation goes on into the shocking case, the care home at the centre of family concerns ...