Period of care: late March 2024 to 17th June 2024. We were promised two
carers four times per day, and this did happen; however, the personnel
kept changing which was unsettling for both patient and family. Visits
were supposed to be up to 30 minutes, but in practice, the carers rarely
stayed longer than 10 minutes, sometimes less. In the early weeks, they
seemed very unwilling to change bedding; consequently, the patient's
room smelt unsavoury. After many requests from the patient's family,
this eventually improved. On the day of the patient's death, we found
the carers' behaviour completely unacceptable. They refused to leave the
premises until they had telephoned the patient's daughter, who was out
with her child and dog, to tell her "Your Dad's dead?". She
found this profoundly upsetting and had to be helped and comforted by
strangers in the park. This phone call was completely unnecessary as her
mother was at home and would have told her in a more appropriate way.
Latest Reviews for Unite Care Ltd
28 June 2024
Period of care: late March 2024 to 17th June 2024. We were promised two
carers four times per day, and this did happen; however, the personnel
kept changing which was unsettling for both patient and family. Visits
were supposed to be up to 30 minutes, but in practice, the carers rarely
stayed longer than 10 minutes, sometimes less. In the early weeks, they
seemed very unwilling to change bedding; consequently, the patient's
room smelt unsavoury. After many requests from the patient's family,
this eventually improved. On the day of the patient's death, we found
the carers' behaviour completely unacceptable. They refused to leave the
premises until they had telephoned the patient's daughter, who was out
with her child and dog, to tell her "Your Dad's dead?". She
found this profoundly upsetting and had to be helped and comforted by
strangers in the park. This phone call was completely unnecessary as her
mother was at home and would have told her in a more appropriate way.