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'Culture of neglect' at care home

A whistleblower who worked at a care home where 11 former workers were arrested yesterday over the death of a former resident has told ITV News she tried to stop the abuse. She said there was a "culture of neglect" at the home in Nottingham.

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Whistleblower saw resident 'being put in a neck choke'

A whistleblower has claimed she witnessed a member of staff at Autumn Grange care home in Nottingham putting an elderly resident "in a neck choke".

The now closed Autumn Grange residential home in Sherwood Rise, Nottingham Credit: Emma Sword/PA Wire

The former employee told Channel 5 News: “A member of staff had an old man of about 86 or 87 in a neck choke because he was refusing to go in his wheelchair."

She claimed she documented the man's bruises and was later disciplined as a result.

Speaking of the residents, she said: “Even though they had dementia, they understood they were in a place they shouldn’t be and they understood the treatment they were getting was wrong."

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