welcome
BBC

BBC

Health

Health

Woman secretly filmed her mum being abused in care home

BBC
Summary
Nutrition label

62% Informative

Nicola Hughes hid a covert camera in a radio in her mother's bedroom at Barrogil House .

The footage revealed staff roughly handling Janette Ritchie and shouting at her.

One carer was filmed holding bedclothes over her head and saying " Rest in Peace " Five people were dismissed last year after the care home was made aware of the footage.

But the family continued to have concerns about standards of care.

Care Inspectorate upheld four complaints from the family about Janette 's care.

VR Score

66

Informative language

65

Neutral language

57

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Small business owner?

Otherweb launches Autoblogger—a revolutionary way to bring more leads to any small business, using the power of AI.