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| Wallingford care home residents 'slapped and verbally abused' | Wallingford care home residents 'slapped and verbally abused' |
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| Three former care home employees ill-treated and neglected residents including taunting one with dementia about eating a pet, a court has heard. | Three former care home employees ill-treated and neglected residents including taunting one with dementia about eating a pet, a court has heard. |
| Elderly residents were refused access to the toilet, slapped and verbally abused at Winterbrook Nursing Home in Oxfordshire between 2015 and 2017. | |
| The woman with dementia was told by one defendant she had eaten her imaginary budgie, Oxford Crown Court heard. | |
| Elizabeth Collins, Joan Lovell and Mary Craddock deny 18 offences. | Elizabeth Collins, Joan Lovell and Mary Craddock deny 18 offences. |
| Prosecutor Kim Preston said residents were "humiliated" and "distressed" and the former employees were "a law unto themselves". | Prosecutor Kim Preston said residents were "humiliated" and "distressed" and the former employees were "a law unto themselves". |
| 'Turned blind eye' | 'Turned blind eye' |
| She said there was a rule they could not use the toilet for up to 90 minutes during mealtimes, sometimes resulting in them soiling themselves. | She said there was a rule they could not use the toilet for up to 90 minutes during mealtimes, sometimes resulting in them soiling themselves. |
| Care worker Ms Craddock is accused of slapping residents and taunting a woman with dementia that she had eaten her imaginary pet budgie at the Wallingford-based home. | Care worker Ms Craddock is accused of slapping residents and taunting a woman with dementia that she had eaten her imaginary pet budgie at the Wallingford-based home. |
| Home manager Mrs Collins and supervisor Miss Lovell, who are sisters, are alleged to have "turned a blind eye" to this behaviour, as well as mistreating residents themselves. | Home manager Mrs Collins and supervisor Miss Lovell, who are sisters, are alleged to have "turned a blind eye" to this behaviour, as well as mistreating residents themselves. |
| Miss Preston said they had also bullied new staff, who were told off if they did not follow the rules laid down by the three defendants. | Miss Preston said they had also bullied new staff, who were told off if they did not follow the rules laid down by the three defendants. |
| She said: "When you are working with people, and vulnerable people in particular, you have an obligation to be respectful and treat them with dignity and kindness. | She said: "When you are working with people, and vulnerable people in particular, you have an obligation to be respectful and treat them with dignity and kindness. |
| "Those residents were not treated as they should have been, and there is no excuse for that." | "Those residents were not treated as they should have been, and there is no excuse for that." |
| The prosecution alleges the women committed offences against six victims between April 2015 and July 2017. | The prosecution alleges the women committed offences against six victims between April 2015 and July 2017. |
| The charges | The charges |
| The trial is due to last between two and three weeks. | The trial is due to last between two and three weeks. |