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A care home has been fined £100,000 after a disabled woman was scalded in a bath and died from her injuries.A care home has been fined £100,000 after a disabled woman was scalded in a bath and died from her injuries.
Yelena Hasselberg-Langley, who needed 24-hour care, suffered 20% burns when she was put into the bath at Lifeways Community Care Home in Oxford in 2007.Yelena Hasselberg-Langley, who needed 24-hour care, suffered 20% burns when she was put into the bath at Lifeways Community Care Home in Oxford in 2007.
The 18-year-old, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, died of multiple organ failure in hospital four days later. An inquest recorded a narrative verdict.The 18-year-old, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, died of multiple organ failure in hospital four days later. An inquest recorded a narrative verdict.
Lifeways Community Care admitted health and safety breaches last year.Lifeways Community Care admitted health and safety breaches last year.
The firm was also ordered to pay £45,000 costs.The firm was also ordered to pay £45,000 costs.
'Excruciating agony'
Judge Patrick Eccles QC, said: "The case evokes a great deal of pity for her suffering and a sense of outrage that her ensuing scalding injury and death could have been easily avoided.Judge Patrick Eccles QC, said: "The case evokes a great deal of pity for her suffering and a sense of outrage that her ensuing scalding injury and death could have been easily avoided.
"She was blind, paraplegic, epileptic and severely disabled."She was blind, paraplegic, epileptic and severely disabled.
"She had some power of speech but could not clearly communicate her distress when placed in the bath and she would have suffered excruciating agony before being taken to hospital.""She had some power of speech but could not clearly communicate her distress when placed in the bath and she would have suffered excruciating agony before being taken to hospital."
During an inquest at Oxford Coroner's Court into Ms Hasselberg-Langley's death, two carers told how they were not trained in how to use the bath and thought its temperature was controlled by a thermostat.
One of the women, Anna Majchrowska, told the jury she tested the water before Ms Hasselberg-Langley was lowered into it and had been happy it was at the right temperature.