'My son's carer was asked to demonstrate how he bites people'
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The request was made during a call with a company reviewing the care of Timothy Jones, 31, who has severe learning difficulties.
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'My son's carer was asked to demonstrate how he bites people' 1 hour ago Share Save Share Save A mother has said it was "traumatising" when her disabled son's care manager was asked to demonstrate over a Zoom call how he reacts when he is distressed, including how he bites people. The request was made during a three-hour call with an independent company which was reviewing the care of Timothy Jones, 31, who has severe learning difficulties. Timothy was a patient at Muckamore Abbey Hospital for 12 years. His mum, Dawn, testified to a recent public inquiry that her son had been abused there. Belfast Trust has apologised to the Jones family and said it was working with the company in question, Liaison Care, "so that this does not happen again". Dawn said the meeting was "intrusive and re-traumatising", and that from the questions clearly the panel had no idea of her son's past experiences at the hospital. "I couldn't believe what I was hearing," said Dawn. "They were asking us to act out how he bites people. "There was no sensitivity, I got quite upset which didn't seem to register with them. It was dreadful". Anger and disappointment as hospital abuse report pushed back again 'Life is good' now my son has left Muckamore Patients' families were 'undoubtedly failed' - DoH Liaison Care is a private consultancy company based in England and is undertaking reviews of domiciliary care packages in Northern Ireland, including those of adults transferred from Muckamore Abbey Hospital. On the company's website it states if their services are commissioned and they do not make savings, they will not charge. Muckamore has been the subject of a public inquiry into the abuse of patients but it has yet to make its final report public. The review of Timothy, who is non-verbal, involved a panel of three in England, as well as his mum at her home along with Timothy's specialist service manager, Sophie Spence, who was in her office. According to Spence, "alarm bells were ringing" from the...
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