Glasgow carer left resident with dementia soaked in own urine for 'prolonged' period

Moira Bori, who worked for Glasgow City Council at Davislea Care Home before moving to Orchard Grove Care Home, has since been struck off after a hearing at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). 

The panel found that arrogant Bori, who often "did your own thing" with an "I know best attitude", left a number of people within her care at "unnecessary risk of potentially significant physical and/or emotional harm". 

Bori's lack of care was highlighted on one occasion following an incident at Asda Toryglen in October 23, 2015. 

While employed at Orchard Grove, the carer failed to arrange a taxi to take a fatigued person with dementia back to the residential home.

Instead, she left them in the supermarket cafe in the care of an unknown family while she went shopping.  

Moira Bori left the resident with an unknown family in the Asda Toryglen cafe

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Just a few months later, on January 15, 2016, she is said to have "failed to provide personal care to Resident D over the course of your shift".

As a result, they were left "in contact with their own urine for a prolonged period of time". 

On another occasion, she left a resident living with dementia unattended in a foot bath for around 20 minutes - despite having previous instructions from the resident's sons that they were not to receive such treatment.

Previously, when employed at Davislea in August 2015, Bori also attempted to demonstrate to a resident with dementia how to use a toilet while underdressed from the waist down - either into only underwear or less. 

A report from the hearing states there was "nothing to indicate" that the carer had reflected on her failings, instead offered only repeated explanations and justifications for her behaviour.

It was for that reason that the panel "could not be satisfied that there was no, or a low, risk of repetition of the impairment alleged."

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It added: "On the contrary, the evidenced raised concerns that there was a real risk of repetition of some of the behaviours alleged.

"There was a pattern of poor practice across a number of areas.

"You did not believe that you had ever placed a resident at risk or that your actions were contrary to good care towards residents.

"The panel considered there were real public protection risks arising in your case."

The SSSC hearing found that a warning or suspension would not be appropriate, instead ordering Bori to be removed from the register. 

It added: "People who use services, their families, employers and the public trust Workers to provide an acceptable standard of care to those who use services, and in your case, the Panel has concluded your behaviour has amounted to a fundamental failure to follow the Code. 

"The standard of care you provided to the very vulnerable service users entrusted to your care fell far below an acceptable standard."