Safety fears found at home where gran was killed

A watchdog found there were safety concerns at a south-east London care home weeks after a resident killed a woman in her bedroom, it has emerged.

Alexander Rawson, 63, beat 93-year-old Eileen Dean to death at Fieldside Care Home in Catford on 3 January. 

Inspectors visited the care home on 26 January after the murder of the grandmother-of-five triggered alarm about patient safety. Inspectors concluded that the home failed to record dangers properly and residents "were not always safe".

Mrs Dean suffered catastrophic injuries after she was attacked by Rawson with a walking stick, about two weeks after he had been moved into the home from a mental health unit.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the report said: "People were not always safe. The provider had not ensured risks to people were always documented and mitigated.

"Risk assessments and care plans contained conflicting information which could potentially lead to people being exposed to harm."

Specific concerns were also raised to the watchdog about the home's "risk management processes."

The 63-year-old was sentenced to indefinite detention in a secure psychiatric unit on Monday.

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Source: BBC News, 22 November 2021