Residential scare homes
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Residential scare homes

Joyce Fielding , Now working as a Matron at a south coast residential care home

Joyce Fielding urges agency nurses to blow the whistle on shameful care standards in residential care homes

I was driving home after finishing a 2 till 9pm duty almost an hour late: tired, dissatisfied and disillusioned with nursing homes. My mind flitted over the last eight hours.

Nursing Standard. 6, 21, 55-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.6.21.55.s59

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