A CARE home boss told a jury that care given to a dementia stricken grandmother was “utter neglect.”

Two carers at the former Ghyllgrove Care Home in Basildon are accused of mistreating the woman in January 2019.

Blessing Okeke-Nwojeh, 44, of Clayburn Circle, Basildon, and Hemlata Ramdin, 40, of Braybrooke, Basildon are standing trial at Basildon Crown Court charged with ill treatment.

Yesterday during the summing up Recorder Alex HillSmith reminded the jury how operations manager Clare Silvester blasted the treatment of the woman.

She told the jury it was “utter neglect” that she was “physically manhandled” and it was “overbearing.”

Recorder Alex Hill-Smith also told the jury Mrs Silvester said the way she was put on the bed was “very rough” and the “care lacked dignitary and respect for her as a human being.”

Mr Hill-Smith said: “She had had dementia since 2016 and required progressively greater care and she needed a high level of personal care. She was a vulnerable and challenging person to deal with.

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“Clare Silvester told us the woman should have been left to calm down and comfortable.

The families first cause for concern was in October 2017 when the granddaughter visited and found her bed unmade and the woman was not in her room.”

The court was previously told the grandmother has severe dementia and the pair slapped, pulled and dragged her at the care home.

The jury was also previously told by Ramdin the care home was understaffed with three workers for 30 patients.

Mr Hill-Smith added: “Her care plan says she should be treated with tact and there was a risk assessment plan as she posed a risk to herself.

“The family raised further concerns in 2018 and then on January 9 2019 the granddaughter placed the hidden camera. A few weeks after the incident she was moved to another care home and a doctor who had been working with her said she responded well to the move.

“She was calm and relaxed and it was a marked contrast to how dementia patients usually react.” The trial continues