Aged care: worker says residents left 'laying in their own excrement'

Resigned nurse speaks out about Toronto's Figtee Point Aged Care facility which she says is failing its residents, a sentiment backed up by the aged care watchdog's most recent report. Picture supplied

THE level of care being provided to the residents of Fig Tree Point Aged Care facility on the water at Toronto is so poor it is driving staff away, including qualified nurses.

A member of staff who recently resigned from her job at the 75-bed nursing home, one of three run by Hunter Valley Care Pty Ltd, said it broke her heart to walk away from residents, many of whom she has known for years.