An 88-year-old woman has died after going 28 days without food or water during end of life care, her heartbroken son has claimed. Sarene Taylor was admitted to hospital in North Wales around four weeks ago having suffered a stroke, but was later sent back to a care home as doctors began end of life care and withdrew foods and fluids.
North Wales Live reports that Ms Taylor passed away on Monday morning (March 20), days after her son Rob Taylor posted an emotional video on Twitter in which he claimed she had been left "to die slowly from dehydration and malnutrition in front of our very eyes". He went on to describe the experience as "harrowing" as he claimed that the approach to end of life care was "inhumane".
Confirming his mother's death, Mr Taylor, a decorated former North Wales rural police officer, said her treatment was in the last few weeks of her life was "disgraceful". He added that he planned to report the circumstances that led to her death to North Wales Police and the Older People's Commissioner for Wales.
