As a lot of people on here would already know about the abuse at Castlebeck View in the UK, It’s a story that I have been following and it makes me wonder if we have come far in supporting People with Disabilities. How can a Profit making organisation be allow to become so disconnected from their very purpose, is it because they have grown so big or is it because training is a cost best saved for the shareholder? Paul Brosnan, the 35-year-old chairman of Castlebeck and son of Denis Brosnan, resigned earlier this month in the wake of the closure of Winterbourne View.” “It employs 2,100 people, providing care for 580 service users at 56 facilities nationwide.” Why so big? http://www.guardian.co.uk/
“Professor Jim Mansell, the author of the government’s policy on disability care, said: “The staff don’t think that these are human beings just like them otherwise they wouldn’t be able to do what they’re doing. This is the worst kind of institutional care, it’s the kind of thing that was prevalent in the 60s.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
It is good to see justice taking its course, but what are the long term implications for such large organisations, is profit making the way of the future? The full documentary will be in the Clarence TasTAFE Library after the court has finished with the footage.
http://www.youtube.com/
Cheers
Mark