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Careless In The Community

An 86-year-old aged pensioner was left with just the shirt on his back (and some plastic cutlery) after social services threw all his possessions into a skip.
Alec Watson who lives alone in Hallaway, Carlisle was left in tears after coming back to his house and finding all is worldly belongings squashed into a measly 4 cu yd skip.
A five-strong team came to Watson’s house last week and threw out ALL his clothes, ALL his bedding, and ALL his electronic equipment. He was left with a plastic knife and fork and spoon to eat with and spent the night shivering in a sleeping bag as his duvet was dumped in the skip.
But Cumbria services have said lonely Mr Watson agreed to his possessions being thrown out and that the matter had been fully discussed with his social worker.
Mr Watson came back at the council declaring that their discussions only involved the opportunity for the council to polish, clean and vacuum.
He said, “There was a lot of mess but I thought they were going to tidy up a bit. There was china in the cupboard wrapped in newspaper, they threw that out.
“I just sat in the chair and didn’t say anything, I didn’t know what to say. When they left, I started crying.
“I went to shave but my shaver and cream were gone.”
Neighbours were furious when they found out what had happened to the harmless loner, and refused the skip driver to pick it up. Delving into the discarded waste afterwards, the concerned residents managed to retrieve Mr Watson filthy diabetic equipment. Shocked onlookers stood and stared as wartime memorabilia, stereo, seven pairs of trousers and a colander was saved from landfill.
Mr Watson added, “I feel like my home has been invaded. I don’t want anything more to do with the social services.”
But social services got in touch with him after other neighbours raised concerns about the revolting smells coming from his house and his general trampy appearance. Margaret McDonald, a visitor to his house, often cooked and cleaned for him.
“I had to go out and buy him new razors, toiletries and cutlery the next day. When I complained, social services asked us to take what he wanted out of the skip.”
“I am sickened.”
Sue Bowman, adult social care area manager for Carlisle, said, “We are sorry to hear that Mr Watson has been upset by the clean up of his house. He agreed to it some time ago and a social worker and care team have visited him several times to discuss and agree the process.
“A team of four women and one man spent the day at Mr Watson’s home and cleaned and tidied the house from top to bottom.
“The care team was at pains to make sure that he agreed with every step of the process and Mr Watson OK’d the disposal of every item that was thrown away.
“They made his bed up with a clean, lightweight duvet and put some food in his cupboards. When they left Mr Watson said he was very pleased with the work – the care team are now distraught to find out that he is upset.
Mr Watson’s social worker will be visiting him as soon as possible to see if there is anything we can do to ease his distress.”

October 6, 2006 at 11:08 am | The Skip Magazine News Stories | No comment

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