The wife of a sick Wishaw man who was given an accidental drug overdose by a home care worker says she is now scared she’ll find him dead.Norma McLeish is the main carer for 62-year-old husband Richard, who has pancreatitis and diabetes.Richard also has learning difficulties and uses a wheelchair as he is unable to walk or stand for any significant time without falling over.Norma, 59, has mental health problems and says these have been exacerbated by constant changes in the make-up of the care team assigned to help her husband with daily routines at their home in Ladysmith Street, Craigneuk.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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And recent traumatic events have left her unable to sleep for fear her husband is going to die.Norma said: “They overdosed him on Easter Monday and the ambulance and paramedic came, then the following week a new carer came in and instead of giving him his day medication, gave him his night medication again at six in the morning.“It was bad enough them making a mistake once.
I’m so scared I’m going to go into the room and find him dead.“The carers are meant to be here to help me out but they’ve just added more stress and more stress.”Norma had been receiving personal help for the last few years following a
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