Disability advocates say the death of an Adelaide woman with cerebral palsy is proof the system is failing the most vulnerable. Ann Marie Smith was meant to receive around the clock in-home care but was instead left in the same chair for a year – with police describing her death as ‘disgusting and degrading’. How her condition went unnoticed for so long is now part of a criminal investigation.
Listen online (off-site)- Topics:
- Case study, Justice, Safeguards and workforce quality, Service providers, violence, Abuse and Neglect
- Author:
- Rhett Burnie
- Source:
- ABC PM
- Date published:
- Mon 18th May, 2020