HISTORY: This seems like a really sad tale. Most newspapers had horror stories of bad elderly care. Mossley Manor Care Home was shut in 2015 after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found it was "dangerous" and "dirty" with an "overpowering smell of urine". Two brothers (Amjad Latif, 56 and his younger brother Amer, 47) were fined more than £82,000 after their "depressing, unhygienic and unsafe" care home was shut down.
CQC inspectors apparently gagged at the smell in some residents' rooms when they made a surprise inspection after a concerned family member reported having to take her mother out due to numerous injuries. The CQC used emergency powers to get it shut down quick. It came out at trial that some staff members with criminal convictions were working unchecked and the owners failed to immediately inform the Care Quality Commission about the deaths of 10 residents. One resident told inspectors he had to stuff clothes into a broken window to keep himself warm, while another said they were forced to borrow toiletries from people who had died or left the home. It cost £1,000-a-month per resident with 43 rooms.
EXPLORE: It was a sad explore too. Someone had smashed the pipes downstairs and there was water flooding the bottom floor. We reported it to United Utilities who said there was nothing they could do because 'no customer lived there'. We reported it to Sefton Council who said it was none of their business as over Liverpool line but offered no assistance on who to contact. Maybe they'll do something once the neighbours gardens turn into sink holes.
To top it off, bunch of teens showed up while we were still there. They crawled on the roof and started throwing tiles. First time we've ever called the police whilst tresspassing! (Obviously we said we'd heard the smashing from the street and came in to investigate.)
Here is a photo from just before it was closed down:
We headed into the main building despite the unwelcoming sign. No, we have no idea why there was a huge amount of kids toys piled up at the front door:
There were private documents everywhere. Hundreds of case files with people's personal information and medical issues:
The back north quarter of the main building had clearly been on fire. I guess fire fighters had got there in time before it got further. The damage is a shame to a beautiful building, but there were some amazing colours in the destruction:
There were four floors in total. Basement, ground and two above. All accessible with room after room. We were a lot less cautious than we should have been. It wasn't until we got back downstairs that we realised some of the rooms we'd been in had no floorboards in many places. The carpet had simply been pulling tight and holding us up:
We could hear running water from the first floor and on trying to get down through the back door and two different sets of stairs the whole basement seemed to be about six inches of water deep. No wellies with us so these are taking from leaning around corners:
In the darkness and with the water so still in all the rooms we could see, we initially didn't realise they were full of water. We have a good video of one of us going down steps then shouting 'Ah! Ah! What the hell!' But when he got out of the water and shone his torch down it looked like solid floor again! Very curious.
It looks like they were building an extension at the back just before being closed down too. You can see it on Google maps. Bunch of new rooms:
CQC inspectors apparently gagged at the smell in some residents' rooms when they made a surprise inspection after a concerned family member reported having to take her mother out due to numerous injuries. The CQC used emergency powers to get it shut down quick. It came out at trial that some staff members with criminal convictions were working unchecked and the owners failed to immediately inform the Care Quality Commission about the deaths of 10 residents. One resident told inspectors he had to stuff clothes into a broken window to keep himself warm, while another said they were forced to borrow toiletries from people who had died or left the home. It cost £1,000-a-month per resident with 43 rooms.
EXPLORE: It was a sad explore too. Someone had smashed the pipes downstairs and there was water flooding the bottom floor. We reported it to United Utilities who said there was nothing they could do because 'no customer lived there'. We reported it to Sefton Council who said it was none of their business as over Liverpool line but offered no assistance on who to contact. Maybe they'll do something once the neighbours gardens turn into sink holes.
To top it off, bunch of teens showed up while we were still there. They crawled on the roof and started throwing tiles. First time we've ever called the police whilst tresspassing! (Obviously we said we'd heard the smashing from the street and came in to investigate.)
Here is a photo from just before it was closed down:
We headed into the main building despite the unwelcoming sign. No, we have no idea why there was a huge amount of kids toys piled up at the front door:
There were private documents everywhere. Hundreds of case files with people's personal information and medical issues:
The back north quarter of the main building had clearly been on fire. I guess fire fighters had got there in time before it got further. The damage is a shame to a beautiful building, but there were some amazing colours in the destruction:
There were four floors in total. Basement, ground and two above. All accessible with room after room. We were a lot less cautious than we should have been. It wasn't until we got back downstairs that we realised some of the rooms we'd been in had no floorboards in many places. The carpet had simply been pulling tight and holding us up:
We could hear running water from the first floor and on trying to get down through the back door and two different sets of stairs the whole basement seemed to be about six inches of water deep. No wellies with us so these are taking from leaning around corners:
In the darkness and with the water so still in all the rooms we could see, we initially didn't realise they were full of water. We have a good video of one of us going down steps then shouting 'Ah! Ah! What the hell!' But when he got out of the water and shone his torch down it looked like solid floor again! Very curious.
It looks like they were building an extension at the back just before being closed down too. You can see it on Google maps. Bunch of new rooms:
