Its been reported recently of an elderly man who had lived for at least 8 years with the corpse of his dead lodger in his council flat in Bristol.
After neighbours had complained of smells emanating from the flat, council workers investigated and found the remains of Dennis Pring who would now be 73 years-of-age on the sofa.
The tenant who is also in his 70’s, did not report the death as he suffers from severe mental health problems. Bristol City Council has now launched an investigation to determine how this could have happened.
Residents said that they had made a number of complaints about the terrible smells from the first floor flat for years but nothing was done about it. They were told there could be a problem with the drains or accumulated rubbish.
Why was this elderly person with severe mental health problems not getting some sort of care, in a supposedly warden-controlled flat. What happened to care in the community? Where were social services? Someone needs to take control of these issues, its not the first time and I’m sure it won’t be the last.
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