A care home is leaving a severe ME patient dangerously dehydrated after multiple other failures

A care home is leaving a severe ME patient dangerously dehydrated after multiple other failures

A Gloucester care home is refusing a person in its care living with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and long Covid the vital supplements he needs to the point he is suffering life-threatening dehydration. His ongoing battle for his basic care needs exposes something shameful about the state of social care for people living with these highly stigmatised post-viral conditions, namely, that it’s effectively non-existent. That is, when severe …