A mother with Alzheimer’s inside the virus-stricken St Basil’s aged-care facility has been bed-bound for 10 days without a shower or proper food, water and administering of medication, according to her son-in-law.
“And she’s one of the lucky ones because she’s still alive,” Jack Karikas said.
The Essendon man was one of many frantic people who gathered outside the Fawkner aged-care facility on Sunday demanding to know if their loved ones were still alive.
And the situation got so desperate Mr Karikas and his wife Helen brushed past the sole staffer and went to the window where his mother-in-law Vicky Patsakos was behind.
“She was unresponsive, just laying there on the bed,” Mr Karikas said.
“We started banging on the window and took our face masks off so she could recognise us, and she started motioning for water.
“These residents aren’t dying from coronavirus, they’re dying from neglect.”
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