Abuse victims worry about 'being locked in cupboards', 'not being loved' if returned to care

and it is the same for all of us... the fear of being treated... and locked in the broom cupboard... is always on my mind... and things like that do happen... my friend Frances was sent into a home... she full out of bed... and was left there until morning... all that they did for her... was put a blanket over her... she was unconscious and they did nothing about that as well... there was no nurses in the home... and if that is the way they treat older folk... I will never go into one...  Ann

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The thought of swapping a modest life in a caravan park for a nursing home fills Ellen Bucello with dread. "I couldn't cope with it," she said.
The 65-year-old who lives on the New South Wales Central Coast feels supported by her neighbours, many of them ageing too, and she enjoys her independence. But spinal problems and worsening arthritis mean she could soon have to leave her mobile home.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-12/ageing-care-leavers-fear-return-to-institutionalisation/8106608