Care home patient found on excrement-strewn floor after being locked in room

A care worker has lost his unfair dismissal claim following an incident at a Donegal care home in April 2020. The Workplace Relations Commission heard that a patient at Ballywaltrim House in Raphoe was discovered on an excrement-strewn floor after being locked in his room overnight. The worker, who was found to have followed instructions to remain outside the locked door, was later dismissed. Although the…