Eerie images show the abandoned rooms of a care home which closed down last year after it was branded ‘inadequate’ by inspectors.
Blenheim Care Centres, in Hemswell Cliff, Lincolnshire, has become derelict since it closed its doors in November 2018.
A series of distressing photos show decaying medical equipment, empty rooms with armchairs, beds and even private data labelled ‘Deaths A-Z’ piled up on shelves.
A corridor is crawling with mould, ceilings are caved in and plants have begun creeping into broken windows.
What was once the home of elderly, brain-damaged, or paraplegic residents was branded unsafe and unable to support a person’s basic dignity.
A litany of complaints raised by the inspectorate about the standard of living in the care home include a room which ‘smelt strongly of urine and was full of flies’.
Some 18 people were suddenly displaced after the unexpected inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Freaky images show Blenheim Care Centres a year after it was shut down. It has two buildings – Blenheim House and Blenheim Lodge
An urban explorer, who goes by the name of FreakyD, took the distressing photos. Pictured, an empty bed in the centre of a grim room at Blenheim Care Centres
Black mould, pictured in this corridor, was noted during a damning report of the care home in 2018 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The roof and ceiling have collapsed in on this room already. It is not clear what was once here
An urban explorer, who goes by the name of FreakyD, took the photos. They said: ‘The care home feels cold and unwelcoming, clinical but not clean. Most of the rooms have now been emptied with wardrobes left bare and beds without bedding.
‘The amount of personal data left dumped in piles is staggering, mountains of resident records, information about staff as well as several large boxes labelled “Deaths A – Z” shows the level of respect for former residents.
‘Some rooms still contain personal items spilling out of ransacked drawers such as decorative pottery, a music box and photos from cherished occasions such as wedding photos.
‘The stock room also still retains a few items such as catheters and syringes.’
Medical equipment and wheelchairs are still scattered liberally across the facility
Other issues raised in the report in 2018 included at least one resident being left in the exact same position for 12 hours straight. Pictured, a room at the centre
An inspection found a wheelchair was only ‘held together by a latex glove’. Pictured, empty rooms where empty chairs eerily remain
A damning report by the CQC published in June 2018 just a few months before the facility was shut down, shows that residents in the home faced a number of ordeals.
Blenheim Care Centres – which was comprised of two buildings called Blenheim House and Blenheim Lodge – was placed into special measures after a series of ‘inadequate’ reports during 2017/18.
The final report into the property was never published due to the site’s closure.
Complaints included bird feathers and seed left in a room which hadn’t been occupied for many months while a wheelchair which was only ‘held together by a latex glove’.
Greenery is starting to creep its way into the forsaken building
What appear to be death records are piled up in the defunct care home
An old mattress is pictured propped up on a hospital trolley next to an empty armchair
Other issues raised included at least one resident being left in the exact same position for 12 hours straight, drastically increasing their risk of pressure sores.
An inspector’s report said that service users were ‘inappropriately offered cigarettes as a reward to drink their medicine’.
FreakyD said: ‘Despite one section of the building suffering water damage and another part of the second building having suffered localised fire damage the overall condition is still in a very salvageable stage.
‘The closure of this care home left other facilities to pick up the pieces. It’s a shame we can’t afford our most vulnerable more dignity.’
The property, now empty, was home to elderly, brain-damaged, or paraplegic residents
FreakyD said the overall condition of the building is ‘still in a very salvageable stage’, despite finding smashed mirrors (pictured), mould-covered corridors and ceilings caved in
A foosball table may have once served as entertainment for residents