In 2022 You Could Not Make This UP - Left Dead For 28+ Months In Flat

[Deleted member 18243]

This film is about the true story of a young woman who was dead in her London flat for 3 years before being discovered.

Dreams of a Life [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Zawe Ashton, Carol Morley, Zawe Ashton: DVD & Blu-ray

 

[transam]

This film is about the true story of a young woman who was dead in her London flat for 3 years before being discovered.

Dreams of a Life [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Zawe Ashton, Carol Morley, Zawe Ashton: DVD & Blu-ray

yes that’s her who I was on about

 

[The Samaritan]

Most of the press is now carrying this story and will appear, can be heard on the radio from tonight as they are often behind and then the tv.

London is a busy place and people keep themselves to selves. When we were younger and first got our own property we lived in a terraced property a pre 1915 victorian house where the front door is set back in a porch and you have a small front garden - we rarely saw the neighbours and them us nd hardly spoke to them the 4 years we lived there. Most of London's owner-occupier roads and privately rented people do go out to work and these days go to work over the w/e as well, hence little contact with next door.

However, the press report is the HA was contacted many times - very sad indeed.

 

[gas112]

Quite a common occurrence for those that worked for gas and electric companies to find a dead body that had been there for months. Hense the reason for bills not being paid

 

[The Samaritan]

Quite a common occurrence for those that worked for gas and electric companies to find a dead body that had been there for months. Hense the reason for bills not being paid

But not for 28 months plus in a small block of flats.

Re bills, it is possible she had DD's set up but the HA would have been able to tell that from their systems.

Worse than this is where a single parent often a mum dies and the baby, toddler is left crying for a couple of days

All very sad to think she had no one at all. Credit to those living next to her for doing their best to report this concern
as reported in the media.

At one of the places I worked at we have people from south Africa/Australia/India/EU working with us and many via an agency.
If our managers were aware they lived alone here and they did not show up for work and no phone call, they would call and call them and once got no response and went to the guys home. He was very sick in bed but ok and said he had tried to ring but lines were bust then fell asleep.
Its about have good practices/procedures in place

 

[gas112]

28 months the housing association should after 12 months been seeking a right of entry to make gas supply safe as it hadn't been checked regardless of DD payments.
And yep bodies found in all types of properties and they don't always turn to mush they can go like mummies a lot depends on time of year weather conditions etc

 

[The Samaritan]

28 months the housing association should after 12 months been seeking a right of entry to make gas supply safe as it hadn't been checked regardless of DD payments.
And yep bodies found in all types of properties and they don't always turn to mush they can go like mummies a lot depends on time of year weather conditions etc

Thanks. Sure failings by the HA and I'm guessing that their procedures and processes are lacking the robustness required to ID situations like this where
people are reporting things like this to possibly different people in HA

As I said earlier years ago i worked for soc services and their systems did not speak to the hosing and vice versa and they were trying to make them more stramlined and share necessary/important/relevant info in order to safeguard residents and staff.

 

[gas112]

Yep the attitude of some is appalling I sent pictures in of an 80 year old blind woman's house. She was in hospital for some reason but coming back to house. The bed was covered in human shyte there was a trail of shyte from the bed to the bathroom. She clearly wasn't looking after herself despite having a housing officer that was meant to check on her at least weekly.
What was said by relative dept on receiving these pics..... What the fek has it got to do with him and why is he sending pics. Too many lazy gits not doing the basics of the job

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I don't have family of my own and my circle of friends isn't massive. So it's perfectly conceivable if I live to a ripe old age I could end up essentially on my own. I like to think at that stage, when I feel life is no longer worth living, that I'd have the courage to 'pop a pill' and see myself off before further decline.

We can all reel off examples. I used to have an old boy live opposite me. He remained independent (drove, did his own shopping, kept a nice garden etc) until an illness hit him and only a few months later he was gone. Compare that to people who have a slow and often not very pleasant decline over years, slowly loosing their independence and often their dignity. What's the point of additional years if they don't have a semblance of quality life to them?

No need to thank me for posting something so cheery

 

[The Samaritan]

Yep the attitude of some is appalling I sent pictures in of an 80 year old blind woman's house. She was in hospital for some reason but coming back to house. The bed was covered in human shyte there was a trail of shyte from the bed to the bathroom. She clearly wasn't looking after herself despite having a housing officer that was meant to check on her at least weekly.
What was said by relative dept on receiving these pics..... What the fek has it got to do with him and why is he sending pics. Too many lazy gits not doing the basics of the job

That is disgusting and should have been reported to the top they soon change their tune.

I used to find that some people lived very dirty and had the so-called "capacity to make informed decisions" but lived in ****.

Clearly, lady was very poorly sighted the one you mentioned and along with her frailty, it resulted in what you found.

Various people at various times are at fault I have found

The carers if any are hardly given time to care you have good and bad carers

You have rude, nasty clients but then you have the good and the ones too proud to mention own up to their difficulties for fear of being sent to a home
if they declared they were having problems.

The lady you mentioned needed more than a housing officer but a full assessment I guess of her care needs in visual impairment needs and then take it from there

As people get older often they lose family/friends and the family/friends may be in a worse position than they are

What some people forget is that if you are lucky you may too get old and sadly many then need to depend on others - its scary

When I did my soc services roles I bent over backwards where I felt the need was genuine and the person/client frail and unable to really put their case across.

I've met ex retired headteachers/mayors/highfliers that lived in a mess and too proud to seek, accept help and often suffering from incontinence and fraility resulting in smells re urinary and faceal incontinence - not saying the lady you refer to was like that.

 

[THFC]

This film is about the true story of a young woman who was dead in her London flat for 3 years before being discovered.

Dreams of a Life [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Zawe Ashton, Carol Morley, Zawe Ashton: DVD & Blu-ray

Given that she was wrapping Christmas presents, she must've had some friends/family/work colleagues surely? As such, how is it that they didn't notice that they hadn't seen/heard from her in years.

 

[JP_]

I don't have family of my own and my circle of friends isn't massive. So it's perfectly conceivable if I live to a ripe old age I could end up essentially on my own. I like to think at that stage, when I feel life is no longer worth living, that I'd have the courage to 'pop a pill' and see myself off before further decline.

We can all reel off examples. I used to have an old boy live opposite me. He remained independent (drove, did his own shopping, kept a nice garden etc) until an illness hit him and only a few months later he was gone. Compare that to people who have a slow and often not very pleasant decline over years, slowly loosing their independence and often their dignity. What's the point of additional years if they don't have a semblance of quality life to them?

No need to thank me for posting something so cheery

There's a lot to be said for having a massive fatal heart attack in later years.
Nobody lives forever, all we can hope for is that while we are alive, we are healthy, active and cognitive.
So many people have the slow decline, with reduce mobility, clouded senses, confusion, dementia etc.

 

[ic1927]

There's a brilliant film called Still Life where Eddie Marsan plays a council worker who arranges funerals for people who died alone with no family and often no friends, well worth a watch.

 

[Ihavenojob]

But not for 28 months plus in a small block of flats.

Re bills, it is possible she had DD's set up but the HA would have been able to tell that from their systems.

Was there not an amnesty for rent during the covid caper? Possibly let it slide during that time.

 

[The Samaritan]

Was there not an amnesty for rent during the covid caper? Possibly let it slide during that time.

Valid point re-rent but when people are making an effort to tell them and its been going on for so long, 28 months plus is even longer than the 2 years of Covid restrictions.

Social services are often investigated for their failings and this HA will have their processes, safeguards/etc looked at.

So sad