A British man spent 50 years in the hospital even though he was not ill. Find out why
Mr. Esler says he loves watching James Bond movies and is learning to cook and do all kinds of cleaning work.
Britain’s Charles Esler was not seriously ill but lived behind the closed walls of a hospital for more than 50 years. Charles was then admitted to the hospital at the age of 10 due to mild learning deficits and epilepsy (brain disorder). He told BBC Scotland News that he “spent a lot of birthdays” in the hospital and was as unpleasant as being in jail with no freedom there.
His sister Margo revealed that she worked hard to shift him to an independent place and last year, at the age of 62, she got the keys to her flat for the first time. “His family struggled for years to get him a suitable place,” said David Fleming of Richmond Fellowship Scotland. Unfortunately, some people are stuck in this system
According to an investigation by BBC Scotland, hundreds of people are still imprisoned in hospitals or hundreds of miles away from their families. Government policy, however, has long said that everyone should be kept in their homes instead of long-term care facilities.
The man, who grew up in Glasgow, said, “I can now go out and go to different places and go to the wee pub on the road and have lunch. I like fish and chips. I had no freedom earlier. Mr. Esler says he loves watching James Bond movies and is learning to cook and do all kinds of cleaning work.
Her sister claimed that she struggled for years to get her brother to get her own house. “Don’t go thinking it’s a story. It was not an overnight process. A lot of people have joined in and it has taken almost 14 years to find a suitable place.
Everyone should have someone or the other because the patient does not think that he is a lonely person and has no one. Because social bonds help the patient to get rid of many diseases.
The Scottish government said it had provided a total of £20 million in funding to relocate people with learning disabilities to their homes and had already collaborated with local authorities to establish a National Register of Citizens who were hospitalized or hundreds of miles away from their homes.
“We are fully committed to making progress on this issue,” Social Care Minister Mary Todd told the BBC. But this information suggests that it is difficult to address. The statutory responsibility lies with the local authorities and I am working very closely with the local authorities to try to improve the situation.
