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Pensioner with dementia, 85, died when care home lift plunged into basement - now, an investigation has found maintenance was 'poor'

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An 85-year-old man with dementia died when a care home lift plunged four metres into the basement because of poor maintenance, an investigation has found.

Kenneth Bardsley, who used a wheelchair, was using the lift with a care worker at Serendipity Care Home, in Urmston, on January 30, 2017.

After the pair entered the lift on the first floor to take Mr Bardsley to the dining room on the ground floor, it stopped after a few seconds as the corner of a damaged door caught on the lintel plate of the ground floor landing entrance — causing it to bend. READ MORE: GMP forgot to tell heartbroken wife her childhood sweetheart left a suicide note...

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