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Man, 75, with dementia left in 'unsafe' bungalow

Nick Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Natalie Ruan A man with greying hair, asleep in a hospital bed. He's wearing a white hospital gown with a hospital wristband on his right wrist.Natalie Ruan
Alberto Ruan's daughter said her father is now in hospital but faces the prospect of returning to the bungalow

A woman has claimed her 75-year-old father has been left in an "unsafe" bungalow after a council failed to find him an adequate alternative.

Alberto Ruan, who has dementia and has recently been admitted to hospital, has been living in the home in Humber Way in Langley, Slough, after all the other nearby residents had been relocated to allow the properties to be demolished.

Natalie Ruan claimed the homes Slough Borough Council had proposed for her father, who needs round-the-clock care, did not meet his needs.

A council spokesperson said it had offered a property that could be adapted as a short-term arrangement until they found him a more suitable alternative.

Google A screenshot from Google street view showing a row of bungalows with white frontages, each with a porch and a lawn in front of it. It's a cloudy day.Google
Residents were moved out of the bungalows because of plans to demolish them

The bungalows are set to be demolished and replaced by new social housing, under plans already approved by the council.

The application said the block had been "vacant for some time", leading to an increase in anti-social behaviour and vandalism in the wider area.

Ms Ruan said the authority had failed to find her father a place in a nursing home or a suitable council home.

"My dad is unsafe, suffers with dementia with no speech and has around-the-clock care," she said.

"His bungalow is the only one that's not boarded up - the others were to stop people getting access to the empty properties.

"Before people were using the block for drugs, smashing windows - it's not nice."

Natalie Ruan A man wearing a grey top and smiling.Natalie Ruan
Mr Ruan has dementia and does not talk, his daughter said

She said the family was offered a flat elsewhere in Humber Road but it did not have enough space.

She added a place was also proposed at The Pines care home in Wexham Court but it "fell through without any real explanation".

Ms Ruan said moving her dad out of the bungalow should have been a "priority" for the council.

"The council knew this project was going to be happening," she said.

The council spokesperson said: "The property offered is not the same property as before, but it is similar.

"We have told the resident this would be short term until a suitable place becomes available."

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