{"id":266794,"date":"2025-07-31T18:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-dehumanising-disability-care-costing-councils-astronomical-sums-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:05:18","slug":"the-dehumanising-disability-care-costing-councils-astronomical-sums-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-dehumanising-disability-care-costing-councils-astronomical-sums-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;dehumanising&#8217; disability care costing councils &#8216;astronomical&#8217; sums | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/W92c_tAoE4I\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The 'dehumanising' disability care costing councils 'astronomical' sums | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W92c_tAoE4I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Josh Barr, 31, is meant to receive daily one-to-one help from private care company Precious Homes.<\/p>\n<p>He needs support with daily tasks including communication, taking medication, cooking, and going outside. The local council pays Precious Homes \u00a366,000 a year &#8211; not including accommodation costs &#8211; to provide him with six hours of daily support, as well as helping prepare meals. <\/p>\n<p>Secret camera footage obtained by ITV News from inside Josh&#8217;s supported living flat reveals he is not receiving the care the council is paying for. Across a ten-day period in June, it showed Josh received less than half of his paid support hours. <\/p>\n<p>His support plan states a support worker should be with him five days a week from 10am to 4pm, supporting him to exercise, to go out, make meals and take his medication, but the footage shows Josh never left the flat with his carers; was never helped with meal preparation and on one occasion was given the wrong medication.<\/p>\n<p>On one day where Josh should have received six hours of support, a staff member popped in for just ten minutes. He spent his days mostly alone, on his sofa or asleep. They never once showed up on time at 10am to support him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just dehumanising,\u201d Josh tells us. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t know how I can keep doing it. I am a human being, and even though I can come across as able, that\u2019s far from the truth. I wish I could be able.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His mum Lisa contacted ITV News with serious concerns about her son\u2019s welfare, after she says attempts to raise concerns with the care company have made little difference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh is now around 24 stone,\u201d says Lisa. She believes Josh has put on around six stone since moving into his current placement with Precious Homes, less than two years ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has regressed into himself. If it carries on, Josh won\u2019t be here. He won\u2019t be with us at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like to use the word suicide, but I think Josh would go down that route because it\u2019s a hopeless situation that he is in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like the vast majority of care and support for adults up to 64 years old, Josh\u2019s care is funded by his local authority. <\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the findings, Patrick Harley, the leader of Dudley Council, said an investigation was now underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really upset and horrified. Clearly, something has gone wrong here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not a council in England that isn\u2019t struggling with finances and a large portion of that is down to adult social care costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Barr, 31, is meant to receive daily one-to-one help from private care company Precious Homes. He needs support with daily tasks including communication, taking medication, cooking, and going outside. 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