A former agency nurse who worked at the troubled Oakden nursing home 15 years ago said she was shocked to hear patients were still being mistreated at the facility. The South Australian Government announced it will be closing the Makk and McLeay wards at the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service following a report into the facility. Catherine Branscheid worked at Oakden in the McLeay ward for 12 months and said she witnessed some terrible treatment of patients during her time there.

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