Sir Norman Wisdom: - Does the way he is being treated amount to elder abuse and denial of his human rights? - What do you think?

Revealed: Why Sir Norman Wisdom's family won't let his friends see him - Daily Mail

If it is the case that Sir Norman is unable to see his friends it seems a shame. Without access to friends, life is bleak.

Extract:

"As Sir Norman Wisdom sits alone in his spartan room in an anonymous nursing home in the Isle of Man, he must wonder how it has come to this.

The floor is covered in lino, the hospital-style bed uncomfortably hard. His furniture consists of two plastic chairs, a plastic wardrobe and a plastic chest of drawers. There are few mementoes, rarely any visitors, and little to break up the monotony of his days.

His own home on the island, named Ballalough – Gaelic for 'house of laughs' – is less than 20 miles or a 30-minute drive away.

Filled with memorabilia spanning his 60-year career as one of the nation's best- loved comic actors, famed for his cloth cap and his slapstick humour, it is here that Sir Norman expected to live out his days.

Instead, four weeks ago, his children placed the 92-year-old comedian, who is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, in the Abbotswood nursing home in Ballasalla. It is a difficult decision for any child to take but in this instance the consequences have been particularly damaging.

For The Mail on Sunday can reveal that there has been a bitter rift between Sir Norman's family and his closest friends.

His neighbours and long-time associates claim that his children, Nicholas, 55, Jacqueline, 52, and daughter-in-law, Kim, 53, have secured full power of attorney over Sir Norman's affairs and are selling off chunks of his estate without his knowledge."

It's well worth reading the whole article and the many comments left by concerned readers of the online article. I do hope that something will be done to allow Sir Norman to have visits from his friends. - What do you think about what has been done? - Should power of attorney be more strictly overseen and limited?

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