Welsh care deputy took £400k from 99-year-old for surgery, car; struck off

A nurse in the UK has been struck off the nursing register after a tribunal found that she abused her position of trust to take hundreds of thousands of pounds from a vulnerable 99-year-old woman, with some of the money allegedly spent on personal expenses, including cosmetic surgery, a car and a motorhome.According to a report by the BBC, Rebecca Louise Burwood, who was deputy manager at Bryn Yr Haul Care Home in Mold, Wales, had a longstanding relationship with the woman, identified during the proceedings as Resident A. The elderly woman had no family members and relied on Burwood for companionship after suffering a fall, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) tribunal heard.Nurse became woman's lasting power of attorneyThe tribunal heard that Burwood became Resident A’s lasting power of attorney, a legal arrangement that allows an appointed person to help make decisions on someone’s behalf.