Auditor-General’s report logs abuse, overdose and feces-strewn walls at private care homes in N.L.

Abuse, missing residents, deaths and feces-strewn walls are among the findings in a new Auditor-General’s report about personal care homes in Newfoundland and Labrador.Denise Hanrahan’s team looked at privately owned personal care facilities housing seniors and other vulnerable adults, most of which were for-profit enterprises. Their findings, released Tuesday, prompted the Opposition Progressive Conservatives to call for a police investigation, particularly into the reported accidental overdose of a care home resident.