# Fury as disabled veteran trapped inside home for 6 weeks – ‘I didn’t ask for this’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fury-as-disabled-veteran-trapped-inside-home-for-6-weeks-i-didnt-ask-for-this/
- Published: 2026-11-08T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T07:20:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263832/fury-disabled-veteran-trapped-inside-home
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Paul Waters says he has been confined to his room for over six weeks.
- A lift at his Cardigan complex is awaiting specialist parts from Spain.
- Residents have also raised concerns about damaged, taped carpet.

## Summary

Paul Waters, a 58-year-old disabled former British Army serviceman, says a failed lift has confined him to his room at an assisted living complex in Cardigan for more than six weeks. The disruption has prevented him from reaching the building’s restaurant or leaving, worsening his anxiety and prompting doctors to increase his antidepressant medication.

Waters says the lifts have failed four or five times since he moved into Maes Mwldan in January. Caredig, which owns the facility, said one lift is out of service while specialist parts are sourced, and a separate fault in the second lift on 27 October was fixed within about three and a half hours. The needed part is being sought from Spain; residents have also raised concerns about worn carpet taped together, which Waters says is a trip hazard.

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