A GLASGOW pensioner with a debilitating disease has been left as a ‘prisoner in her own home’ due to a lack of suitable housing.

Kathleen Hamilton, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and arthritis, has been reduced to living entirely in one room.

Attempts to have the Govan home she shares with husband and carer, James Hamilton, adapted to suit her needs have been denied.

Over the past two years, the couple have applied for changes to be made to their house, which they have lived in for 30-years, including having a stair lift and wet room installed and the doors being widened to accommodate Kathleen’s Rollator.

All their requests have been denied for health and safety reasons, resulting in Kathleen, 61, having to eat, sleep and to do the toilet in their living room.

James has been receiving support from the Govan Law Centre and local MSP Humza Yousaf, who both agree that the living situation is inhumane.

James, 61, said: “Kathleen is unable to move - she’s completely immobile so she has to sleep in the living room and use a porta potty for the toilet which I’ll get up during the night to help her with.

“It’s so degrading. No person should have to live like this - even animals are treated better.

“We’ve been waiting over a year and a half to be moved, while people who are in better situations are getting rehomed before us.

“Both of us have been unable to attend hospital appointments my wife’s health and my health is rapidly deteriorating.

“The GHA are great if everything is going fine but as soon as you’re ill or have a problem, they don’t want to know.

“My wife hasn’t had a shower in five months. The occupational therapist who came out to assess us described her as being a prisoner in her own home.

“Everyone has said that we need to be moved but nothing has been done.”

Kathleen was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis in 2013 has since become ‘not weight bearing’, meaning she cannot put any weight on her legs at all.

Without the door being widened or a hoist being installed, the home has become unlivable for the retired pensioner.

Humza Yousaf MSP, who has been assisting the family, said: “While I understand the pressure on GHA waiting lists, particularly for adapted properties, it is clear that the Hamiltons’ current living situation is entirely unacceptable.

“My office will continue to work with the local GHA team and urge them to prioritise the identification of a more suitable home for Mr and Mrs Hamilton.”

A GHA spokesman said: “Mrs Hamilton has priority to move to more suitable accommodation.

“However, there are so many other people waiting for a similar type of home and we just don’t have enough of them in the area she wants to live.

“We’ll continue to do all we can to support Mrs Hamilton, including giving advice about other housing providers in the city who have the kind of home she needs.”