David Holst voted off the board of disability service provider Minda

Disability advocate David Holst has been voted off the board of Minda after weeks of public infighting.

Disability advocate David Holst has been voted off the board of Minda after weeks of public infighting.

Mr Holst had been calling for the resignation of board president Susan Neuhaus in the wake of sanctions imposed on Minda Nursing Home late last year.

Dr Neuhaus has committed to stepping down as president of the disability service provider’s board mid-year but Mr Holst had sought a vote of Minda members to urge her to resign immediately.

Instead, at a special general meeting on Sunday, Minda members voted in support of the board’s response to the sanctions, 75 votes to 57.

Following that vote, Mr Holst had said he would offer his resignation at a board meeting on Wednesday night.

However, Mr Holst said he was “inundated with requests from families” asking him to stay on following Sunday’s meeting and so did not offer his resignation.

David Holst with his daughter Kim at Minda's cafe, North Brighton. Picture: Bianca De Marchi

A motion was put by another board member to remove Mr Holst and a statement from Minda says the decision was unanimous.

“The Minda board has no doubt that this decision has been made in the best interests of the entire organisation,” it says.

Mr Holst, whose daughter Kim is cared for by Minda, was elected to the board in November with more than 120 votes from Minda clients’ relatives.

Sanctions were imposed by the federal Health Department in December following inspections at Minda’s 54-bed nursing home at Brighton, which found there was “an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety and wellbeing” of residents because of failings in nursing care, pain management, nutrition, hydration and behaviour management.

Minda was given six months to improve. It has appointed an administrator, developed new staff training and will spend $300,000 upgrading the home.

Minda is among seven South Australian aged care homes under current sanctions for failing to meet standards.

The state Human Services Department is also in the final stages of an investigation into medication management at Minda and other concerns raised by the family of a client.