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| Moving stories | | Author(s) | Audrey Thompson |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1244, 15-21 October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 22-23 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; House removal ; Care homes ; Closure ; Management [care]. |
| Annotation | Older people and their relatives are rarely consulted when care homes are closed or change hands. This can have a devastating effect on the residents, whose welfare - in a rapidly fluctuating care home market - should be paramount. This article cites examples of local authorities' transfers and closures of homes in 1998. The organisation Counsel and Care points to the need for a regulator for the care sector, who would act on behalf of consumers and lay down standards of service and charges. The Relatives Association also thinks that a regulator might be useful; but because of the speed of some closures or sales, immediate action is often needed. In such instances, a caretaker should be brought in to hold the home together until further plans can be made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981201001 A |
| Classmark | KX: TNH: KW: 5YW: QA * |
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