No substitute for care home support
I read Chloë Stothart’s article ‘Watchdog tells councils to reduce care home spending’, (www.insidehousing.co.uk, 18 February) with great interest and want to share my support for providing older people with independent living provisions.
SIGN IN TO ACCESS THIS CONTENT
You've reached your monthly limit for unrestricted access to Inside Housing content. To get free unrestricted access simply sign in below, or register your details.
Sign In
If you are already registered sign in for unrestricted access to alll the content on the site.
However, the Audit Commission’s proposal to spend less than 40 per cent of its older people’s care budget on care homes has the disastrous potential of putting cost cutting ahead of the safety and welfare of older people.
Although there are many benefits of supporting independent living, it cannot be a substitute for the personal care and social support that older people receive in care homes. In my view, councils should look at making their care homes more cost efficient rather than proceeding with what could be seen as a blatant cost cutting exercise.
Steve Henigan, head of management consultancy Robinson Low Francis