Barton-on-Sea nursing home closes after damning report (From Daily Echo)

This home also featured in a tv programme, they were afforded mock inspections by an ex care home inspector, were advised conditions needed improvement and informed by doing so they would alleviate their cash flow problems, speculate to accumulate kind of thing as this would bring them a rating within the industry, felt for the Welsh lady running it, although seemed out of her depth and other staff, most not having english as their first language, seemed clueless when it came to procedures, the group chat prior to the inspection was cringeworthy compounded by the fire alarm going off during inspection.
If you fail to take advice given by those in the know your demise is inevitable, the upheaval the residents will face must be upsetting for them, despite what others feel are poor conditions I would suspect they considered it home.

With Southampton City Council wanting to close care homes to save cash and care home like this one, closed because they do not come up to standard, the question has to be asked, where will the old folk in need of care be placed?
It is easy to close care homes down, but difficult to find ones that pass the test.

Linesman wrote:
With Southampton City Council wanting to close care homes to save cash and care home like this one, closed because they do not come up to standard, the question has to be asked, where will the old folk in need of care be placed? It is easy to close care homes down, but difficult to find ones that pass the test.

You are quite right Linesman...but the ones that do "pass the test"..in some cases are extremely poor as i have found out recently. Believe me some of these private "care/rest homes" are nothing more than an oportunity for their owners to print money. This is because when you have Council ones closing down they can charge almost what they like

Lone Ranger wrote:

Linesman wrote: With Southampton City Council wanting to close care homes to save cash and care home like this one, closed because they do not come up to standard, the question has to be asked, where will the old folk in need of care be placed? It is easy to close care homes down, but difficult to find ones that pass the test.

You are quite right Linesman...but the ones that do "pass the test"..in some cases are extremely poor as i have found out recently. Believe me some of these private "care/rest homes" are nothing more than an oportunity for their owners to print money. This is because when you have Council ones closing down they can charge almost what they like

It is a pity that Councils were not as keen to help the elderly as they are to helping single mothers.
The vast majority of the elderly have contributed a lot to the country as opposed to majority of single mothers who have only contributed another mouth for the tax payer to feed.

Lone Ranger wrote:

Linesman wrote:
With Southampton City Council wanting to close care homes to save cash and care home like this one, closed because they do not come up to standard, the question has to be asked, where will the old folk in need of care be placed? It is easy to close care homes down, but difficult to find ones that pass the test.

You are quite right Linesman...but the ones that do "pass the test"..in some cases are extremely poor as i have found out recently. Believe me some of these private "care/rest homes" are nothing more than an oportunity for their owners to print money. This is because when you have Council ones closing down they can charge almost what they like

The owner of this care home, when told repeatedly by advisers that money needed to be spent, did NOT spend the money.

It is only reasonable to summise that this owner was not interested in the care of the residents, but in "cash-flow" - her words. If she could not have afforded to run it, she should sell it or not have bought it in the first place.

This is what happens when social care is privatised.

Let this be a lesson for the National Care Service.

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Lone Ranger wrote:

Linesman wrote: With Southampton City Council wanting to close care homes to save cash and care home like this one, closed because they do not come up to standard, the question has to be asked, where will the old folk in need of care be placed? It is easy to close care homes down, but difficult to find ones that pass the test.

You are quite right Linesman...but the ones that do "pass the test"..in some cases are extremely poor as i have found out recently. Believe me some of these private "care/rest homes" are nothing more than an oportunity for their owners to print money. This is because when you have Council ones closing down they can charge almost what they like

The owner of this care home, when told repeatedly by advisers that money needed to be spent, did NOT spend the money. It is only reasonable to summise that this owner was not interested in the care of the residents, but in "cash-flow" - her words. If she could not have afforded to run it, she should sell it or not have bought it in the first place. This is what happens when social care is privatised. Let this be a lesson for the National Care Service.

Yes you are quite right........ It is the people that exploit our elderly and most vulnerable that need to be prosecuted. .....and our Councils have a Social responsibilty to care for the elderly and not put them at the hands of these disgusting people.

for those that are interested theres a open public meeting at the docker's club in brunswick square ( back of hobby shop in bernard street ) starts at 7pm and ends 9pm on the thursday 26th november 2009
part of this meeting will be about the closing down of wards and homes