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To: Rhondda Cynon Taf councillors
Save Care Homes & Day Centres in Rhondda Cynon Taf
We request that RCT:
End the paragraph 6.14 restrictions on entry to residential care immediately
Not one closure - keep all 11 residential care homes and the 5 day centres open
Why is this important?
SCHAC (Save Care Homes And Centres) RCT
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council are proposing to close many of their 11 residential care homes and their 5 ‘day centres’. We believe these proposals are not a ‘modernisation’ as they are described by RCT but an attempt to reduce costs to, in their words “... deliver care services more efficiently to maximise the benefits and manage cost pressures.”.
We do not believe that ‘extra care’ sheltered housing is an acceptable alternative for people who are assessed as requiring residential care.
In closing council owned and run residential homes, RCT are pushing people into the increasingly financially insecure private sector.
Our SCHAC response to the RCT proposals can be read here: https://schac-rct.blogspot.com/2019/04/schac-save-care-homes-and-centres.html?view=magazine
And RCT proposals here: https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/GetInvolved/Consultations/CurrentConsultations/CurrentConsultations.aspx
We request that RCT:
End the paragraph 6.14 restrictions on entry to residential care immediately
Not one closure - keep all 11 residential care homes and the 5 day centres open
Refurbish all 11 residential care homes to highest legal and care quality standards
Give priority consideration to RCT owned residential care homes and day centres in the allocation of funding support following an assessment
We propose that RCT think through again what they are proposing in relation to day centres, provide details of organisational structures, aims, strategies and a detailed operational plan then issue a new statement and start the consultations again.
Open the books - RCT to disclose how the closure proposals will cut its annual spending on adult care both in terms of revenue and capital spending, together with comprehensive details about how these amounts were arrived at.
RCT should defend and speak out for the older people of RCT and prioritise council owned provision. RCT should directly request that the Assembly and UK government provide the financial support needed to provide improved provision of adult care and supported housing without making cuts or privatisation - the money was found for the banks, it can be found for our older people who need care and support.
