The council has announced £60 million plans to close some care homes and replace them with new extra care accommodation and dementia beds, keep five current care homes open and create a new care facility for people with disabilities in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The plans which will be considered by the overview and scrutiny committee on Tuesday, November 29 and by cabinet on Monday, December 5 involve three new facilities offering extra care and residential dementia care, a fourth new accommodation for adults with learning disabilities and keeping five current care homes.
The plans include 40 extra care apartments and 20 residential dementia beds in Treorchy. This would be near Ystrad Fechan care home which is temporarily closed with no residents and would be permanently closed under the plans.
The plans would also see 20 extra care apartments and 10 residential dementia beds created in Ferndale which would be located on land near the existing Ferndale House Care Home and this would be closed when the new facility is finished. Another part of the plans is for 25 extra care apartments and 15 residential dementia beds in Mountain Ash on land near the existing Troedyrhiw Care Home which would be closed when the new facility is developed.
