Major changes to council run care homes for the elderly in Rhondda Cynon Taf have been approved. Cabinet on Tuesday, February 28 agreed proposals to close three care homes and create extra care facilities and dementia beds and accommodation and care for adults with learning disabilities in their place as well as proposals to keep five current council care homes for the elderly open.
Cabinet considered feedback from the consultation into the plans which include closing Ystrad Fechan care home in Treorchy and working with Linc Cymru and the health board on developing land near it into accommodation with care facilities including 40 extra care apartments and 20 residential dementia care beds. The report said that following a previous cabinet decision, Ystrad Fechan is currently temporarily closed and has no residents living there.
On this proposal, 53.1% of respondents agreed whereas 25.7% disagreed. Another proposal is to develop land near the existing Ferndale House care home to provide new accommodation with care facilities including 25 extra care apartments and 15 residential dementia care beds and close Ferndale House residential care home when the new proposed alternative accommodation with care for older people is developed.
