SOCIAL Care Minister Chris Robertshaw MHK faces a series of questions in Tynwald tomorrow (Tuesday) over its provisions for the elderly.
It follows the Minister’s announcement earlier this month that Glenside Resource Centre, in Douglas will close by the summer of 2014, and there will be a shift in resources to enable more people to receive care in their own homes.
Douglas East MHK Brenda Cannell will ask Mr Robertshaw whether home care assistants are trained to bathe and feed clients.
She also wants to know how many home care assistants there are and what their caseload is. Mrs Cannell will also ask what action he takes when the finances are exhausted of those clients who reside in residential care homes and who are self-financing?
Of those clients who do not receive income support and are self-funded, she wants to know the cost of the DSC’s home care service to them on an hourly basis and at weekends.
Meanwhile, Douglas North MHK Bill Henderson will ask the minister: ‘Further to the decision of Tynwald of July 2008 in relation to long-stay admissions to residential homes, what action he intends to take to continue long-term admissions to residential homes; what resources he will provide for the care needs of elderly people; and whether this will attract extra funding?’
The DSC has said the current model of care is unsustainable and shifting the focus from residential care to enhancing services so people can stay in their own home will save £3 million.
