Residents forced out as care home axed
15 February 2008
By HAZEL MOLLISON
ELDERLY residents will be forced to move from their nursing home – which families today warned may have fatal consequences.Hopes that Cockenzie House Nursing Home would be saved were dashed after last-minute talks between the owner and East Lothian Council failed.
Now relatives, local doctors and community leaders say some of the 42 patients will not survive a move.Owner James McDonald says he can no longer afford to run it because of a ban on new admissions following a damning report by the Care Commission.
Abridged. SOURCE: scotsmannews
Nursing home closures must be a last resort
By ANN FERGUSON
MOVING home is stressful for most people but when that move involves leaving not only the home you live in but also the people you live with this compounds the impact. Add to this an unwillingness to move but having it forced upon you and you have the situation residents of Cockenzie House Nursing Home are facing.
When these residents moved into the nursing home they expected to be there for the rest of their lives. They formed bonds with staff and other residents and settled into what became over time comfortingly familiar routines. The loss of friendships, as different residents and staff move to different homes, will mean that mutual support mechanisms will be lost and the older people will be cut adrift in unfamiliar surroundings with strangers around them. For people who have dementia the familiarity of surroundings, people and routines is particularly important.
Abridged. SOURCE: scotsmannews
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