January 14, 2010
A DEMENTIA campaigner has lobbied budget-makers to pay more for elderly care homes.
Mike Vango, 66, chairman of a Bay dementia carers group, said Torbay was falling short of funding residential and nursing homes.
And that is leading to cuts in care.
He said: "You are looking at £150 to £250 a person per week to fund a place at a good care home and that is more than the available funding in Torbay."
He was speaking to Torbay Council's policies and resources committee as it looks at the £41.2million budget for adult social care for next year.
Mr Vango's speech comes as Bay dementia home Woodland House came under the spotlight in a TV documentary Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia.
Perceived shortfalls highlighted in the documentary are to be discussed with Torbay Care Trust bosses on Friday.
Clare Hunter, of the Torbay Quality Care Forum, told the meeting Torbay spent £44 a week per person below the average spent in the South West.
Abridged
SOURCE: South Devon Country, UK
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