Reminder on care home procedures
Relatives of older people that may require residential care are being reminded of the proper procedures to gain information, following an inaccurate article printed in the South Wales Evening Post (Monday, March 21, 2011). The article printed the contact number of a councillor and a member of the public, encouraging people to call them if they wanted to move in to St Paul’s residential home in Llanelli. The proper procedure for anyone who wants access to a local authority care home, and who needs funding for that care, is for them to contact the council’s community care teams who will arrange for the person to receive an assessment. Head of primary, community and social care, Sheila Porter, said: “In most circumstances, we will already have had extensive contact with service users and their families by offering them other forms of support and care services, but those who have had no previous contact with our social care department, and who want further information about residential car...