I put this in the wrong area

[Ebaby]

Why do care homes close down when things go wrong?.... why don't they not just change the staff.
I'd hate the thought of one of my loved ones going into a place that. How can you tell if it's a good home?

[Buenchico]

They close down because 'mud sticks'.

If 'Sunnyview House' gets incredibly poor publicity then even replacing the staff with the reincarnations of Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, Princess Di, Christiaan Barnard, Thomas Barnardo and similar others wouldn't stop people from steering clear of the place simply because its 'reputation'.

[Ebaby]

"Mud sticks".......... because of the staff that run the place, but why shut the home down altogether?

[welshlibranr]

Chris is right sadl that's the way it is!.............care homes are not always the way they seem!.......I personally would rather die than be a resident in one of these places!...........

[ummmm]

Some of them are good...

[welshlibranr]

ummm, yes, ok, some of them are good, but not many sadly!..........have seen lots, and most are not good!.................

[ummmm]

Maybe we've just been lucky.

[Dolt]

I don't so ummmm, Whether it be private or public there seems to be a lot of mistreatment in the homes.

[Buenchico]

Care homes struggle to make ends meet. (That's why Southern Cross has been in the news recently). If they can't maintain occupancy rates at well over 90% they'll go bust. If a home gets a bad reputation (even though it's no longer deserved) they won't get enough new residents to keep the place financially viable.

For example, a home might have spaces for 80 residents. Given that some people die, or move elsewhere, they'll probably normally have about 78 residents in the home. If that number falls to 74 they'll cease to make money. If the number falls to 70 they'll go bust within a very short period. Anything which causes the number of residents to go even a small way below maximum will quickly force a home into bankruptcy.

[Dolt]

THINK^

[ummmm]

I can only speak from my experience. My grand parents are happy in their homes.

[welshlibranr]

ummmm, then your grandparents are so lucky!........Most of these places are horrid!........they employ youngsters who just make fun of the residents, and couldn't care less about their welfare!..

[Ebaby]

I thought my relatives were happy, but there was a lot of abuse going on behind the scenes while we weren't there, we found out too late.

[Ebaby]

Welsh, no matter how much you pay for their care, they'll still get mistreated. It's so sad.
Some people think if they pay so many ££'s a month they'll get better treatment. It doesn't happen like that.

[ummmm]

I haven't seen a youngster working in either home.

[boxtops]

... in which case, ebaby, it's not the staff, it's the management and the way the home is run which is at fault. If you don't have decent management with happy staff working in a culture which doesn't allow that to happen, it will - in any environment.

[ummmm]

The home doesn't care where the money comes from. As long as they get paid.

[welshlibranr]

Ebaby, this often the case!.......Elderly dementia residents are a prime targets!....so sad!......but true!.........have seen it so many times!.....makes my blood boil!.........

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Father in law will be going into respite care this weekend when we go away and he loves it. He looks forward to it. He might need full time care soon but the home he goes into is only for respite - they do not take permanent clients. Try explaining that to someone in their nineties. Its very difficult.

[Ebaby]

It's nothing to do with young people working in these homes,
It's the old hands I'd be worried about.
Yes Boxtops, exactly!

[BAKERS DOZEN]

And it costs £220 a week which we just budget for as holiday costs.