Future of care for older people

The Older People's Futures consultation closed on 1 November 2010.

On Monday 14 June 2010, Kent County Council’s Cabinet agreed for Kent Adult Social Services (KASS) to enter into a formal consultation process on the future of its Older Person’s Service Provision.

A questionnaire was developed and a total of 499 people contributed to the consultation in this way. View the feedback from the Older People's Futures questionnaire (PDF, 150kb). 

From 21 June 2010, KASS Officers met with staff, service users, relatives, trade unions and other key stakeholders to provide information on the proposals for the future provision of older person’s services and begin the official process.

View detailed information about the proposal:

• The proposal
• Frequently asked questions
• The information pack
• Consultation briefings
• Commissioning strategies 
• Customer impact assessment report and Equality impact assessments

The consultation closed on 1 November 2010. Having considered the recommendations and responses to the proposals, decisions on each unit have been taken on 13 January 2011 by the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Services.

• View the decisions made on the future of KCC care homes.
   

The recommendations for each individual unit are available from the pages below:

• Wayfarers, Sandwich
• Blackburn Lodge, Sheerness
• Doubleday Lodge, Sittingbourne
• Kiln Court, Faversham
• Bowles Lodge, Hawkhurst
• Cornfields, Dover
• Manorbrooke, Dartford
• Ladesfield, Whitstable
• Sampson Court, Deal
• The Limes, Dartford
• Dorothy Lucy Centre, Maidstone

View the the Process for decisions for the Future of Older People's Provision (PDF, 11kb).

We would like to thank all those people who have participated in the consultation on the future of older person's provision. View the Thank you letter (PDF, 25kb).