Blackburn with Darwen Council is to reduce the level of specialist support it provides to extra care housing schemes for people aged 55 and over in the borough.
It will be removed from three schemes and reduced at a fourth.
The move by Adult Social Care boss Cllr Jackie Floyd follows a review which concluded 'there is more Extra Care Housing than is required in the borough for the next 10 years, with particular over-provision in Darwen'.
In a report, she has asked Thursday's meeting of the authority's executive board to approve the remodelling of its extra care housing provision by the end of the year.
It says: "There are currently eight designated Extra Care (housing and care) tenancy-based schemes in the borough: three schemes in Blackburn (174 units of accommodation) and five schemes in Darwen (190 units).
"Seven schemes are for older people, and one is all age i.e. for people over 18 with a specific housing and care need.
"Extra care provisions all have a housing manager on site, and at least one member of staff providing care 24/7 hours per day.
"The authority currently commissions two providers (three contracts) to provide the on-site care provision, and all three contracts are due for renewal.
"Although this review identified the positive outcomes extra care can deliver, it also identified several issues which need to be addressed.
"These include an over-provision of extra care housing in relation to demand and usage, some properties which are not fit for purpose as extra care housing, and inconsistencies across the different contracted care and support models currently in place.
"Under the remodelling plan for the existing Extra Care portfolio in Blackburn with Darwen extra care services at Kingsway, Spring Bank Court, Riverside Heights and Albion Mill will have 24-hour background care with two core care staff onsite.
"The funding model for each site will be for 10 dedicated daytime care hours plus two waking night staff, in addition to individual costed care and support packages.
"Extra care services at Pembroke Court will support those who do not require 24-hour background care and will have 10 dedicated daytime care hours, in addition to individual costed care and support packages. No onsite overnight care will be provided.
"The following will be decommissioned as extra care housing facilities; Lees Court, Hindle Court and Cotton Spinners and the future use will be: Lees Court and Hindle Court return to sheltered housing and Cotton Spinners scope for mental health supported living.
"As part of the transitional plan, service users at Pembroke Court, Lees Court and Hindle Court, will be offered a social care review which will include how needs will continue to be met, through care and telecare options."
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