Issue - meetings

Tudor Gardens is a registered residential care home that Brent Council, adult social care, directly provides for adults with learning disabilities.  This paper provides an overview of the service and the proposal to de-register the residential care home and re-provide it as supported living accommodation in line with the department’s objectives to support people to have increased choice and control to live as independently as possible.  The report also sets out the consultation process that will need to take place and highlights the potential issues that will need to be resolved as we go through that consultation process. 

(i)         that the contents of the report be noted;

(ii)        that approval be given to the consultation on de-registering Tudor Garden residential home, and

(iii)       that the process for consulting with Tudor Garden residents and their families and/or advocates and the potential implications for the directly provided care which would result from agreeing the move to Supported Living, be noted.

The Cabinet noted that Tudor Gardens was a registered residential care home that Brent Council, adult social care, directly provided for adults with learning disabilities.  The report from the Strategic Director Adults provided an overview of the service and the proposal to de-register the residential care home and re-provide it as supported living accommodation was in line with the department’s objectives to support people to have increased choice and control to live as independently as possible.   The report also set out the consultation process that would need to take place and highlighted the potential issues that would need to be resolved. 

Councillor Hirani (Lead Member, Adults,, Health and Well-being) stated that the new arrangements would be an improvement in that it would guarantee security of tenure. Councillor Moher raised questions on the criteria for assessing residents and the extent to which they would cope with new arrangements. Councillor Hirani assured that an assessment would be conducted to assess the hours of care required and care hours not used could be ‘banked’ for the future. The Leader of the Council drew attention to the equalities concerns and sought assurances that mitigating precautions would be taken. Councillor Hirani acknowledged that the change was potentially challenging.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that the contents of the report be noted;

(ii)        that approval be given to the consultation on de-registering Tudor Garden residential home, and

(iii)       that the process for consulting with Tudor Garden residents and their families and/or advocates and the potential implications for the directly provided care which would result from agreeing the move to Supported Living, be noted.