Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Adult Social Services on the proposed service plan to deliver increased choice and more personalised day activities for older people.

The Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report on the proposed service plan to deliver increased choice and more personalised day activities for older people.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That endorsement be given to the model of flexible, individualised and socially inclusive approach to the provision of day opportunities for older people with care needs and that the work now underway to modernise the day service for older people in Adult Social Care be noted.

(b)  That the phased approach which forms the basis of further work with stakeholders in relation to planning and implementation for each area of the city be agreed.

(c)  That the programme be developed with the involvement of local members and their Area  Committees thus ensuring effective and efficient local implementation.

(d)  That the phase 1 proposals set out in the report be adopted as a basis for consultation and ongoing work. This includes the specific proposed reprovision detailed in respect of Richmond Hill and the Peripatetic Unit in paragraph 6.3 of the report in respect of which a further report be brought to this Board on the outcome of the consultation relating to the  future of those units by November 2008.

(e)  That further reports be brought to this Board in 2009 on the outcome of the wider consultation about locality plans and the results of the ongoing work as the modernisation of older people’s day services progresses.

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5 Councillor Wakefield required it to be recorded that he abstained from voting on this decision)