Today is D-Day for a number of under-threat Fife Council care homes.
Councillors will meet in Glenrothes this morning to decide the future of the local authority’s 10 residential care homes and how care for older people should be delivered in years to come.
The decision will follow one of the council’s largest and most significant consultations ever, with over 660 people responding to an exercise set up by the authority as it aims to make millions of pounds of savings.
With an ageing population and an increased demand on social work services, coupled with the council’s need to save over £120 million during the next four years, it was clear changes had to be made.
Council leader Peter Grant told The Courier, “I can understand why people with loved ones in care just now are anxious about what happens to that member of the family.
“However, we also have to look at what happens to people who need looked after in five or 10 years’ time. We want to be able to have something in place so that after somebody has been assessed as needing a place in a care home, they are given a place as soon as possible.
“We don’t want them waiting months because we don’t have enough up to standard facilities.”