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Hunt for aged care places | Tas | The Australian
AGED care homes in Tasmania are urgently working to find places for residents of a Claremont facility facing closure, says an industry representative.
More than 30 residents of Pleasant Pines, which was built for hearing-impaired people, must find a new home.
The Tasmanian Deaf Society has engaged Tender Loving Care, an organisation that will liaise with residents and prospective new homes.
'The sector will do all it can to assist residents and staff affected by the decision to close Pleasant Pines, a low-care residential aged care facility," said Aged and Community Services president Susan Parr.
"The actual date of closure will depend upon the availability of places at other suitable homes. Every care will be taken to ensure the residents' wishes and those of family members are taken into account," Ms Parr said.
The hostel was opened in 1995 by the Tasmanian Deaf Society but management was handed to Uniting Aged Care last year.
The units of the home have specialist equipment including volume-control telephones, telephone typewriters and subtitled TV.
Ms Parr said the operator had concluded the facility was no longer viable because of the increasing desire for people to stay at home until they needed high-care.
That decreased the demand for low care, and Pleasant Pines could not be converted.
Yesterday the Health and Community Service Union visited the site and management also met staff.
AGED care homes in Tasmania are urgently working to find places for residents of a Claremont facility facing closure, says an industry representative.
More than 30 residents of Pleasant Pines, which was built for hearing-impaired people, must find a new home.
The Tasmanian Deaf Society has engaged Tender Loving Care, an organisation that will liaise with residents and prospective new homes.
'The sector will do all it can to assist residents and staff affected by the decision to close Pleasant Pines, a low-care residential aged care facility," said Aged and Community Services president Susan Parr.
"The actual date of closure will depend upon the availability of places at other suitable homes. Every care will be taken to ensure the residents' wishes and those of family members are taken into account," Ms Parr said.
The hostel was opened in 1995 by the Tasmanian Deaf Society but management was handed to Uniting Aged Care last year.
The units of the home have specialist equipment including volume-control telephones, telephone typewriters and subtitled TV.
Ms Parr said the operator had concluded the facility was no longer viable because of the increasing desire for people to stay at home until they needed high-care.
That decreased the demand for low care, and Pleasant Pines could not be converted.
Yesterday the Health and Community Service Union visited the site and management also met staff.