Consultation on Abbotsbury older persons' home

What we're trying to achieve and the options we've considered for Abbotsbury older persons' home

Consultation closed: 29 January 2021
Consultation opened: 23 October 2020

What we're trying to achieve

A number of options in relation to the future of Abbotsbury have been considered and evaluated against three important questions. These are:

  • improved quality of accommodation: will the option mean that the current or future residents of Abbotsbury will be living in homes that have good quality care and meet modern standards of facilities and accommodation?
  • minimal disruption: what degree of disruption to the lives of current residents would result from the option in question and what will the impact of this be on their health and wellbeing?
  • value for money: would the option represent good value for money– both in the short term and the longer term?

The options we've considered

We've considered the following options:

  • doing nothing: continue to run Abbotsbury in its present form
  • relocating existing residents to homes of a better physical standard and closing Abbotsbury
  • transferring Abbotsbury to another organisation to run as a going concern
  • building a new home on the Abbotsbury site: moving residents to alternative homes, demolishing the old home and building a new one
  • running the home down: stopping new admissions to the home but keeping it open for an agreed period of time or until it had no residents
  • refurbishing the home so that it meets modern standards

View or download options considered for the future of Abbotsbury older persons’ home (PDF).