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Voluntary Services in Residential Homes
I should like to take this opportunity of recording my
appreciation to those individuals and members of voluntary organisations
and associations who have done so much to brighten the lives
of residents by entertainments, gifts, and in many ways attempting to
bring some of the outside world to the residents of the homes.
Charges for Accommodation
During the early part of the year the standard charge for
accommodation provided in the borough's old people's homes was
reviewed and increased from £13.3.1 to £13.7.10, with effect from
11th January 1970, to those few residents who pay the full cost, and
back-dated to 1st April 1969 to those local authorities who are
responsible for maintenance of elderly people in the borough's homes.
Nearly all the residents in the old people's homes pay the
minimum assessment of £4 weekly as laid down in the provisions issued
by the Department of Health and Social Security, and receive the
balance of £1 of their retirement pensions for pocket money.
Later in the year the standard charge for accommodation was
again revised and increased to £16.13.4 weekly from 1st April 1970
for other local authorities and from 11th October 1970 for those
residents who were still able to pay the full cost.
Residential Accommodation in other Local Authorities' Homes
At 31st December 1970 there were 41 elderly people from the
borough accommodated in homes run by other local authorities, and
11 residents in the Council's old people's homes who were the responsibility
of other local authorities.
Residents in homes outside the borough for whom this authority
has accepted financial responsibility are visited by officers of the
authority where the home is situated, and a report submitted to me.
Similarly, I arrange for reports to be submitted where requests are
made
Homes Administered by Voluntary Organisations
There were 71 persons resident in homes administered by
voluntary organisations as at 31st December 1970 who are the responsibility
of this borough.