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In addition, the department runs The Willows where 158
places are shared by the four ex-Essex boroughs: Havering,
Barking, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. During 1967, Havering
occupied an average 48 beds at The Willows. Places available
to Havering residents in the borough's homes during 1967 amounted
therefore to 271. On 31st December, 1967, 46 of these 271 places
were occupied by people from other Authorities. 63 elderly Havering
people were being looked after by other Local Authorities or
voluntary organisations.
As in previous years, the department used its places in old
people's homes both for people needing permanent accommodation
and also for those needing only to stay a short while. In either
case they had to be in need of care and attention and unable to
cope on their own even if they had appropriate accommodation. In
fact though, sometimes people had to be admitted who might have
managed in the community if only they had had appropriate
accommodation. They could no longer manage in a large house
perhaps, or where they had to use stairs, but could have coped
if they had a small bungalow or flat or bed-sitter on the ground
floor.
67 elderly people from Havering came into old people's
homes for short visits, usually for about two weeks at a time. Often
this was because their family were away for their annual holiday
or the person who looked after them had become ill or been
admitted to hospital. 89 others from Havering came into the
department's homes during 1967 as permanent residents, 32
of these being admitted from hospitals.