100-year-old care home residents left with nowhere to live after shock closure

Shocked residents at two care homes, some of whom are more than 100-years-old, have been told to find alternative accommodation before the end of the month after a sudden decision to close them. Staff at the homes say elderly residents will have their ‘lives will be turned upside down’ by the unexpected move.

Last Wednesday, residents and their relatives at both the 14-bed Elizabeth House, Walshaw Road, Bury and the nearby 18-bed Moorfields home on Tottington Road, were told that administrators, who have been running the homes since last November after the previous operator failed, had decided to close the doors.

Stunned families of the 32 residents, many of whom have dementia or similar conditions, now face having to find a new place for their elderly relatives to live. Distraught staff were also told last week by administrators that they would likely lose their jobs.

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Bury Council said they were ‘shocked’ to be informed of the decision and said the move had ’caused families a great deal of concern’. They said they were working with the families and care providers across the borough of to find alternative accommodation for all the residents.

Adminstrators Kroll said they had been unable to sell the homes to new operators and intended to auction off the vacant buildings before Christmas. A petition, titled ‘Save Our Homes’, created by a staff member at one of the care facilities has been published on the change.org website.

It said: “We are desperately looking for a buyer in invest in our homes. Last week we were told we have 28 days to vacate the building and find our 32 residents