It has told the city council that it will halt any new admissions from 13 June unless a full economic rent is paid by the local authority. This amounts to an extra 20 to 40 per week for each resident. Robert Deeming, the chairman of Scottish Care Grampian, said its members had no choice but to deliver the ultimatum. But what we are currently being paid is nowhere near what the true costs are. However, he stressed that no-one would be evicted and existing service agreements would be honoured.
Older people deserve high quality care.
However, the problem is not confined to the north east. While Aberdeen is the first area to be targeted, a spokesman for Scottish Care said other councils could received similar ultimatums in the coming days and weeks. He said this could cause a crisis in the elderly care sector if the funding issues were not addressed. Cosla's spokesperson on Social Work and Health, Rita Miller, said she was not in favour of a blanket increase. Age Concern Scotland director Maureen O'Neill urged Cosla and the Scottish Executive to work with the care providers to solve the crisis.