How much is it worth?

[CommanderJameson]

Sarah Rutter is 101 years old, and suffers from dementia.

She is being cared for in a council home, which has 19 staff. The council wants to close down the home and move Sarah to another home. Sarah's family is opposed to this, saying that such a move will kill her.

Sarah is the last remaining resident of the home, which costs £7,400 per week to run.

A high court judge has ruled that she must be moved.

Should she be moved, irrespective of the family's wishes? Is the judge's decision correct?

BBC News story

[King Herald]

CommanderJameson said:

Sarah Rutter is 101 years old, and suffers from dementia.

She is being cared for in a council home, which has 19 staff. The council wants to close down the home and move Sarah to another home. Sarah's family is opposed to this, saying that such a move will kill her.

Sarah is the last remaining resident of the home, which costs £7,400 per week to run.

A high court judge has ruled that she must be moved.

Should she be moved, irrespective of the family's wishes? Is the judge's decision correct?

Yes, of course she should. She doesn't own the joint, pay for the joint, and is just a patient, so why on earth should the world rotate at her beck and call??

[phumy]

I wonder why it takes 19 people to take care of her??

[Adrian W]

one to look after her, 18 to do the health and safety

[E31Shrew]

I would look after her for £7000 a week...

[MrVelox]

The Council ought to send a bill to her family for the costs incurred by the injunction.

[scruffy]

Does she hold a British passport...

...then they should move her to the Hilton

it'll save the tax payer £££s

[RemaL]

if a priivate home needed to close for whatever reason then. yes she needs to move. yes its her home and I have heard of this many times in the Job I am in. its a shame but in the end the goverment is screwing everyone. and the elderly who need care have been suffering for years.

[fido]

is the fact that she has dementia relevant? if anything, she won't be able to remember what her surroundings look like anyway. the Beeb is turning into a tabloid, or has done for a while.

Edited by fido on Saturday 4th October 11:03

[Morningside]

£7,400 a week! Someone need to seriously look into this utter waste of money.
And I know that that the food they have is the cheapest they can find - Care homes save as much money as possible for the patient to maximise their own profits.

[LukeBird]

King Herald said:

Yes, of course she should. She doesn't own the joint, pay for the joint, and is just a patient, so why on earth should the world rotate at her beck and call??

+1

Unless you're going to go private, you can't expect that changes to the provision of healthcare will be put on hold...

[ZR1cliff]

BOR said:

Is she fit ?

I doubt it, but nothing a bloody good iron wouldn't sort out.

[ZR1cliff]

King Herald said:

Yes, of course she should. She doesn't own the joint, pay for the joint, and is just a patient, so why on earth should the world rotate at her beck and call??

What he said.

[CommanderJameson]

Morningside said:

£7,400 a week! Someone need to seriously look into this utter waste of money.
And I know that that the food they have is the cheapest they can find - Care homes save as much money as possible for the patient to maximise their own profits.

I doubt the food for a single elderly lady will come to much, even if they're giving her caviar and truffles 3x a day.

The majority of that £7K probably comes from rates, wages, energy and medical wossnames.