Closure of Amerind Grove Care Home in South Bristol

News - 19 October 2022

The company that owns and runs the home said its closure was due to staff 'recruitment and retention challenges', and that residents would be 'supported to find suitable alternative accommodation.'
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Amerind Grove is a large care home located on Raleigh Road in Ashton. A spokesperson from HC-One No.1 Limited, the company that owns the home, said:

"The health, safety and wellbeing of the individuals we support are our top priorities. As such, we regularly assess the quality and suitability of the service we provide in our homes.

"Despite our best efforts, and the investment of significant time and resource, for some time now at this home, due to specific local factors, we have struggled with recruitment and retention challenges. This is a challenge that impacts the whole care sector, with the latest workforce data showing that more than 10% of all roles in the care sector are currently vacant, and vacancies in the sector have increased by 52% in the past 12 months.

"Against the backdrop of an extreme recruitment squeeze across the whole sector, we have carefully considered how this situation is impacting our Residents and Colleagues, and the future of the care we will be able to provide at Amerind Grove. We have very sadly concluded that it is in everyone’s best interests for us to plan to close Amerind Grove and for Residents to be supported by other homes in the local community.

"We are working closely with Bristol City Council and are supporting our Residents, their loved ones and our Colleagues through this process. We will only move forward with the closure process as it is safe to do so, and when our dedicated project team has supported every Resident to find suitable alternative care arrangements.”

"Once the home has been safely closed, and each Resident has been supported to find suitable alternative accommodation, we will begin moving forward with the sale of the property. Until that point, we do not know who the purchaser will be or what their plans may be for the future of the property.”

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