100-year-olds face being left homeless

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

- CHRIS GEE

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.