HC Deb 10 December 1981 vol 14 cc464-5W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of certain local authority social service departments seeking to reduce the waking hours of elderly people in residential care homes, he will take steps to seek a minimum level of provision; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

In deciding the pattern of daily living in residential homes, local management has to take account of the particular needs of the elderly residents. In the White Paper "Growing Older", we reiterate that, to preserve individuality, dignity and privacy, the residential environment should enable a pattern of life which, so far as is practicable, resembles that led by elderly people elsewhere in the community.

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