Hello there
We implemented an independent living policy in 2024 which we are happy to share. We drew heavily on the content of the Standards of Almshouse Management to draft it. I will also contact the Guildhall Feoffment Trust to ask for theirs in order to improve ours. We too have had difficult situations in the last two years.. In one case a resident was returned from hospital without consultation with us. The resident was bed bound so unsafe as we have no warden to assist to escape in a fire (and of course the resident was not able to live independently). We worked over months with the council, the family and a solicitor and the council did eventually rehome the resident into a care home. In the other the resident sadly died in convalescent care while we were considering with a solicitor setting aside the appointment to prevent her return. That resident was also bed bound. Nichola Folley, Trustee, The Alice Gough Memorial Homes, email clerk@alicegoughmemorialhomestrust.org.uk