Celebrations as Green Acres dementia care plan approved

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Celebrations as Green Acres dementia care plan approved.
CHEERS rang out as the application to transform the Green Acres hotel into a specialist dementia care facility was approved.Environment's political board went against its planners recommendation that the application should be turned down and passed it with conditions. Some 300 people attended the at-times emotionally charged planning meeting at Beau Sejour.

http://guernseypress.com/news/2015/07/2 ... -approved/

A previous article...

"Other locations ‘more appropriate’ than Green Acres for dementia care home
DESPITE the large numbers in support of converting the former Green Acres hotel into a dementia care facility, some have been left ‘greatly disappointed’ with yesterday’s decision to approve the planning application. Those disgruntled by the move cited the subsequent damage to tourism through the loss of the hotel and the fact that Health and Social Services should be taking responsibility for the care of dementia patients instead of three privately-employed doctors, who would run the new facility.

George Le Page, 82, a former Chamber of Commerce president, said there were other locations ‘more appropriate’ for a dementia care facility. ‘We keep losing hotels for accommodation for elderly people and I think there are more suitable sites that would ensure hotels could stay available for tourists. ‘The recently closed St Andrew’s School for example, would work well. ‘Tourists are important too, they bring in valuable money for the island. There needs to be a facility like this, but I think this is the wrong location.’"
http://guernseypress.com/news/2015/07/2 ... care-home/

I have been keeping an eye on this for a while now. This has been rumbling on for a couple of years now.. more specialist care is desperately needed on the island, and some locals have been more set on keeping a hotel that was running at a big loss and had been empty for some years. If there had been as big a demand from tourists it wouldn't have closed in the first place. Full marks to those who stuck at it to get permission to turn it into a care home, I just hope it doesn't take as long to get it up and running... Some of the comments by reaaders make for interesting reading

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