Care home set to close after residents found to be 'at risk'

THE closure of a care home over safety concerns has been confirmed just a year after a campaign to save it.

- TWM OWEN Local democracy reporter

Arthur Jenkins care home in Blaenavon

In September it was confirmed a police investigation had been launched into potential neglect following a critical inspection report that prompted a council to step in while new admissions were halted.

It has now been confirmed the Arthur Jenkins care home in Blaenavon is to close and it is expected that all remaining residents will move to new homes by the end of this week.

Councillor David Daniels, Torfaen council’s cabinet member for adult services, told councillors social workers had been working with residents and families to find new care homes and working with the health board to ensure they are fit to travel and it will maintain contact until they are settled into their new homes.

He said actions taken by regulator Care Inspectorate Wales had “confirmed residents are at risk remaining in the service, which is why we are in a home closure situation and have been moving as quickly and as delicately as we possibly can’.