Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...

1.6 The total number of beds available is 125: 54 dementia care beds and61 frail elderly care. Out of this total, the current configuration of bedsfor LBHF is:30 Dementia Care beds (formal)10 Dementia Care beds (informal ie not paid for if not occupied)20 frail elderly beds (informal ie not paid for if not occupied)1.7 The remainder of the 125 beds are sold by Catalyst to other localauthorities and PCTs.1.8 Officers consider that the management of Acton is strong and theworkforce stable, providing a consistently high standard of care.1.9 The contract is currently monitored through six monthly monitoringmeetings and bi-monthly site visits. These frequencies would beincreased if the need arose.2. VOIDS2.1 As set out in para. 1.6, the 20 frail elderly informal beds and 10dementia care informal beds do not incur any void payments.2.2 The 30 bed dementia care formal beds do incur void payments ifvacancies occur. However this is rare, as any vacancies that occur inthis block are instantly filled by the longest-standing resident in aninformal dementia care bed. As a result of this policy, there have beenno void payments in this Block since the informal block arrangementswere introduced in 2008-09.3. PROJECTION3.1 Officers project that LBHF is likely to make 75 new placements toActon Care Centre in 2012-13 (there have been 11 new placementsmade to Acton Care Centre in the 53 days between 1 April 2012 and23 May 2012. This number of new placements has been scaled up bya factor of 6.887 (265 days / 53 days = 6.887) to generate the projectedfigure of 75.3.2 Seasonal variations only tend to affect the weeks leading up toChristmas and New Year, where a rise in the number of Respiteepisodes can usually be seen. This rise in numbers is generally offsetby a lack of activity immediately after this holiday period. There issometimes a similar rush before and lack of activity after Easter.3.3 Current figures indicate the following usage:85% of the 20 frail elderly beds available to LBHF are in use.92.5% of the 40 dementia care beds available to LBHF are in use.Page 314