As Chief Officer of Age UK Bury, I am writing in respect of the proposal to cut £12m from Bury Council adult social budget, which you featured in last week’s newspaper.
The proposals include closing Pinfold Centre which specialises in supporting people with dementia and closing Spurr House, which offers older people short stays of up to six weeks.
The forecast is that the number of older people experiencing dementia and needing day-care support and short stays away from home will increase in Bury.
Reducing services available now will mean that the care system will not be able to accommodate future needs. This will put a much greater burden on families and carers.