End of the road for local care home

Wednesday 06 November 2019

Blossom Fields Care Home in Guernsey has closed its doors for good, with all residents being relocated to other care facilities.

The home in the Forest, which offered accommodation for people over the age of 55, shut last week after suffering problems with recruitment.

Plans for its closure were announced earlier this year and Health & Social Care agreed to step in to help rehouse residents as quickly as possible.

A number of items, including furniture, previously used in the home are being offered up to the public at a price between 15:00 and 19:00 today.

Pictured: Blossom Fields Care Home.

Anyone is welcome to view the items at Blossom Fields, Les Nicolles this afternoon. The home will only accept cash and expects all items to be removed by the end of the day.

"This has not been an easy decision to make, but along with the resignation of the Care Manager for her position and general difficulties in recruiting suitably qualified staff, which appears to be an island-wide problem, it has left us with not other option," said the Care Home's former Manager.

Pictured top: Blossom Fields Care Home closed its doors at the end of October.