South Lanarkshire care investment will support healthier lives at home

Councillors have given the go-ahead to a significant investment in care facilities that will transform the care of the elderly in Hamilton/Blantyre.The investment is the first phase in a remodelling of care facilities across South Lanarkshire that will help older people to live independently at home for as long as possible – which research shows most want to do.The new facility, which will be built as part of the approved first phase, will serve the wider Hamilton area. It will support older people, their families and carers, providing transitional care between hospital and home as part of a wider package that will continue to include longer-term care home places and respite care.It will focus on a new-build facility on a site at St Joseph’s in Blantyre to replace Larkhall’s McWhirter House and Blantyre’s Kirkton House – both older buildings that are no longer fit to meet the level of need of individuals with complex health and care requirements.