Braintree's largest care home is moving out 23 residents with complex needs because staff are struggling to look after them.
The Old Deanery, which had been the centre of a police and BBC Panorama investigation, has recently undergone an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
A spokesman for Anglia Retirement Homes, which runs the care home on Deanery Hill, said 23 residents with higher dependency needs, including dementia, will be moved to other care homes with specialist staff, including neighbouring St Mary’s Court, over the next two months in order to meet CQC guidelines.
Those with low to moderate care needs will remain.
The spokesman said: “Whilst the home was established to cater for low to moderately dependent frail elderly residential care, over recent years under the previous owners it has evolved to include residents who have significant levels of dementia and/or more complex physical needs."
See Thursday's Braintree and Witham Times for the full story.
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