Owl has received a communication from a clearly anguished “Friend of Shandford”. Here is a resume:

Abbeyfield gets lots of lovely press coverage even while doing the dirty (causing extreme distress) to residents, family, friends and most of all its 35 staff. As a ‘Friend of Shandford’ I have watched Abbeyfield and its antics, and all I can say is that no wonder they are in financial difficulties because they appear so incompetent. The excuses for closure have rained down on us all. 

We believe we can refute all of them for it seems that the C.Q.C is not good enough for the likes of Abbeyfield who now quote standards that don’t appear to exist. Then they even apparently challenged the fire survey completed in September 2019 in which Shandford came out with a glowing report on which NO, yes NO, black marks were issued.

No expenditure needed in the foreseeable future.  No more fire doors, evacuation procedure fully implemented and acceptable.

Yes, the new group of business people did consider the situation, but with Abbeyfield saying that over a £1million needed to be spent on infrastructure, almost certainly untrue, and then being told the new committee would have to be held liable for any losses, there was always going to be only one answer from them. 

There is probably never going to be a huge profit percentage here but with good management and no fees of £2,000 a week being handed over to Abbeyfield management  for which they have never appeared on site. 

 Why, when Abbeyfield have finally admitted it cannot benefit financially from the sale of Shandford, is it running headlong at great pace to remove the residents entirely, even to the employment of a new  (presumably very well paid, very short-term) ‘Project Manager’ ? 

 Many questionable actions appear to have been taken – Owl