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Residents react angrily over decision to axe rural care home deemed 'surplus to requirements'

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Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.While the 12-bed care home was mostly used latterly as a respite centre, it had not initially been intended for that purpose and at one point had just one full-time resident.Last week IJB chairperson, Clackmannanshire councillor Les Sharp, said: “Declaring Strathendrick surplus to requirements was certainly not a decision taken lightly, but the report clearly outlined its continued current use didn’t match with the desires or needs of the community.”IJB Chief Officer, Annemargaret Black, said: “This obviously represents a period of change for the community but the shift towards more flexible and person-centred short break care, rather than the one-size fits all approach to respite.

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