Buyer sought as home enters administration

STEFAN JAJECNYK RESIDENTS and their relatives at a Valley care home are facing uncertainty after the company that owns it went into administration.

Haslingden Hall and Lodge Care Home on Lancaster Avenue in Haslingden, which is owned by Orchard Care Homes.com, has gone into administration following ‘difficult’ trading conditions.

The care home currently houses 69 elderly residents, some of whom receive specialist dementia care.

The home will remain open during the administration period and all staff will continue working at the home.

A specialist care management company, Lucina Care, have been appointed by ●● Haslingden Hall and Lodge Care Home administrators to run the home on a day-to-day basis while they find a buyer for the business as an ongoing concern.

The joint administrators, Kerry Bailey and Sarah Rayment, say they and Lucina Care will work closely with Rossendale Council and the Care Quality Commission.

They have also said they will be communicating regularly with residents and their families.

Sarah Raynment, business restructuring partner from BDO, said: “Unfortunately, difficult trading conditions significantly affected the business.

“However, we are confident of securing a going concern sale and safeguarding the longterm future of Haslingden Hall and Lodge for its residents.

“The home will continue to operate whilst this is explored, and our primary focus is to ensure the maintenance of high quality care to residents.

“We will continue to work closely with all parties, including specialist care management company Lucina Care Limited, to ensure residents experience no interruption to their care services.”