Sturgeon challenged over ‘eviction’ of 94-year-old from care home

A 94-year-old woman who faces being “evicted” from her care home is struggling with increasing anxiety as a result, Nicola Sturgeon has been told.

Labour leader Richard Leonard highlighted the case of Nancy Sutherland, who suffers from dementia-like symptoms, and currently lives in one of the 12 homes being closed by Bield after it decided to “withdraw from the residential care home market”.

Her case was raised at First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament.

She pledged the Scottish Government would “do every- 0 Richard Leonard spoke about the care crisis thing we can to guarantee continuity of care for these residents and make sure there is no compromise whatsoever in the quality of their care”.

Mr Leonard spoke of the “growing crisis in care provision” in Scotland, claiming the sector was “on the brink of collapse”.

Some 160 elderly people facing losing their home while hundreds of Bield workers risk being made redundant as a result of the company’s decision in October to stop operating in the care home sector.

Of Ms Sutherland, Mr Leonard said: “Every day she asks her daughter where she will be moving to and every day her anxiety levels rise. They rise because her daughter has no answer. Does the First Minister?”nicola Sturgeon accepted the move would be “unsettling” and “traumatic” for those concerned.