A CHARITY was today (Tuesday) set to make decisions that could lead to the closure of a specialist dementia care home in Winchester.
The board of trustees of St John's Winchester Charity is meeting today to review its operations amid the coronavirus pandemic including the future of Moorside.
Moorside is on Durngate and opened as a specialist dementia care home some 25 years ago.
The charity says it will not make any comment until staff have been informed.
The charity operates a number of almshouses with 150 residents in the city centre.
Moorside can currently care for up to 31 people. Its most recent inspection report by the Care Quality Commission rated it as good.
The weekly cost of living at Moorside, for self-funding residents, ranges from £995 to £1,255.
St John’s is one of the oldest charities in the country dating its roots back 900 years.
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