A CARE home for adults with learning disabilities in Greenock is to get the £400,000 refurbishment needed to keep it open.

The outdated Caladh House, which is owned by Inverclyde community health and care partnership (CHCP) and run by Turning Point on their behalf, had failed to meet national care standards because of a lack of facilities.

In response to criticism by the Care Inspectorate, social care bosses subsequently committed to a modernisation programme, creating 10 supported-living flats.

Work is due to be completed next year.

A spokesman for the CHCP said: “It was important in the pre-planning to have a full consultation with the residents and their families to ensure the future needs of the service users could be met within the redesign of the building.

“The investment by the CHCP will allow a quality standard of accommodation to support 10 residents within individual supported living flats, whilst maintaining a close community presence which will augment existing community ties.” Inspectors had found that Caladh House fell short of the National Care Standards in a way that undermined the principles of dignity, respect, privacy and choice for service users.

The refurbishment is due to start this summer and will take up to nine months to complete. The Care Inspectorate has now acknowledged that the CHCP met a deadline to submit plans for the upgrade. Caladh House was also judged to provide a very good standard of care during a recent inspection.

Officials remarked on the high levels of support delivered to the residents, who range in age from 32 to 81.