DAVID MCPHEE
dmcphee@obantimes.co.uk
A MAJOR care home provider is set to close 12 of its residential homes in Scotland – but none of these will be in Argyll and Bute. Bield Housing, which operates a number of retirement and sheltered housing facilities in the area, will close 12 of its premises, leaving 167 residents across Scotland left to make alternative arrangements. Some of the homes the Edinburgh- based provider operates locally include a retirement housing facility in Lynn Court, amenity housing in McKelvie Road, a sheltered housing complex in Torosay Court and retirement housing in MacCallum Court.