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Cedar View’s in Full Bloom
We take a look at the recently opened Cedar View Care Home. Nursing Hygiene Group, who delivered a complete fit out of the home’s interior, tell us more about the new facility.
Cedar View, a 65-bed LRH-Homes property, opened in Croydon in April this year. The four storey care centre has been purpose-built in a bid to give residents the best quality of life possible.
A Big Ask NHG was brought on board to provide a total fit-out solution for the property, and asked to supply a modern care environment that set the client apart from the market. The care home supplier was asked to provide a meticulously thought out interior design, furniture and equipment specification, with the aim of enhancing patient experience and making life easier for the care team.
Considerations Creating and maintaining the right environment is an ongoing challenge when dealing with all of the elements of a care home. For Cedar View, this was no exception, especially as the design needed to meet the high expectations of these discerning residents, as well as cater for specific
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care needs, such as nursing, dementia and palliative care.
Understanding the client’s specific requirements and corporate goals was critical, as was the early collaboration with the wider build team.
A bespoke design solution was created that factored in all of the required equipment and also optimised the space.
Key considerations for the NHG team included ensuring they created the right environment for residents across each of the three floors. In particular, it was essential to create a strong dementia setting that was homely, appropriate for its function and easy for residents to identify rooms and find their way around.
In line with the Stirling principles the design was based on science, not just style. The key to creating the right environment was about balancing the aesthetics with ease of use and accessibility. It was also focused on making sure all of the needs of the
patient were met including physical, psychological, social and spiritual.
Solution Due to NHG’s early collaboration in the project, the team were able to review the architect’s drawings and recommend small modifications to the build. This included dividing up the proposed dining and living spaces to help residents get away from noise and stress, especially as residents with a hearing impairment can find certain sounds frustrating and overly loud.
Flexible room dividers, which are also used to display colourful-framed artwork, were incorporated into the design to create a more personal and homely environment, and help residents feel more settled.
With each of the floors accommodating specific residents’ needs it was also important to incorporate a degree of consistency into the design, should residents, in time, be required to move from the residential care floor to the nursing and dementia care floor.
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