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TGA mobility scooter wins independent living award
The latest folding Minimo Plus mobility scooter from TGA has won the acclaimed BHTA Independent Living Design Award 2016. The highly respected title was awarded to
TGA at the recent British Healthcare Trades Associations Awards dinner, which was held at the prestigious 155 Bishopsgate Conference & Events Centre in London. Senior managers from TGA and their
partners attended the black tie event alongside other successful peers from the healthcare and mobility industry. Attendees enjoyed an entertaining evening
hosted by popular TV presenter Penny Smith who led the award proceedings and congratulated TGA on its success. The award was collected on behalf of the company by Daniel Stone, TGA managing director and Tim Ross, TGA national sales manager.
Now in its 21st year, the Independent Living
Design Award is recognised as the flagship award for industry innovation. Manufacturers, designers and retailers were invited to nominate the products they believe have significantly enhanced independent living. The TGA Minimo Plus mobility scooter was deemed by the judging panel to lead the field in all award winning criteria including: enabling/assisting independence; improving quality of life; innovation; accessibility in terms of price; ease of use; and aesthetic appeal. The TGA Minimo Plus is a compact, folding
‘car boot’ mobility scooter that includes a high level of specification for advanced transportability, flexibility and comfort. It can be folded single-handedly in seconds and does not need any dismantling for simple lifting and storage.
BGS calls for high quality care that
meets needs The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has called for everyone who commissions or provides healthcare in care homes to follow the principles of good practice set out in its new guidelines to ensure every resident has access to high quality healthcare that fully meets their needs. Based on the clinical expertise of BGS
members, the updated guidance sets out clinical and service priorities for how best practice can be achieved, and provides clear indicators of what successful delivery looks like for older people, their families and carers. In the UK 405,000 people over the age
of 65 years currently live in care homes. This represents 16 per cent of older people over the age of 85. Their healthcare needs are complex and the average care home resident has multiple long term conditions, and frailty. They are likely to have better health outcomes if health services reflect these needs and they have access to comprehensive, multidisciplinary assessment, with input from healthcare specialists trained in the care of complex medical problems in later life. Guidance on Commissioning and
Woodlands Hillbrow adds new state of the art care home development to portfolio
Woodlands Hillbrow Residential Homes will be adding new state of the art care home development, Farnham Mill in Surrey, which comprises a 60 bed care home, to its portfolio of three care homes in the area. The nearby Woodlands Residential Care
Home has recently been awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating by the CQC, underlining the quality of service in the group. Currently under construction, the project is due to complete in October 2017. Designed by award-winning architect Re-
Format LLP, the site seeks to retain over half the land in which it is set as accessible woodland, as well as restoring the waterways and ecology that have suffered neglect in recent years. In response to the landscape and operational requirements, Re-Format has deployed cutting edge design to achieve an innovative but cost-effective solution.
8 Bernard Wynne, director at Christie & Co,
which secured the purchase, comments, “We are delighted to have brokered this introduction enabling an experienced operator to be secured for this exciting development. “Demand for care home places only looks
to increase in the coming years. Developments like this cater for the requirement for good quality care in a contemporary and high quality environment.”
Providing Healthcare Services Across the UK: Effective healthcare for older people living in care homesprovides short accessible guidance that highlights the benefits for older people themselves, for the local NHS and for local care homes of having appropriate services in place. It describes the activities that will enable these outcomes to be achieved, and includes suggestions on how services can be monitored and evaluated to see if they are having a positive impact. BGS president Dr Eileen Burns
says: “Why should a frail or disabled older person living in a care home be disadvantaged by healthcare that isn’t based on their own individual needs? “It is of the utmost importance that the
healthcare needs of older people living in care homes are treated as high priority. The NHS has a vital role in ensuring that care home residents have a better quality of life. “We know that healthcare services can
be designed to deliver better healthcare. We call on those responsible for planning health services locally to follow this guidance to ensure that they are not ignoring the needs and rights of older people, and are designing appropriate and sustainable services.”
www.thecarehomeenvi ronment .com • January 2017
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