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Linc Cymru adds third care home to portfolio
Linc Cymru has acquired the Ty Coch nursing home in the suburb of Llanishen in North Cardiff . The directors of Passcrystal Limited instructed Christie & Co to discretely market Ty Coch to enable them to retire from the industry. Following a targeted marketing campaign, the directors elected to sell the care home to not-for-profit organisation Linc Cymru, which operates two other purpose-built care homes in South Wales. The care home is registered for 69 elderly
residents and has planning permission to develop an additional 13 bedrooms. Paul Clarke, director of Passcrystal, comments: “We are delighted to be able
to secure a sale to an organisation which shares the same values as us when it comes to delivering high quality care. After nearly 30 years of running Ty Coch, it is pleasing to know that the staff and residents are in safe hands going into the future. We wish Linc all the very best at Ty Coch.” Rob Smith, chief executive of Linc,
comments: “The acquisition of Ty Coch presents Linc with an outstanding opportunity to expand our bed numbers in the vibrant city of Cardiff. Ty Coch has an outstanding reputation for good quality care and we look forward to working with the residents, their families and staff to build on the fantastic job Passcrystal has done over the years.”
Pub provides the perfect tonic for
Glasgow residents A Glasgow care home has come up with an unusual therapy for its residents living with dementia – providing them with their own traditional ‘pub’. Bupa’s Golfhill Care Home in the East End of Glasgow features the Dennistoun Arms, the purpose of which is to provide a recognisable social environment in which residents can relive the past and share memories and stories over a pint or two. Although not a licensed premises, the pub is operated by care staff and set up like a traditional East End bar complete with a TV, bar stools, sports memorabilia, a jukebox and even a bell to call last orders, much of which has been generously donated by local pub the Crown Creighton, which was previously favoured by many of the residents. The Dennistoun Arms also opens out
Partnership reduces emergency hospital visits by greater integration of services
Care home residents in Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire who received an ‘enhanced’ care package through Principia, an NHS multi-specialty community provider, attended A&E 29 per cent less frequently than similar care home residents in other parts of the country. They were also admitted to hospital as an
emergency 23 per cent less often. These are the main findings of the first statistical analysis by the Improvement Analytics Unit, a joint initiative between the Health Foundation, an independent charity and NHS England. The report says that while the positive
results are likely to be the result of higher quality care, it is unclear whether the enhanced care package itself or some other changes to care delivery were responsible for the good results.
Adam Steventon, director of data analytics
at the Health Foundation and one of the report’s authors, says: “In Rushcliffe, the
analysis showed that care home residents in the study were significantly less likely to attend A&E or be admitted to hospital in an emergency than residents in other similar care homes. These results are good news for the Rushcliffe residents and good news for Principia.
“By enabling clinicians, care home staff and the charity sector to work together across organisational boundaries, Principia has helped achieve better care for care home residents, including fewer emergency hospital admissions. They have also achieved greater integration between health and social care services. “The NHS is under enormous pressure to find new ways of delivering better care with limited resources. It is more important than ever that services are given the opportunity to develop new ways of delivering care. Robust evaluation enables the NHS to learn from and continue to improve what is working well.”
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on to a patio area, which has been transformed into a beer garden. It is used daily during the summer and as regularly as possible during the colder months. Nancyanne Smith, home manager at Bupa’s Golfhill Care Home, believes that the pub has real benefits and delivers a creative form of therapy for residents. She says: “Many of our residents are local and their families know one another. We had the space and it felt like a natural thing to make it into an environment where everyone can socialise, as they would have done in the old days. “The pub is open to all residents and
appeals to the vast majority as it allows them to reconnect with the traditional notion of ‘going for a pint with your pals’. “Family visitors have commented that
they love how it feels so normal to just sit and socialise together, and the staff take turns playing barman or barmaid, which is great fun.”
Smith also believes the pub offers
cognitive stimulation for Golfhill’s residents living with dementia. “This concept improves the living experience for residents by providing extra cognitive stimulation which improves their mood and general sense of wellbeing,” she adds.
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