FURNITURE, INTERIORS & DESIGN
When it comes to clinical care, we’ve embedded lived experience and insights to ensure people can feel supported in ways that suit them. For example, rather than holding GP appointments in bedrooms, we’ve incorporated a dedicated consultation room to protect both privacy and dignity and the homeliness of personal spaces.
Outdoor space is equally important to wellbeing. The garden has been designed to be safe and enriching, with colourful sensory planting and a wheelchair-accessible wonder path that uses contrast to reduce the risk of trips and falls. There are social seating areas, private screened spaces, and features that encourage purposeful activity such as potting and vegetable areas, supported by clear signage throughout.
Creating a home led by dementia design principles isn’t only about residents, but the people around them. The Hub and dining area has already received positive feedback from commissioners and families, offering a welcoming space for relatives to spend time with loved ones in a way that feels relaxed and enjoyable.
We’ve also prioritised excellent colleague facilities, including enhanced staff rooms and outdoor areas, helping to support wellbeing, morale and retention, because supporting colleagues is fundamental to delivering outstanding care.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Translating academic principles into bricks and mortar isn’t easy, but Springfield Vale reflects what can be achieved when providers commit to making design, research, and innovation work together. This home represents a step forward not only for Exemplar Health Care, but for the wider sector as we prepare for a future of evolving care and dementia needs.
Ultimately, environments matter. When we design with lived experience in mind, supported by evidence and shaped by detail, we create spaces that promote independence, reduce distress, and help people feel at home. And in dementia care, that can make all the difference.
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