Signature at Highgate, London


if you don’t want to go with family or friends to your private space in your room, and you want to sit in a quiet lounge or area, there’s plenty of little spaces dotted around. “It’s the same approach with the


restaurant as well – you’ll see it’s broken up into smaller areas, again to try and create a more domestic feel as much as you can.” All the facilities and features one would


expect from a care home like Signature at Highgate are present and correct. Feedback from residents at other Signature homes made it clear that having a choice of location for mealtimes is important. As a result, Signature at Highgate boasts a main restaurant and a secondary bistro, too. In addition, residents can enjoy meals in their own suites, many of which have separate lounge areas. Both restaurants have dedicated waiting staff. There are various activity areas dotted around the home, as well as a hairdressing salon, therapy rooms, a beautifully designed cinema, and even a separate bar area, complete with full-time bar staff. The interior design and finish are exceptionally high throughout – the residential corridors may be on the long side, but they are punctuated with interesting things to see


and touch, and places to rest. Wayfinding at Signature at Highgate is very much a visual concern – corridors are given ‘street’ names with local provenance, themed artwork distinguishes one area of the home from the next, and carpet and wall colours are designed to further aid wayfinding. Light wells and decorative backlit panels punctuate what could otherwise have been gloomier corners. Garden rooms lead out into the outside spaces. Signature has been


careful to keep many of the original, mature trees, including one that sits at the heart of the home in the central garden space.


Circadian lighting Signature has installed circadian lighting in the communal areas and bedrooms of the home’s dementia areas. Both the white ‘colour’ of the LED lighting and overall light levels have been programmed to adjust throughout the day in order to mimic


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