PROJECTS


Focus on dementia


includes a 55-bed assisted living facility, is being built across a 3.3- acre site in Hutton, Essex, by Hallmark Care Homes. Facilities at the care home will


include a café, cinema, hairdressing salon, and therapy room. Each bedroom will have an en-suite


wetroom and all of those rooms on the ground floor will have access to their own patio. Other innovations will include five


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ork has begun on the construction of a ground- breaking 77-bed care home


which will provide residential and dementia care services. The £23m development, which also


roof terraces, an outdoor log cabin, as well landscaped gardens with 77 newly- planted trees and a sensory walk for residents and visitors. The project, which was designed by


Ashby Design, is due for completion in early 2020.


www.ashbydesign.co.uk The icing on the cake


ornwall’s first child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) has moved a step closer


to opening. Nurses, outreach workers,


healthcare assistants, a clinical psychologist, a family therapist, and a unit manager are among 30 new recruits who have joined a team of medical professionals to work within the £11m Sowenna unit, which will accommodate boys and girls up to the age of 18 at the Bodmin Hospital site. Operated by Cornwall Partnership


NHS Foundation Trust (CFT), the 14-bed centre will give young people access to specialist mental health inpatient facilities nearer their homes. The initiative delivers on NHS


England’s commitment to reduce out-of-area placements for children and young people by increasing bed numbers nationally by 10%. CFT chairman, Dr Barbara Vann,


said: “Our aim is to stop families travelling thousands of miles every


year to visit their children and to provide world-class facilities in Cornwall to improve recovery times. “This huge step in employing staff


who will be working within the unit brings us one step closer to treating some of our most-vulnerable people, closer to their homes, families, and friends.” Currently the trust is fundraising to


provide facilities and equipment that go above and beyond the build and the hospital beds funded by the NHS. “These are the ‘icing on the cake’


items that will really make a difference to young people’s recovery, health and wellbeing ,such as a sports barn and gym, parental accommodation, cafe, therapeutic gardens, and equipment for music, arts and cooking,” said Dr Vann. The unit has been designed by Ryder


Architecture and is being built by Interserve.


www.ryderarchitecture.com www.interserve.com


A dementia unit has opened in the grounds of Queen’s House in Kelso on the Scottish borders. Murray House is the first specially-designed dementia unit to be built in the region and features two nine-bed houses, with an additional nine- bed property due to be completed in the spring. The design of the facility was informed by Australia- based Hammond Care, specialist in dementia care environments. The building was designed by Aitken & Turnball.


www.aitken-turnbull.co.uk


News in brief Tyneside care home plansw


Plans have been unveiled for a new care home and supported living scheme in Backworth, North Tyneside. Northumberland Estates is proposing 28 extra care apartments and four specialist care bungalows. The two-storey care home will specialise in dementia services, while the bungalows will house adults with complex needs. The design of the property has been informed by Stirling University dementia best- practice principles, with underfloor heating and furniture with rounded edges. A planning application is due to be considered shortly.


www.northumberlandestates.co.uk A first for Scotland


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