Trailblazing £8 million care home opens its doors for sneak preview
An £8 million
66 bed luxury care home which has a different approach to life for over 65s and
wants to be put the fun back into retirement living is offering a sneak preview
of its elegant interior.
Fernhill
House in Fernhill Heath, near Worcester, which will accommodate 36 people
living with dementia and 30 frail elderly people, is due to open in the spring.
With its
ethos of helping older people live an active, fulfilled life and its unusual
‘all inclusive price’ package, Fernhill House’s team is anticipating a flood of
visitors to the marketing suite which has now opened its doors.
Fernhill
House aims to be different from other homes in the area – or indeed the UK –
with its focus on vibrancy and a host of daily activities not normally
associated with residential homes.
In addition to gym sessions, arts and crafts and gardening, events such
as tea dances, choir therapy, recitals by string quartets and bubbles and
blinis evenings will be held on a regular basis.
The home
will be very much part of the wider community – with residents encouraged to
invite friends and family to dine with them and enjoy tea and cake in the café or
cocktails at the bar at no extra cost.
Residents can also enjoy treatments in
the beautifully appointed salon, chiropody, hobbies and trips out without
adding anything to the standard monthly charge.
The unique
dementia community will recreate ‘normal’ life – with its own pub, shop and
indoor potting shed. Residents will inform the activities in the home - rather
than carrying out activities to a regimented timetable.
In addition
to the highly experienced key posts, ‘wellbeing ambassadors’, selected for
their passion and enthusiasm and generously remunerated, will look after the
residents’ day-to-day requirements.
The home
offers larger than average bedrooms, a bar bistro, tearoom, shop, cinema, private
dining room, library and a secure sensory garden for the dementia residents within
two acres of wooded grounds.
Fernhill
House manager Peta Mandleberg, a registered nurse who has worked in the care
sector for many years, is passionate about the ethos of the home.
“We aim
to help our residents enjoy happy fulfilled lives – enjoying long established
hobbies, discovering new ones and being part of a vibrant community.”
The
marketing suite is open from 10am til 4pm daily by appointment.