Dementia care home set for spring opening
A NEW supported housing project which aims to enable people to live with as much independence as possible in Rastrick is set to open this Spring.
Assisted living helps people access homes which meet their needs and give them choice, control and support to continue living independently, councillors heard.
They are not all the same, with different developments helping people with different conditions and disabilities to live independently.
One such example is Railway Bridge View at Rastrick, which should be ready to open in the spring.
And future projects are planned by Calderdale Council with housing and other partners in places which do not yet have “extra care” developments, in north Halifax and Todmorden.
The 65-apartment Railway Bridge View – a mix of rented and shared ownership properties provided by The Home Group, with Roche Healthcare the support provider – has been designed with the Alzheimer’s Society to be alzheimer-friendly with a third of the apartments designed for people who are experiencing some level of dementia.
It has features including communal areas, a rooftop garden, a restaurant and a hair salon.
Members of the council’s Adults, Health and Social Care Scrutiny Board, which was reviewing extra care provision in the borough, heard after delays including because of the COVID pandemic, it was hoped it would open its doors towards the end of April.
The council’s commissioning officer for services, Karen Midgley, said it was designed so people could live a day of their life there without leaving the safety of the building. There is a small ballroom, a games area, a hair salon, they could have coffee in the cafe or the complex’s library.
“They can feel they have lived a while day in the community but not left the safety of the development,” she said.
They can feel they have lived a while day in the community but not left the safety of the development
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