Alexandra Grange Care Home

ALEXANDRA Grange Care Home inWokinghamwas recently presented with the care group’s ORCHID (Outstanding RelationshipCentred Care Home in Dementia) award for achieving all 11 outcomes of its Together Dementia Strategy.

This time in 2017, Hallmark Care Homes launched their three-year strategy outlining the actions theywill undertake to help their team members deliver outstanding dementia care, training and support.

The strategywas developed following extensive consultation with 100 residents,

75 relatives and 100 team members and has been supported by a £250,000 annual investment to identify the outcomes which would have the most positive effect on their 20 communities.

After adopting a whole home approach and working together, Alexandra Grange on MollyMillars Lane achieved all 11 outcomes.

Theywere recently presented with a special plaque by Head of Relationship-Centred Care at Hallmark Care Homes April Dobson, managing director Ram Goyal and operations director Aneurin Brown at a virtual ceremony for the residential and dementia home.

Ms Dobson said: “Achieving the Hallmark Care

Homes’ ORCHID award for excellence in dementia care demonstrates how hard they have worked to implement the very high standards that were set in our Dementia Strategy.

“They are all deserving of our congratulations and our respect.”

Lifestyles leader at Alexandra Grange, Katriona Beeton, said: “The ORCHID status and Together Strategy has been so close to our hearts here at Alexandra Grange.

“It is something we are truly proud to have achieved as a whole home thanks to Magda, Ruben, Andrina and myself.

“For us it isn’t just something we have achieved it is something we will continue to achieve and work on as a whole home..”