The first residents have moved into the new £14m Queens Quay House care home in the West Dunbartonshire town of Clydebank in the west of Scotland.
The building has one 14-bedroom flat and seven ten-bedroom flats with each resident having their own ensuite room.
Each flat has living and dining areas and a kitchen to allow residents to relax and enjoy a variety of environments, while maintaining their independence.
All of the flats have been designed with supportive colour schemes to assist those with dementia in helping identify with their home and in creating a warm and homely feel.
The themes of renewal and growth have influenced every aspect of the new home with residents seeing the move to the new facility as a fresh new beginning rather than the end of an era.
The home has been built and designed to reflect modern living including special features and soft furnishings to support residents living with dementia. Residents have been involved in choosing their colour schemes and soft furnishings.
Residents can walk around the building, providing a sense of freedom within a safe environment.
There are lounges, sitting rooms and adaptable communal spaces within each flat, which can be used as recreational rooms for hobbies. The lounges and bedrooms each have wall-mounted smart TVs, which can also transmit films and performances which are playing in the cinema room.
A number of activity rooms will enable residents to continue and develop new hobbies and there will also be an onsite bistro and hairdressing salon.
Outside, a variety of courtyard and garden spaces provide an opportunity for gardening as well as enjoy the sculptures and water feature, grass activity zone and spaces to rest and socialise.
“The high quality and careful design will bring independence to residents and reassurance to families that their loved ones are being cared for in a modern, comfortable and safe environment,” said West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership chairman Allan Macleod.
In line with Covid restrictions, residents from Mount Pleasant House and Frank Downie House moved in over two days, and will remain within their support bubble of residents and staff for a 14-day period.
The move has been planned with the involvement of public health experts.
