PROMOTION Sinal!Teall beautiful in dementia care Devon is blessed with many excellent care homes and while the trend over the past years has been for larger care homes, Rose Lodge has taken the opposite view ose Lodge provides two stages of dementia. By having separate transition in case of people moving small communities (about communities Rose Lodge are able to on from the Cottage to the Lodge. 16 people ineach) for people customise the design ofthe communal Does it workWell the residents and living with dementia, and spaces and bedrooms, the care, and their relatives certainly think so. This there are several very good reasons the activity programmes to those year they voted Rose Lodge into the for this. It can be quite distressing specific needs, Sowhile people in the top 20 small care home groups in the for people with early dementia to be Cottage (their community for people UK at carehome.co.uk which is the with people at the later stages and we with early dementia) enjoy activies UK's leading independent care home have found that in general people with suchas going for long walks, or regular advisor. This award has come on top dementia are happiest when they are skitle competitions at a local scial of their COC Outstanding rating and in a community with other people at a club, the people in the Lodge (their aGold award from Stirling University community for people with later stages of dementia) generally enjoy more gentle and sensory activities such as live music, gentle exercise, and pampering sessions intheir salon. The decor of the two commanities follow an identical style and this eases the for dementia design. Smaller communities reduce the numberofrelationships that residents have to navigate, and they just feel more homely.Alsothe nceds of people with early dementia are quitedistinct from those of people with the later 20 ward Rose Lodge, 2 tsca Road, Exmouth, Devon EXB 2E2 01395 227071 www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk Blog & dementia info: www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk CareQuality Outstanding Commission 2016