PROMOTION Sihall realy is 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 stages of dementia. By having separate communities Rose Lodge are able to customise the design ofthe communal spaces and bedrooms, the care, and the activity programmes to those specificneeds. Sowhile people in the Cottage (their community for people with early dementia) enjoy activities such as going for long walks, or regular ose Lodge provides two small communities (about transition in case of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work ? Well the residents and 16people in each) for people living with dementia, and there are several very good reasons for this. It can be quite distressing for people with early dementia to be with people at the later stages and we have found that in general people with dementia are happiest when they are in a community with other people at a their relatives certainly think so. This year they voted Rose Lodge into the top 20 small care home groups in the UK at carehome.co.uk which is the UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top of their CQC Outstanding rating and aGold award from Stirling University for dementia design. skittle competitions at a local social club, the people in the Lodge (their community for peoplewith later stages of dementia) generally enjoy more gentle and sensory activities such as live music, gentle exercise, and pampering sessionsin their salon. The decor of the two communities follow similar stage. Smaller communities reduce the TOP 20 number of relationships that residents have to navigate, and they just feel more homely. Also the needs of people with early dementia are quite distinct from those of people with the later CAREHOME GAOUP dsdc Gold Award an identical style and this eases the Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ CareQuality Outstanding Commission 01395 227071 www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk 2016 Blog & dementia info: www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk PROMOTION Sihall realy is 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 stages of dementia. By having separate communities Rose Lodge are able to customise the design ofthe communal spaces and bedrooms, the care, and the activity programmes to those specificneeds. Sowhile people in the Cottage (their community for people with early dementia) enjoy activities such as going for long walks, or regular ose Lodge provides two small communities (about transition in case of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work ? Well the residents and 16people in each) for people living with dementia, and there are several very good reasons for this. It can be quite distressing for people with early dementia to be with people at the later stages and we have found that in general people with dementia are happiest when they are in a community with other people at a their relatives certainly think so. This year they voted Rose Lodge into the top 20 small care home groups in the UK at carehome.co.uk which is the UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top of their CQC Outstanding rating and aGold award from Stirling University for dementia design. skittle competitions at a local social club, the people in the Lodge (their community for peoplewith later stages of dementia) generally enjoy more gentle and sensory activities such as live music, gentle exercise, and pampering sessionsin their salon. The decor of the two communities follow similar stage. Smaller communities reduce the TOP 20 number of relationships that residents have to navigate, and they just feel more homely. Also the needs of people with early dementia are quite distinct from those of people with the later CAREHOME GAOUP dsdc Gold Award an identical style and this eases the Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ CareQuality Outstanding Commission 01395 227071 www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk 2016 Blog & dementia info: www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk