PROMOTION Small really 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 homes, Rose Lodge has taken the opposite view ose Lodge provides R two small communities (about 16 people 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. Studies have found that in general, people with dementia are happiest when they are in a community with other people at a similar stage. Smaller communities reduce the number of relationships that residents have to navigate, and thay just foel moro homely. Also, the needs of people with early dementia are quite distinct from those in the later stages. By having separate communities Rose Lodge are able to customise the design of the communal spaces and bedrooms, the care, and the activity programmes to those specific needs. So, while people in the Cottage (the community for people with early dementia) enjoy activities such as going for long walks, or regular skittle competitions at a local social club, the people in the Lodge (the community for people in the later stages of dementia) generally enjoy more gentle and sensory activities such as live music, gentle exercise, and pampering sessions of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work? Wel, the residents and their relatives certainly think so. of their COC Outstanding rating and a gold award from Stirling University for dementia design. This year they voted Rose Lodge into the top 20 small care home groups Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ in their salon. The decor of the two in the UK at carehome.co.uk - the 01395 227071 communities follows an identical style UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk and this eases the transition in case www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk dsdc 20 CARE HOME GROUP CareQuality Outstanding Commission 2016 Dementia Services Development Centre Gold Award carehome.co.u PROMOTION Small really 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 homes, Rose Lodge has taken the opposite view ose Lodge provides R two small communities (about 16 people 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. Studies have found that in general, people with dementia are happiest when they are in a community with other people at a similar stage. Smaller communities reduce the number of relationships that residents have to navigate, and thay just foel moro homely. Also, the needs of people with early dementia are quite distinct from those in the later stages. By having separate communities Rose Lodge are able to customise the design of the communal spaces and bedrooms, the care, and the activity programmes to those specific needs. So, while people in the Cottage (the community for people with early dementia) enjoy activities such as going for long walks, or regular skittle competitions at a local social club, the people in the Lodge (the community for people in the later stages of dementia) generally enjoy more gentle and sensory activities such as live music, gentle exercise, and pampering sessions of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work? Wel, the residents and their relatives certainly think so. of their COC Outstanding rating and a gold award from Stirling University for dementia design. This year they voted Rose Lodge into the top 20 small care home groups Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ in their salon. The decor of the two in the UK at carehome.co.uk - the 01395 227071 communities follows an identical style UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk and this eases the transition in case www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk dsdc 20 CARE HOME GROUP CareQuality Outstanding Commission 2016 Dementia Services Development Centre Gold Award carehome.co.u