7HE LODGE 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 RE ose Lodge provides two small communities (about 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 exercise, and pampering sessions in their salon. The decor of the two 16 people in each) for people living with dementia, and there are several very good reasons communities follows an identical style and this eases the transition in case of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work? Well, the residents 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 they just feel more homely. and 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- 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 UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top of their CQC Outstanding rating and a gold award from Stirling University for dementia design. Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ 01395 227071 www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk 20 CareQuality Outstanding Commission 2016 dsdc CAEHOE Gold Award 7HE LODGE 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 RE ose Lodge provides two small communities (about 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 exercise, and pampering sessions in their salon. The decor of the two 16 people in each) for people living with dementia, and there are several very good reasons communities follows an identical style and this eases the transition in case of people moving on from the Cottage to the Lodge. Does it work? Well, the residents 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 they just feel more homely. and 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- 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 UK's leading independent care home advisor. This award has come on top of their CQC Outstanding rating and a gold award from Stirling University for dementia design. Rose Lodge, 2 Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2EZ 01395 227071 www.roselodgecarehome.co.uk www.dementiacaredevon.co.uk 20 CareQuality Outstanding Commission 2016 dsdc CAEHOE Gold Award