NEW WEST BROMWICH CARE HOME NOW OPEN

Visited by The Mayor of Sandwell and given a firm seal of approval

Carers at West Bromwich’s newest care home were delighted to show off its specialist dementia facilities to members of the caring profession yesterday, to mark its opening in the local community.

Hall Green of Hall Green Road is operated by Ideal Care Homes and provides a home for 62 people living with dementia. The brand new, luxurious facility, which is managed by Debra Evans, was visited by over 40 sector workers as the care home opened its doors for the very first time.

Guests at the opening included local care workers, district nurses, the Mayor of Sandwell, Councillor Mrs Joyce Underhill who met with Ideal Care Homes’ founder and Chairman, Lawrence Tomlinson.

In a presentation by Ideal Care Homes Managing Director, Mark Greaves, guests were given an insight into Ideal Care Homes and its aim to change the face of dementia care in West Bromwich. Tours of the three-storey home also took place before guests joined for a buffet lunch.

Lawrence Tomlinson commented: “Hall Green is a stunning care home by anybody’s standards and the team relished the opportunity to show off its first rate facilities. Debra and her team were able to showcase just why our homes are a great place to live and they very much look forward to Hall Green becoming an integral part of the local community.” 

Cllr Underhill said “the home is a real asset and a credit to the locality.  I look forward to visiting again when the home is full of people from the local community”

Hall Green, which boasts 100% en-suite bedrooms and a hairdressing salon, is the twenty-first home to be opened by Ideal Care Homes. A public open day will take place on Sunday 31st July from 10:30-14:30 providing opportunities for people to reserve rooms. 

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It was built by sister company LNT Construction, both part of the Leeds-based LNT Group owned by adult social care expert Lawrence Tomlinson.  The Yorkshire born entrepreneur is responsible for a new era in care by abolishing third party top-up fees to ensure the highest quality of care for all, regardless of financial wealth and circumstances.

GARDEN OPENING FOR CARE HOME

GARDEN OPENING FOR CARE HOME

Middlesbrough Grange Care Home in Fosdyke Green celebrated the opening of its new sensory garden in style with a garden party for its residents and the local community.

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The garden has both created a great space to enjoy the outdoors and also provided opportunities for the people who live in the home to get involved in tending the garden and making plans for next year’s planting.

Home Manager, Sue Walker, said “the new garden has transformed the home and, along with the internal redecoration which has taken place, has made Middlesbrough Grange a great place to live”.

DOCTOR DOCTOR!

Yorkshire social care entrepreneur Lawrence Tomlinson (47) has this week been awarded not one but two honorary doctorates in recognition of his outstanding entrepreneurial contribution to the business sector.

On Tuesday the University of Huddersfield awarded Mr Tomlinson the title of Honorary Doctor of the University and on Wednesday the University of Bradford awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering.

Mr Tomlinson is the owner and Chairman of the LNT Group which has over 25 years experience in designing, developing and operating purpose built residential care homes for older people. His latest venture, Ideal Care Homes, which was established in 2009, operates over 1,100 beds across the North and Midlands with 1,000 additional beds being constructed year on year. http://idealcarehomes.blogspot.com/

Mr Tomlinson said “It is a real honour to be recognised in this manner by two separate institutions. My social care and care home construction businesses have all benefited from maintaining links with these local Universities.

Ideal Care Homes runs activities Dementia Awareness Week

Residents at numerous Ideal Care Homes this week have been taking part in various activities in their homes in support of the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Awareness Week.

At Brackenfield Hall care home in Frecheville, Sheffield, a special ‘Remember When’ afternoon was staged where residents were ‘whisked away’ to a seaside destination back in the 1930s and 1940s.

Using a box of costumes and props from a subject of ‘at the seaside’, residents were able to interact with different items, some of which we rarely see today. Items included cloth sun hats, children’s sun suits, old fashioned buckets and spades with sandcastle flags; suitcases with brown paper luggage tags, windmills, post cards, and boxes of sand and shells.

In the midlands at East Park Court in Wolverhampton, a reminiscence singer performing songs from the 1940s gave residents an afternoon of sing-a-long fun, and the entire day had 1940s themed menus, including war time food of faggots and grey peas.

At The Cedars in Holden Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, residents donned their dancing shoes for a 1940s tea dance. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society were made by friends and family to attend, and further funds were raised as the home raffled off a hamper of prizes, including a family meal voucher for the local Harvester pub, ‘The Horn & Trumpet’.

The events at the former two homes mentioned were put on by Linda May, and the latter mentioned by Joanne Brunt. Both specialise in entertainment for dementia audiences helping to exercise memories and to encourage reminiscence in past experiences.

The awareness and fundraising continued at the Ideal Care Homes head office in Garforth, Leeds where a tea and cake morning was held for staff across all companies within the LNT Group. Through the sale of cakes from the canteen, they raised approximately £150 for the Alzheimer’s Society. Thanks to everyone for making the week a success.