Our Retirement Living PLUS developments (Extra Care housing) enable our customers to live independent and healthy lives in their own home with flexible care and support available on-site 24-hours a day.
Apartments can be occupied by people aged 70 or over and are provided for outright sale, as well as for rent and part rent-part buy. The average age of customers upon purchase is 83.
24-hour care and support
Care and support are provided by our in house management company, known as YourLife Management Services. YourLife is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and its equivalent bodies in Scotland and Wales.
A team of up to 17 staff members is based on-site with a presence 24-hours a day. Our qualified YourLife care professionals offer around-the-clock flexible personal care and support packages, tailored to the individual needs of customers, on a flexible, as-needed basis, including;
- Help with dressing / undressing, washing, bathing and grooming
- Help with mobility problems
- Medication monitoring
- Assistance with rehabilitation and exercise programmes
- Domestic assistance (cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping etc.)
Designed to make life a little easier
Our developments are carefully designed with the needs of older people in mind, with step-free and wheelchair access throughout the building.
The apartments are all designed to be ‘care ready’ and are fully wheelchair accessible. They are built to generous internal space standards and incorporate features designed to help customers maintain their independence; such as 24-hour emergency call points, secure camera entry systems, accessible bathrooms, eye level ovens and cupboards, good lighting, and switches / electrical sockets at a raised height to reduce bending.
Stunning shared spaces and facilities
Along with the benefits of independent living within their own apartments, customers are able to enjoy activities in the shared spaces within the development.
These include a great value in-house restaurant or bistro offering freshly prepared meals 365 days a year, hot and cold drinks, and freshly baked cakes throughout the day, cooked by a professional chef using local produce, for when customers don’t feel like food shopping or cooking.
There is also a spacious shared lounge for socialising and events, laundry room, mobility scooter charging room, and a guest suite for when friends and family come to stay. Some developments include health and wellbeing suites, staff rooms, function rooms, hairdressing salons and hobby rooms.
These shared spaces within retirement communities help to combat loneliness in later life more effectively, as there is a ready-made community available. We make this a priority within our developments, ensuring that a range of activities, trips and opportunities to make new friends are available to our customers.
Our developments also include landscaped outside spaces which enhance both the building and the local neighbourhood.