Swinton care home staff hailed as ‘heroes’

A Salford care home which supports people living with dementia has been voted the winner of Salix Homes’ annual Springboard Heroes Awards.

The Fountains in Swinton is this year’s winner of the coveted award organised by housing association Salix Homes to recognise community groups and initiatives that are making a difference.

Someone is diagnosed with dementia every three minutes and symptoms include memory loss, confusion and, for some, forgetting their own loved ones.

Staff and patients at The Fountains care home.

The effects of the brain disorder can be devastating for the residents and their families but The Fountains is raising much-needed funds to help make life a little easier for its residents.

Staff have been raising money to create a new sensory room and purchase empathy dolls for their dementia patients and say the £1,000 Springboard prize pot will help them on their way.

Read the full story in Life in Salford magazine issue 27, page 26.