Cotgrave care home to be extended

NOTTINGHAM dementia specialist

Church Farm Care has received planning permission to extend its care home in Cotgrave

Church Farm Care Home has been given the go ahead for a first-floor extension, in addition to single storey extensions to the side and rear of the existing building.

The added space will ensure every bedroom at the home includes an en-suite, improving the living environment for all family members.

Director Lucy Atkinson said: “It’s important that we continue investing in our homes to build on the highlevel of care we provide to those living with dementia.

“Ensuring all rooms at Church Farm Care Home feature en-suites will give our family members greater independence and boost their quality of life which is always at the heart of everything we do.”

The approved work at Church Farm

Care Home follows the successful work to create more bed spaces at its Rusticus home, also in Cotgrave.

Hickling Lodge, a state-ofthe-art 30-bedroom standalone building at Rusticus, featuring new lounges and lifestyle kitchens, opened in late 2021 to meet additional demand for Church Farm’s special form of dementia care.

Rusticus family members and staff also celebrated the opening of a social hub called Socius earlier this year. Complete with a newly opened cinema, hairdressers, and café, the new area also includes a walk-through bird aviary in freshly landscaped grounds for residents and visitors to enjoy.

Work is also set to start this year at Church Farm’s Skylarks home in West Bridgford. This will see the creation of 30 independent living pods in addition to amenities that will also benefit the community such as a hydrotherapy swimming pool.

Director Patrick Atkinson added: “Our inspiration for our care homes comes from the Dementia Village in the Netherlands. Home to more than 150 residents, they are encouraged to be independent, visit shops, get their hair done and attend clubs, all onsite.

“The independence that the residents can have at the Dementia Village is something we are striving to achieve across all our homes, and the continued development of our two homes in Cotgrave and at Skylarks takes us one step closer to accomplishing this goal.

“This combined investment and exciting work in the future will all go towards improving life for our family members, as well as consciously adding to the sense of community in the local area.”

HARROWBY LODGE NURSING HOME GRANTHAM LINCOLNSHIRE

Lamont Johnson are delighted to confirm the recent completed sale of Harrowby Lodge Nursing Home, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

The home is currently registered for 30, run under management and set in delightful gardens and grounds and benefits from an overall CQC status of “Good”.

This successful business had been trading under the existing ownership of Julie Neville and Sue Smith since 1987 and only came to the market for genuine reasons of retirement.

The home was acquired by Wembley based first time buyer Mr K Sirijeyanantham.

Grayson & Dawn Taylor

Lamont Johnson Ltd

Specialist Property Agents

Dear Grayson and Dawn

What an enormous relief for Christine and I, that the sale of Mount Pleasant, has completed so successfully. Never in our wildest dreams, could we have imagined such a straightforward and simple sale and much of that undoubtedly, can be attributed to your continual support and efforts on our behalves, throughout what could have been a very stressful process.

As you know, Mount Pleasant has been in our family ownership for over 38 years and therefore, we were very nervous about the selling process and choosing the right agent was crucial.

Thankfully we knew from the very first moment that we met you both, that you were the ideal choice of agent for us. Unlike many of the corporate agents in the sector who are invariably only available 9 am – 5 pm, five days per week, we knew that you would support us irrespective of working hours and that proved very much to be the case. Many of your so-called competitors should take a leaf from your book!

Your introduction/recommendation of a specialist healthcare solicitor in our case, and an excellent healthcare finance broker on behalf of our buyer, made all the difference to the success of the transaction. The recommended solicitor, from day one helped our cause enormously, and was a major contributing factor in enabling the transaction to move forward seamlessly to completion.

Thank you for all your efforts once again.

Kind regards to you both.

Lamont Johnson is delighted to confirm this weeks completed sale of Mount Pleasant, located in the affluent Cheshire “money belt”, close to Knutsford.

The original charming farmhouse building was converted and established as a Home by our clients in 1985.

The property is set in 5+ acres was extended in 1992 and a 3-bedroom bungalow added in 1993.

Presently registered for 25 and with the home having a current CQC status of “Good”.

The Home has been sold on behalf of John and Christine Padden and acquired by the Buxton based Andrew Care Ltd to complement their existing homes in Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Firth and Woodford.