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A fresh approach to retirement living
"There's so much to do and I've made so many friends; it's such a wonderful sense of community. This is far from the boring life that so many people my age have come to expect."
Mollie Alger
In recent years, the focus and drive of the St Monica Trust’s care, support and accommodation services has been to meet the needs of individuals by offering a wide choice of support so that people are able to maintain their independence and enjoy a dignified and fulfilling life. By developing the retirement village concept, the Trust has established a combination of services, which are designed to accommodate a range of people – from the more active and independent to those who require a greater degree of support.
Within our four retirement complexes in Bristol and North Somerset, some residents live in self contained properties where additional help with household chores and personal care is available – in many cases providing an attractive alternative to residential care. The unique element of this service is the range of tenure on offer; individuals may either rent, purchase or part purchase/part rent their property (shared ownership). The Trust’s latest development at Sandford, North Somerset will follow the same model of retirement living.
Others occupy en-suite rooms in our care homes where nursing care and a full range of ‘hotel services’ combine to encourage residents to remain as independent as possible. In addition to providing for people on an individual basis, the Trust has also joined forces with local authorities to make our services even more widely.
More recently we have also begun the expansion of our support for people with dementia within specially designed environments that cater specifically for the needs of people who suffer with short term memory loss. Further, in recognition of the need to provide even more flexible services, the Trust has expanded the Care and Support at Home service to meet the needs of individuals in their own homes outside our retirement communities.
A broad range of activity and recreational pursuits are a key element of the Trust’s services on all its sites, enabling residents to become involved as much or as little as they like. Activities co-ordinators are charged with ensuring that there is plenty for residents to do and that the majority of residents’ interests are catered for. A regular programme of events and entertainment offers residents the opportunity to socialise and foster new friendships. Various classes and tutorials provide a chance to develop interests and perhaps gain new ones. Other facilities, which encourage residents to get out and about, include licensed restaurants, gymnasiums, spa pools, meeting rooms, a minibus offering trips and outings, libraries, and landscaped grounds.
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