Brighton care home wins design award

A new Brighton care home has won one of the six prizes on offer at the sector’s annual design awards.

Maycroft Manor, in Carden Avenue, Brighton, was named the Best Large Dementia Community at the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards.

The awards aim to acknowledge the contribution made by the owners of care homes, hospitals and other care schemes to the wellbeing and quality of life for those in their care.

Maycroft Manor was opened late last year by the broadcaster Gloria Hunniford. She described it as at “the cutting edge of what a care home should be”.

The home provides residential, nursing and dementia care.

General manager Lesley Standing said: “We are so proud to have won this award which acknowledges the fantastic facilities we offer and the outstanding level of care we provide to our residents.

“Thank you to our care team, our residents and their families and friends for making this building a wonderful home”.

A panel of expert judges visited the home last month before coming to their decision.

They were impressed with the home’s dementia community, which features its own café, hair salon and bespoke furniture designed especially for those living with dementia.

The home also includes a therapy room, bistro, cinema and roof-top gardens.

Other design initiatives, such as the residents’ laundry room and the corner shop, are aimed at enabling residents to continue to live an active, independent life.

Outside, the home has been commended for providing easy access to outdoor space via large terraces on each floor as well as landscaped gardens.

Maycroft Manor is one of 18 similar premises run by Hallmark Care Homes which was set up in 1997.