Work set to start on city's latest care home
Work on the City of Edinburgh Council’s latest state of the art care home will begin next month after planning permission was granted.
Contractors will start on the new care home at Drumbrae in October after agreement was reached at the Council's Planning Committee yesterday (14 September).
The new 60 bed home is being built on the
site of the former Drumbrae Primary School and will be the fifth new care home
the Council has commissioned as part of its strategy for providing a high
quality care environment for older people. It will replace two of the Council's older
care homes - Clermiston House and The Tower Care Home. Councillor Paul Edie, Health Leader for
Edinburgh, said: "We are committed to offering
high quality residential care for older people in the city. Just this week, we
opened our latest care home at Inch
View. This facility gives residents the opportunity to stay in accommodation
which is more suitable to their needs and gives them a better standard of
living. "I am really pleased that work can now begin
on the next modern care home commissioned by this Council. This will also bring
an economic boost to the local community by bringing in new employment
opportunities which will lead to more jobs in the long term." The new home will be sub-divided into four
wings of 15 bedrooms, each with their own sitting and dining areas. Bedrooms
will all have en-suite shower rooms and assisted bathrooms. The four wings are arranged around a central
courtyard and accessible garden, allowing the more vulnerable residents freedom
within a secure environment All the Council's new care homes have been
designed to a high specification and include activity rooms, hairdressing rooms
and support facilities. The new care home is part of Edinburgh's Live
Well in Later Life strategy, which aims to provide a wide range of quality
care and support to meet older people's needs in their own and in carefully
designed homes. The new care home will be beneficial in providing a caring and
supportive service for older people so they can enjoy a better quality of
life.