Brooklands Healthcare has raised the standard of residential care for older people with the opening of their new care home at Bush Road, Antrim.

The £5 million, state-of-the-art care home was opened by NI Health Minister, Edwin Poots at the new development adjacent to Antrim Area Hospital. The 62 bed home has been specially designed with needs of residents in mind, and alongside general nursing and respite care, is capable of providing specialist intermediate and dementia services.

During his visit the Minister was taken on a tour of the luxury specification en-suite rooms with access to the central courtyard garden designed to maximize sensory awareness. He also took the opportunity to meet with some of the first residents and their families.

Speaking at the event Minister Poots said:

“It is fitting that I visit a facility today that is primarily geared to the care of older people, given that in Northern Ireland we have the fastest growing elderly population in the UK.“

“As life expectancy rises, the number of people affected by conditions associated with old age will increase dramatically.

“This Brooklands Care Home has clearly been developed with consideration of the patients needs at the forefront of the design.

“This facility will help improve the lives of people in the Antrim area. That is an achievement which cannot be measured in numbers.”

Speaking after the visit, Director of Brooklands Healthcare Therese Conway said:

“We are extremely pleased that the Minister has taken the time and opportunity to open our new Bush Road home, and see first hand the quality of care and innovations we have delivered for our residents and their families.

At Brooklands we go far beyond the statutory requirements, this facility raises the standard of care available in the Antrim Area. Our ethos is one of genuine, gentle, tender loving care. Both the physical fabric of the building and the care and therapy services we provide have been designed to create an environment that is a home for our residents”

The Minister also met with the first resident of the home Samuel Millar, his son Robin Millar, explained:

“Finding the right care for my father was extremely important. My father had lived on his own before going into hospital. We were told he needed specialist residential dementia care, but it was extremely hard to find. We kept hitting a brick wall. When we were told about the Bush Road development I was able to visit the home before it opened and immediately knew this was where I wanted him to live. He has already settled in, and for our family it has given us a better peace of mind knowing the quality of the care that is available in an area close to our own home.”

The new facility is the seventh home owned and operated by the Conway Group. It brings together the experience and expertise gained in more than 20 years working with leading healthcare professionals providing residential healthcare across Northern Ireland

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