Benefits to the housing chain
By providing a better, more practical alternative to living in a large family home, residents moving into a CCRC will release large family homes back into the community. This will permit families in the community to trade up, (instead of having to extend their existing home) and in effect release homes at the middle and the bottom of the housing market back into the community.
Reducing traffic and speed
An independent assessment of other Care Communities has shown that a Care Community has less than 25% of the normal traffic generated by a housing development. Residents can choose to travel at off peak times. Also, traffic generated by a Close Care Community will be off peak due to staff shift patterns. Whilst some people will own their own vehicles for which parking is provided, most will take advantage of the transport service. The vehicle fleet is used to run regular trips for shopping purposes and to places of interest.
We proposing to reduce the speed limit to 40mph as you enter Turvey Station, this will involve a gateway feature to emphasise the reduction in speed, combined with road markings and signage.
Community benefits and local jobs
As the Care Community will be dedicated for older people, it means that issues of anti-social behaviour, vandalism and noise simply don’t exist – making it the ideal neighbour. Events hosted at the Care Community could be enjoyed by retired members of the wider community and a new Care Community will also bring plenty of employment opportunities; not just nursing care and administrative staff, but also cooks, waiters, gardeners, hairdressers, event organisers and office staff.
It is hoped that as many people as possible will be employed from the immediate community, from local tradesmen to those producing fresh local produce. We will always endeavour to forge business links with the local community.
Additional community benefits
- The English Care Village will provide a purpose-built community, with a nursing home, which complements the village of Turvey, where residents can enjoy flexible and responsive care and support that focuses on re-ablement and rehabilitation.
- The CCRC will meet a growing need among local people for a community that embraces the latest thinking in design, aesthetics and technology to deliver a sustainable therapeutic community for the frail elderly and disabled where residents can enjoy specialist care without the need to relocate, which can be a confusing and distressing experience.
- The main client group will comprise elderly and frail people needing care and support, some of whom will have high dependency needs including very frail elderly, terminally ill, rehabilitation, post operatives and the partially sighted.