CARE & SUPPORT Extra-care assisted living These age-exclusive accommodation options – usually described as extra-care housing or independent living plus – enable older people to maintain their independence within an environment where further needs can be addressed. Offering independent-style accommodation with additional communal facilities and social activities, these properties have a manager and trained teams on site around the clock to provide personal care, such as assistance with washing, dressing, going to the toilet or taking medication, as well as shopping and laundry services and meal provision. Extra-care housing facilities are regularly inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England. The EAC Housing Care website lists 32 extra-care housing options in the Cambridgeshire area together with their CQC report ratings.
CASE STUDY MILL VIEW
BPHA-run Mill View in Hauxton, Cambridgeshire is for over-55s and has 25 one-bedroom rental, plus 45 shared-ownership one- or two-bed apartments, all with a balcony or terrace. There’s a vibrant social calendar, bistro, roof terrace, salon and a weekly bus to the supermarket. A two-bedroom apartment costs around £345,000 bought as 75% shared ownership for £258,750; monthly service charge £540 (no ground rent).
Strawberry Fields CASE STUDY
Strawberry Fields in Stapleford, South Cambridgeshire is an extra- care development for over-60s. It offers 147 one- to three-bedroom flats and bungalows with gardens, alongside amenities such as a bar and bistro with a terrace, boules and croquet, a swimming pool, dance studios, a shop, a salon, a wellbeing centre and 24/7 on-site care staff. Properties are expected to cost £400,000 to £750,000.
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