Faraday Road Retirement Village - support from a care provider

A well respected and established care home provider spoke out this week in support of plans for a retirement village at Faraday Road in Hereford, following a new planning application by developer Bovale.

Roy Hayfield a director at Heritage Manor, a care home provider with more than 15 years experience in the nursing care and residential homes sector welcomed Bovale’s plans, he said: "There is a desperate need for more care facilities of this type in Hereford.

"There are only 17 private care homes with a total of 616 beds within a ten mile radius of Hereford, which is woefully inadequate for the demand that exits.

"Everyone knows that as a nation we are getting older and people are living longer, local councils such as Herefordshire are facing a huge ticking time- bomb and will find themselves in crisis in years to come if they do not start planning more care for the elderly now."

Recent national statistics conclude: by 2026 older people (those aged 50 plus) in the UK, will result in 2.4million more households than there are today, the over 75 age group is growing faster than any other and more than one million people are predicted to suffer from dementia by 2025.

Herefordshire has an older age profile than both the West Midlands and England with 24% of the county’s population being of state retirement age or above, compared to 19% both regionally and nationally.

The proposed retirement village will provide facilities for 207 beds and homes within an attractive and sustainable community with different levels of care that will include assisted living units, a residential care unit and 24 hour care in a nursing home.

Hayfield adds, "The key to our success is that we provide the right environment for residents to be able to lead as independent a life as possible.

"The Faraday Road site is extremely well located on the edge of Hereford to enable residents to integrate with the community and for staff and visitors to have easy access.

"Heritage Manor would welcome the opportunity to work with Bovale on this scheme and offer a range of specialist care solutions to the community. We would also be able to work closely with the local hospitals to deliver training and support for specific areas such as dementia."

Heritage Manor has over 15 years experience in the nursing care and residential home sector with a range of quality retirement villages and care homes across the UK including Worcestershire, Essex and Suffolk.