Cheshire care home is “star” of Tory conference

Sep 30 2008 by Naomi Dunning, Chester Chronicle

A CHESHIRE care home starred in a film shown at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

The film, which was commissioned by Cheshire MP and Shadow Health Minister Stephen O’Brien demonstrated the specialist care that residents living with dementia receive at the Beeston View Memory Lane Community at Iddenshall Hall in Clotton.

Mr O’Brien spent a whole day at Beeston View, which is part of national care home group Barchester Healthcare, to experience first-hand the high standard of care that can be offered to older people and those with a dementia.Š

Mr O’Brien said: “I have been able to see at first hand the wide range of care needs from a generation that has already undergone so much in their lifetimes. Person-centred, uniquelyŠtailored care is critical to giving people the support and dignity they need and deserve. This emphasises how much needs to be done to support the residents and their families.

“There is no substitute for hands on care and working at Beeston View today has made me realise the enormous range of conditions and the challenges we all face as we plan for the future.”