April Howie, left, and Alex Lambert of Springbank Care Home
SPRINGBANK Care Home, in Silsden has completed its Dementia Friendly Keighley Recognition Award.
It shows that the home has completed a number of steps to not only ensure the organisation is dementia friendly, but also a number of their members of staff.
The care home now has ‘Dementia Champions’ members of staff who will be delivering dementia friends sessions to staff , residents families and businesses to create a dementia friendly community.
The family owned care home currently has 40 bedrooms including 10 for those with dementia, and has recently opened a second community for residents living with dementia, expanding this by another 13 beds.