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Nursing home for dementia patients opens in Merryoak
8:27am Monday 8th February 2010
DEMENTIA patients are today moving into a brand new state of the art care home in Southampton.
Bupa's 71-bed Oak Lodge nursing and residential home in Merryoak will be dedicated to those suffering from the condition. The home will also include a purpose-built day centre.
Southampton City Council gave the healthcare giant a 50-year lease on a one acre plot of land off Freemantle Common Road to build the facility.
It will buy use of 40 beds for the elderly and those with mental health problems. The home is set to create more than 70 jobs.
The scheme follows the blueprint of Bupa's 101-bed Northlands House nursing home in Westrow Road.
Bupa Care Services, which runs more than 300 care homes across the country, already employs 280 people at care homes across Southampton.
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King Mush, Woolston says...
7:00pm Mon 8 Feb 10
The Wickham Man wrote:Cheap jibe.
Southy will be updating his address this week then.
Guess you're 'new' here?
Southy may not be as uber- literate as some of the more eloquent posters. However - he does make some very good well thought out points on a number of varying subjects. Even when tainted with the 'socialist' angles.
Hope you dont qualify for one of these establishments in a few years time
Brite Spark, Stubbington says...
7:27pm Mon 8 Feb 10
The Wickham Man wrote:That's a bit harsh, surely you mean 'Goard'.
Southy will be updating his address this week then.
(actually, where is Goard is he still with us?)
Stupideditor, says...
8:02pm Mon 8 Feb 10
Condor Man, Southampton says...
10:29pm Mon 8 Feb 10
Brite Spark wrote:yeah, where is Goard?
The Wickham Man wrote: Southy will be updating his address this week then.That's a bit harsh, surely you mean 'Goard'. (actually, where is Goard is he still with us?)
An artists impression on the new home
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The Wickham Man, Fareham says...
10:21am Mon 8 Feb 10