Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults with complex needs, is celebrating the opening of its brand-new Ashton-under-Lyne care home. The extensive refurbishment and extension of Acer Mews on Holden Street started in April 2023.
Acer Mews supports working age adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities, and physical disabilities. Without the new home, individuals needing this type of complex care may otherwise have to live permanently in a hospital environment.
The home has 28 bedrooms with ensuite wet rooms, split across two 14-bed communities. With this small group living model, Exemplar Health Care has found it can provide a far more supportive environment that is more responsive to people’s needs. The home will also have communal dining and living spaces, an activities hub, sensory bathrooms, a therapy room and two courtyards.
To inaugurate the opening, staff from Exemplar Health Care and students from Class Three of local primary school Our Lady of Mount Carmel R C, planted a time capsule at Acer Mews. The seven- to eight-year-olds wrote poems and questions, and left pictures for the people who will open it in ten years’ time.
Around 80 new jobs have been created, but the home is still looking for a final few dedicated and compassionate healthcare staff to join its new team. Recruitment is underway for Health Care Assistants, Nurse Unit Managers, and other support roles.
Full details on all the available jobs, as well as how to apply, can be found on the Exemplar Health Care careers website: https://www.exemplarhc.com/careers.
Having opened ten homes over the last year, Exemplar Health Care now employees more than 4,500 people and supports more than 1,000 individuals. Earlier this year, the provider confirmed these openings formed part of an ambitious growth plan to bring much needed complex nursing care services to more locations across England.
Debbie Russell, Home Manager at Acer Mews said:
“I am overjoyed to be opening this new home for the benefit of the local community and to be trusted with upholding Exemplar Health Care’s stellar reputation. Our hardworking team is devoted to fostering an atmosphere that is welcoming, inclusive, and focused on improving each and every day for the individuals we assist.”
Helen Lawson, Commissioning Manager at Exemplar Health Care said:
“This cutting-edge residence is a testament to our dedication to offering superior nursing care to adults with complex needs. I’m confident that Debbie and her team will make a significant and long-lasting difference in the lives of those we serve here. They’ll make it possible for people in the community who require complex care to live and receive care closer to their friends and family instead of in an institutional hospital setting.”