Patching Lodge

Kemp Town, Hanover

Description of Scheme

Developed by Hanover in partnership with the council, Patching Lodge is a new generation of housing for older people. On-site care and support enables occupants to have continued independence at a time when it may be increasingly difficult for you to continue living in your own home. There is also a wide range of on-site facilities and services including an on-site care team.

Patching Lodge provides high quality modern living accommodation for older people who can no longer manage very well on their own but who want to retain their independence. You and your family can take comfort in knowing that help is on hand. There is a team of professional carers on site who are able to provide the care that people need to enable them to live independently.

Some people may only need a small amount of care but the extra care available at Patching Lodge means that people who need a lot of care, including night time care, can be helped to live in their own home. There are also emergency response alarms in every apartment. So you can call for help at the push of a button - 24 hours a day. And for the little things like food preparation, or a hand with the cleaning, help is available from the support team if you need them.

Apartments at Patching Lodge are spacious, secure and beautifully designed, with modern fitted kitchens. And your pets are always more than welcome here too. What's more, your apartment can be adapted to suit your specific requirements - either now or in the future.

Where Is It?

Patching Lodge is less than a mile from the centre of Brighton & Hove and a quarter of a mile from the seafront. There's 76 retirement apartments at Patching Lodge, 60 available to rent and a further 16 available for outright sale or on a shared ownership basis. We have a wide range of on-site facilities for you to enjoy, including:

• roof terrace with stunning sea views
• hair and beauty salon
• on-site manager
• 24 hour on-site care
• guest rooms
• healthy living suite

Residents Information

"It's good to know that help is on hand if I need it!"
 

Proximity

Access to site fairly easy. Distances: bus stop 50 yards; shop 500 yards; post office 500 yards; town centre 1 mile(s); social centre 1 mile(s).

All communal areas and flats are fully wheelchair accessible and 9 one bed flats are specifically designed for wheelchair users.

Relevant Local Strategy

Brighton & Hove recognise the important role that extra care housing has in meeting the needs of older people in the community. The development of this model of care is seen as a priority by the council and, following consultation, they have developed an Extra Care Housing Strategy [PDF 170kb], which sets out the steps that need to be taken to achieve service modernisation.

While recognising the need to develop extra care housing for older people, creating combined accommodation and care throughout the city requires detailed and long term planning.

Therefore, the strategy seeks to achieve an integrated approach to accommodation and care and is based on providing extra care housing as a mainstream resource in meeting the needs of older people - reducing the need for residential care, impacting on hospital admission and enabling the discharge of older people from acute hospital beds.

Useful Local Statistics

The health and well being of older people are important to the wider community. There are nearly 42000 people aged over 65 in Brighton & Hove, representing approximately 16% of the total population; they are consumers, voters, citizens and not just recipients of health and social care services. Almost one third of this group of people are aged over 80. National population projections produced by the Office of National Statistics* suggest that across the country as a whole the number of people aged over 80 will grow by 50% by 2025 and will double by 2040. Within two generations, therefore, it is possible that there will be nearly 27000 people aged over 80 living in the city.

* ONS 2000 based population projections

Care Services

Extra Care scheme with on-site care staff (24 hours / 7 days), non-resident management staff and community alarm service

Facilities

• Lift
• Lounge
• Dining room
• Laundry
• Guest facilities
• Garden
• Hobby room
• Activities room
• Cafe
• Shop
• Hairdressing salon
• Library

Address

Freshfield Road
Kemp Town
Brighton
BN2 0DD

Scheme Location Map