Trailway Court

Blandford Forum, East Dorset Housing Association

Description of Scheme

Trailway Court can caters for people with a range of care needs including people with dementia or a learning disability.

The communal facilities can be used by the wider community for meal and snack provision, hair care and general entertainment such as computer activities, keep fit, film and drama, quizzes and games.

Combined heat and power plant incorporated into the communal heating equipment.

Telecare throughout the building and within all flats integrated with the fire alarm, easily programmable to meet current and future needs of the residents.

Sheltered communal garden incorporating high quality landscaping and raised planting, pathways and water feature.

Full wheelchair accessibility throughout the building and gardens with fob access to main entrance doors. Buggy store accessible from within the building.

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Where Is It?

The site is very close to the town centre and all the facilities it has to offer. The GP practices and Community Hospital are very close to the site. Blandford was identified as a preferred location for an Extra Care scheme in North Dorset by NDDC and DCC.

The prominent characteristics of the local surrounding area are:

• Victorian/Edwardian terraced housing directly adjacent to the east of the site.
• Post war private housing on opposite side of road on main Park Road entrance to south of site.
• Cricket ground directly to the east of the site.
• Former railway cutting to north of site, now used for recreation/dog walking

Residents Information

"Trailway Court is a lovely place to live. I really value the friends I have made since moving here."

Proximity

Distance from town centre: 0.5 miles
Full wheelchair accessibility throughout the building and gardens

Relevant Local Strategy

The scheme is the first located in a market town with a rural hinterland. This development is a catalyst for a revised care, support and meal provision model and for the review of the Extra Care Housing Strategy. This will inform future developments across the County.

The Dorset Supporting People Partnership has produced a suite of strategies to inform the future direction of Older Peoples Housing. The Extra Care Strategy seeks to develop schemes in all housing authority areas in order to reduce the reliance on residential care and to impact on admissions to acute hospitals. This is the first scheme to be developed in North Dorset, an area including the market towns of Blandford, Gillingham and Shaftesbury.

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• Click here for a profile of Blandford

Care Services

Extra Care scheme with on-site care staff, non-resident management staff and community alarm service

Facilities

• Lift
• Lounge
• Restaurant
• Laundry
• Guest facilities
• Hobby room
• Hairdressing salon
• Assisted bathing facility
• Staff sleepover and staff rooms
• Additional offices
• Buggy store
• Additional lounges and tea stations,
• Hearing loops and entertainment system with multimedia display screen
• Broadband/Wifi

Address

1-40 Trailway Court
Park Road
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 7FR

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