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Glenbervie Care Home A COMMUNITY HUB

Entrance lobby Glenbervie Care Home – The Facts • Purpose Built 62 Bed care home for frail and elderly and adults under 65 • Spacious rooms with en-suite and plenty natural light • Large, spacious lounge/dining areas Lounge • Café which can be used by residents and non-residents • Large Training room • 2 large spacious rooms uses yet to be defined • 3 large outdoor areas • Ample parking

Why the community hub idea? Resource for the local frail and elderly community Safe place for frail and elderly to come to socialise Improve image of care homes Give back to the community Try to reduce loneliness Socialisation for residents

Influences Italy 2000-2003 Friendliness of colleagues and neighbours Bar as hub for socialisation

Influences Houston, TX, USA – 2003-2013 Community via faith Giving Back Habitat for Humanity

Influences Houston, TX, USA – 2003-2013 Adopt-a-Highway Company Picnics

Family background in Falkirk Grandad/Grandmother (maternal) – Lived in Stenhousemuir. Grandad worked in the foundry and played football for Stenhousemiur and cricket for Stenhousemuir. Grandmother homemaker. Grandad/Gradmother (paternal) – Lived in Falkirk – Pleasance Garden Father – Born in Camelon, Lived in Falkirk, Grangemouth until 26 Mother – Born in Larbert, Lived in Larbert , Stenhousemuir and Grangemouth until 21 Chance to give back to this community

What can Glenbervie Care Home offer? Cafe Space to be defined Space to be defined Training Room

What can Glenbervie Care Home offer? Hairdressing Salon – Separate entrance for public – Frail and elderly in community Aerial photo showing garden areas – possible community gardens

My Day My Way Project Reaching out to frail and elderly (with or without dementia) to find out what services/facilities Are needed with an emphasis on socialisation Scrapbooking workshop, Glenbervie Care Home

My Day My Way event at Glenbervie Care Home

Garden Design Project – Larbert High School Larbert High School – RHS Garden design project Visited Carrondale Care Home to survey residents/staff Will design a garden space at Glenbervie Care Home

Outside the Box Helps people to make their communities work better Themes • Having different conversations • Creating inclusive communities • People having more choice in their lives • Building strong sustainable organisations Numerous projects • Glenbervie to host a ‘having different conversations’ event about ‘Raising Awareness of Older Peoples Mental • Health and Wellbeing’ • People are more likely to experience mental health problems as they get older. But older people are less likely to have access to community supports or to services that help them manage their mental health or provide treatment.

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