BUPA: Peterborough celebrates BUPA’s extended provision of care

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Friday, 03, Aug 2007 12:00

Date: Saturday, 11th August 2007

Time: 10:00am—4:00pm

Venue: Bretton Gate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 9UZ

Occasion: A fete celebrates care home extension.

BUPA’s stylishly-designed Wentworth Croft Nursing Home in Peterborough is having an open day and fete on Saturday 11 August to mark the completion of its £1.5 million extension.

Activities will appeal to young and old alike with a Jazz band, face painting, balloon race, quizzes, a raffle to benefit the Alzheimer’s society and a tour around the home and new extension.

Two of the four houses at Wentworth Croft have been extended, adding an additional 22 ensuite bedrooms and taking the total number of rooms to 156. The home was specifically designed and built to meet the needs of older people and includes a specialist dementia unit.

Set in landscaped gardens, each house in the development has its own character, and residents are encouraged to bring personal items to recreate that ‘home from home’ feel. In addition, each room has its own television point and telephone /internet access. Overall, the care home promises the best care and comfort to local older people entering residential services.

BUPA Care Services’ Henry Mutambo, home manager at Wentworth Croft, said: “It has been a pleasure to watch the building work progress to the current high standard of accommodation we see today. We are pleased to be inviting local people in the area to see it for themselves as part of an open day and fete.”

The home is located on Bretton Gate, off junction 16 of the A47, just next to the Edith Cavell Hospital. The home is 3 miles from Peterborough City Centre on a main bus route and 1 mile from the Bingo Gala.

BUPA Care Services

• BUPA is one of the largest providers of care to older people in the UK.

• Is one of the largest organisations in the UK to be awarded the Investor in People quality standard.

• Operates 298 nursing and residential homes with over 21,000 registered beds.

• 25 per cent of beds are registered for specialist dementia care.

• Approximately 70 per cent of those who live in BUPA care homes receive some sort of state funding.

BUPA

BUPA is the UK market leader in health and care with a strong international presence. Established in 1947, it has over 8 million customers in 190 countries and more than 40,000 employees. Its main interests are health insurance, care homes for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and childcare services. BUPA Travel offers a bespoke travel insurance service. Sanitas in Spain, HBA in Australia, IHI in Denmark and AMEDEX in the US are all part of the BUPA Group which also has centres in Hong-Kong, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. BUPA is a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. As a result, it can focus on its customers, helping them to live longer, healthier lives and can reinvest all of its profits to do this – this is the dividend that BUPA provides.