Live music and dancing helped launch a new dementia care facility, complete with new wall murals, an activities room and plants.
Musician Jim Honeywood serenades visitors
Residents of Leighton House, in Burgh Heath Road, Epsom, invited their friends along to the event on Friday which featured live music from Jim Honeywood and a buffet made up of a variety of handmade party food and drinks.
Epsom and Ewell MP Chris Grayling was on hand to cut the ribbon in the afternoon.
Mandi Sibley, the care co-ordinator at Leighton House said: “The opening event was brilliant. Everyone brought a guest, some even had five guests there. We had an entertainer for the guests and a buffet of food and drinks. Everyone enjoyed themselves and the opening itself went really well.”
The home, which is part of the Aims Care Partnership, had a refurbishment and a new dementia care facility built primarily for the residents suffering with dementia.
It features wall murals of woodland areas, lots of windows with views into the garden to create a light and airy feel, with trees and other greenery to make it dementia-friendly.
The grand re-opening took place on Friday, April 8.
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