Meadowlands
In a peaceful area of Aberdare in South Wales, Meadowlands is a purpose-built 52 bed care home, providing specialist memory care for older people living with dementia who have nursing, complex or challenging needs.
Through close links and partnership working with Rhondda Cynon Taff Health Board, Meadowlands adopted the ‘Butterfly’ person-centred model of care 3 years ago, this approach means that the ethos at Meadowlands is to provide a homely and therapeutic living environment where Residents and Colleagues live in harmony.
Meadowlands feels different to a traditional care home setting. As part of the Butterfly care model our Residents home aims to offer an environment akin to a family home; deinstitutionalising the care home environment plays a vital role in helping Residents to feel at ease, relaxed and natural in their surroundings, this helps create a calm atmosphere and reduces the level of challenging incidents.
Meadowlands is a welcoming home offering Residents a choice of five sitting rooms and two dining areas, with garden views, where in which to relax, dine and socialise with friends, family and staff. There is also a hairdressing salon on site. The large, landscaped garden with patio, which is tended by some of our Residents provides the perfect spot for an afternoon amongst friends and family. All bright and comfortable bedrooms and living areas are easily accessible by wheelchair.
Life at Meadowlands is about going with the flow; not restricting people to firm plans which might seem completely disagreeable as a day or week unfolds. Residents at Meadowlands largely dictate the way they spend their day based on how they feel, what they want and what matters to them in the moment; life is made up of moments after all!