Not-for-profit dementia care operator Belong specialises in creating dementia-friendly developments which integrate care support into the community, with the £21m Chester branch being the eighth and most recent to open.
National charity Ready Generations operate the day nursery on-site at Belong Chester, which offers care for people of all ages. Nursery children socialise with residents at the development, sharing mealtimes, stories, arts and crafts and exercise.
Intergenerational care has benefits for younger and older people, as CYP Now has previously reported.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the development, Lord Mayor of Chester councillor Sheila Little said: “This is a particularly exciting and innovative development as it includes a nursery, which benefits both the children who attend and the residents who visit to play and read to them. I look forward to visiting again to see how the village is growing and developing.”
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