The Bridges

Housing-with-care
Buxton Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1FW
Buxton Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1FW

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Manager's Description

"Retirement no longer means surrendering your independence – especially when you move into our new award winning development at The Bridges, situated right on the banks of the Macclesfield canal. A r..." Show more "Retirement no longer means surrendering your independence – especially when you move into our new award winning development at The Bridges, situated right on the banks of the Macclesfield canal. A range of excellent facilities including a table service restaurant will be on your doorstep, allowing you to make more time to enjoy the things that matter most.

Enjoy modern, stylish living in a safe and secure environment, with the benefit of patios or walk-on balconies to most apartments." Show less

Main Facts

Housing-with-care
Tenure(s): Leasehold
62 flats. Built in 2019. Sizes 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom. Includes mobility and wheelchair standard properties.
Retirement Living scheme with Resident management staff (24 hours, 7 days)
Lift, Lounge, Dining room, Guest facilities, Garden, Activities room, Hairdressing salon, coffee lounge, electric charging point
Whole site accessible by wheelchair. Access to site easy. Distances: bus stop 0.2 mile(s); shop 0.2 mile(s); post office 0.8 mile(s); town centre 0.8 mile(s); GP 0.5 mile(s); social centre 0.8 mile(s).
Social activities include: coffee mornings, events, guest speakers, outings, etc, organised by Kingsdale Group. New residents accepted from 60 years of age. Both cats & dogs generally accepted (if not a nuisance to other owners).
Housing Authority: Cheshire East
Social Care Authority: Cheshire East

Ethos / Lifestyle

Community interaction
  • The scheme is located within an existing active community
  • The scheme is within easy reach of an existing active community
  • The scheme relies on itself for community /neighbourhood interaction
Cultural
  • We facilitate spiritual and religious observance
  • Staff can speak languages other than English
Social Activities
  • There are regular social activities
    Including: coffee mornings, events, guest speakers, outings, etc
  • Entertainment
  • Outings
  • Regular activities programme
    • Daily activities
    • Weekly activities
    • Monthly activities
  • Facilities for residents to garden or assist with gardening
  • Own minibus
  • Other transport for residents
Pets
New residents are allowed to bring pets:
  • a cat
  • a dog
  • If yes, pets can be replaced
    if not a nuisance to other owners
Statement of purpose
(the ethos and purpose of the scheme as described to a potential resident)
No purpose
Assessment of outcomes
(to help assess the quality of service and the well-being of residents)
Questionnaires

Buildings

The buildings and the environment
Year built: 2019
Number of stories: 3
  • Lift(s). Number of Lifts: 2
  • Stair lift(s)
  • The location is generally regarded as:
    • Desirable
    • Average
    • Not so desirable
Distances to external facilities:
Bus stop 0.2 mile
Local shop 0.2 mile
Post office 0.8 mile
GP surgery 0.5 mile
Social/day centre 0.8 mile
Town/shop centre 0.8 mile

Individual properties
62 properties
Property details:
1-bedroom apartments: 11
2-bedroom apartments: 42
3-bedroom apartment: 9.
Including:
extra care or housing with care properties: 62
limited mobility properties: 62
wheelchair properties: 62
Other details:
  • If there are studios/bedsits
    • They have a kitchen
    • They have a wc
    • They have a bathroom
  • Some properties have a private balcony
  • Some properties have a private garden or patio
  • Properties are served by a communal satellite tv aerial
  • Properties are wired for cable tv
  • Dementia unit
  • Intermediate care suite or similar
  • Respite care accommodation
Communal facilities Indoors
  • Lounge
  • Restaurant (open to public)
  • Dining room (residents only)
  • Community/day centre
  • Laundry
  • Guest suite
  • Conservatory
  • Activities room(s)
  • Hobby room(s)
  • More than one lounge
  • TV lounge
  • Café
  • Bar/pub
  • Fitness gym
  • Arts and craft centre
  • Storage for wheelchairs/electric scooters
  • Library
  • Shop
  • Treatment room
  • Computer/IT room
  • Payphone
  • WC's
  • Hairdressing salon
  • Jacuzzi
  • Pool
  • Assisted bathroom(s)
  • Other communal facilities
Communal facilities Outdoors
  • Garden
  • Total number of parking spaces: 43
Technology and design
  • Communal facilities are designed for sensory impairment
  • Wired for telecare
  • Telecare installed
  • Smart Home
  • CCTV
  • Others
Accessibility
  • All communal spaces are accessible by wheelchair users
  • Most residents find getting to the site:
    • easy
    • manageable
    • difficult
  • Less mobile people find getting to the site:
    • easy
    • manageable
    • difficult

Services

Support services
  • Community alarm service
  • Provided by: Breakfast and lunch daily at on-site restaurant
  • Alarm to call on-site staff
  • Housing support service (SP tasks)
  • Domestic assistance
  • Light domestic cleaning
  • Shopping
  • Housework
  • Personal laundry service
  • Hairdressing on site
  • Chiropody
  • Physiotherapy
  • Sensors (detectors) and monitors
  • Personal sensors
  • Property-based sensors
Meals
  • Meals are available on a regular basis
  • A daily meal is available
  • Breakfast always available in restaurant/dining room
  • Lunch always available in restaurant/dining room
  • Dinner always available in restaurant/dining room
  • Breakfast can be delivered to individual homes
  • Lunch can be delivered to individual homes
  • Dinner can be delivered to individual homes
  • Restaurant is open to outsiders
  • There is generally a choice of menu
  • Residents are consulted on menus
  • All meals are prepared on the scheme
  • Vegetarians are specifically catered for
  • Special diets can usually be provided for
  • We can meet cultural dietary preferences
Care services
  • Personal care services
  • Dementia care
  • Care for people with learning disabilities
  • Nursing care
  • Intermediate care
  • Respite care
  • Mental frailty
  • Physical disabilities
  • Behavioural problems
  • Terminal illness
  • Our scheme is best suited to care for:
  • People who need minimal help
  • People who need moderate help
  • People who need a high level of help

Eligibility / Admission

User profile
  • 60 is the lower age limits for new residents
  • We cater for people with no/low level care needs
  • We are aiming at a mixed care levels population
  • Admission criteria are similar to residential care
  • Residents will not need to move except to hospital
  • The scheme is intended or specially suited to a specific religious, ethnic, profession or other group
  • The scheme is restricted to a specific group
Applicants must:
  • Be self-funders
  • Be on state benefits
  • Have local connections
  • Have a housing needs assessment
  • Have a community care assessment
  • Have a risk assessment
  • Have a health assessment
  • Have minimum housing support need
  • Have minimum personal care need
  • Have less than a maximum personal care need
For couples, both partners must:
  • Have minimum housing support need
  • Have minimum personal care need
We accept people with:
  • Visual impairment
  • Deafness
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Faecal incontinence
We would normally accept people with:
  • Memory problems - moderate
  • Memory problems - severe
  • Challenging behaviour - disruptive
  • Challenging behaviour - physically violent
  • Mobility problems - frame
  • Mobility problems - wheelchair
  • Mobility problems - bedfast
  • Wandering problems - inside home
  • Wandering problems - outside home

Management / costs

Management
  • Compared to our other schemes, this one is:
    • Popular
    • Average
    • Not so popular
    • Slow to let/sell
  • There is a tenants/residents association
  • Residents are involved in running the scheme through: A residents committee if the residents form one
Housing staff
  • Resident scheme manager
  • Non-resident manager
  • Housing staff on duty:
    • part time
    • normal hours
    • 24 hours
    • 7 days
Care staff
  • Site-based care staff
  • On-site care staff 24/7
Staff facilities
  • Manager's office
  • Care staff office
  • Staff overnight room with en-suite
  • Staff rest room with kitchenette
  • Staff locker and changing room
  • Main catering kitchen
Costs
Sale/resale prices start from around:
2 bedroom £260,000
3 bedroom £375,000
Rents updated: 01/07/2020
Prices updated: 01/07/2020

Info updated: 28/04/2023
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