B&M Care, a family-owned care home group, has launched three new Complex Dementia Care Hubs at its facilities in Hertfordshire and East London.

The hubs, located at Osbourne Court in Baldock, The Radley in Borehamwood and Dalton Lodge in Walthamstow, are set to become a lifeline for people whose dementia has progressed beyond what traditional residential care homes can safely support.

They are also expected to help prevent hospital admissions and lengthy stays by offering specialist care services. 

Currently, it's estimated there are 982,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and that number is predicted to increase to 1.4 million by 2040. 

One in six hospital beds now occupied by someone living with dementia, with people with complex needs increasingly admitted to hospital because there is nowhere else equipped to care for them. 

B&M Care hopes the new hubs will reduce pressure on NHS bed capacity while giving individuals more dignified, appropriate care. 

Caroline Inch, Director of Dementia Care and Operations from B&M Care said: “Opening these hubs reflects our commitment to supporting people whose dementia has progressed to a point where families often feel frightened, exhausted and unsure where to turn. 

“People living with complex dementia may have been assessed as unsuitable for other care homes where staff and facilities cannot provide the specialist dementia care their complex needs require. Our Complex Dementia Hubs provide a compassionate, specialist environment so people who struggled to be supported elsewhere can receive the care they need. Moreover, this gives reassurance to families in their time of need. By creating these specialist environments, we are also providing the NHS with a trusted partner at a time of significant pressure. 

“Our goal is to give individuals the dignity, safety and personalised care they deserve while helping local services keep people in the right place for their recovery and long-term quality of life”.  

Each hub is purposedesigned to be calm, secure and enabling, with care and activities tailored around each person’s mood, engagement and triggers of distress. 

The hubs accept both professional and private referrals from hospital discharge teams, mental health services, local authority commissioners, other care homes and families seeking specialist care.