“Caring, In Partnership With You”

Sunnymead

Private Residential Care Home

Our Philosophy of Care

The staff at Sunnymead Residential Home aim to provide high quality care services in a homely, relaxed environment.  We aim to foster and develop resident’s feelings of independence, self worth, and personal fulfilment in a safe and secure environment.

‘My Home Life Project’

Sunnymead is one of the leading homes in Northern Ireland which promotes, and uses the ‘My Home Life Project’ to improve the quality of life for residents, staff and visitors. The project is lead by the University of London, & Help the Aged. Sunnymead has won awards and national recognition for its unique approached to this ground breaking  programme.

Community Life, as a small “community”, we actively encourage residents and their families to become partners in care and to offer their help, experience, skills and opinions to assist us to constantly improve the service we provide.

        Encourage

• Residents are encouraged to choose how they spend their day within the home in a positive manner.

Individualize

• We encourage residents to individualize their rooms by, at the homes discretion, bringing small pieces of furniture, pictures etc into the home.

Opinions & Ideas

• Residents are encouraged to contribute to small daily duties within the home as they wish and to attend residents meetings in order to offer their opinions and ideas.

Skills & Talents

• Residents and families are encouraged to get involved in events within the home and to offer their skills and talents at planned activities.

Family, Friends & Staff

• Residents are encouraged to maintain social contacts by getting out and about as much as possible with appropriate levels of supervision from family, friends and staff.