National accolade for Heeley dementia care home
Sheffield specialist dementia care home Valley Wood has been awarded the highest accolade given by the National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme.
Assessors last year presented the Heeley home with two gold stars following a site inspection.
Now, though, that has been upgraded to platinum, the highest rating assessors can give.
The National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme (NaDCAS) was developed to recognise excellence and drive improvements in dementia care.
The Heeley home is the one of the nine properties operated by city charity Sheffcare and is the only one that offers care exclusively to people living with dementia.
Sheffcare Director of Quality and Care Louise Beaumont said: “Dementia care is an increasingly important part of the services provided by Sheffcare and is absolutely central to everything we do at Valley Wood, our first home dedicated entirely to this specialist area.
“We are delighted that the National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme recognised the hard work and dedication of the Valley wood team and that they have chosen to give us the highest possible rating in recognition of the incredible hard work put in by all the home’s team.
“Equally importantly, the work that is being done at Valley Wood also helps us to improve care at all our homes across the city as our teams share their knowledge and experience.”