Choice Housing Association has signed a deal with Abbeyfield & Wesley to manage a new supported living scheme for the elderly in Co Down.

The Service Level Agreement (SLA), at Hamilton Road in Bangor, includes seven ensuite bedrooms with communal facilities with daily support staff on site.

Beverley Surgenor Property and Development Manager at Abbeyfield & Wesley said: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Choice Housing for the provision of a much needed supported, sheltered house in the Bangor area. Living in a supported, sheltered house can help prevent people becoming isolated and lonely. This house is family style in design and provides accommodation for seven older people. The residents can be independent, come and go as they please, have privacy in their own rooms, whilst at the same time have the knowledge that others are nearby so they are not alone and staff are there to provide support. A key feature in alleviating isolation is that home cooked meals, prepared by staff, are eaten together in the communal dining room."

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Tenants are expected to move into their new homes over the next few weeks.

(CD)