A new care home supporting elderly people with dementia will open in the Wokingham Borough.
The residential home in Charvil is set to be converted into a supported living accommodation, despite worries from the parish council that the site is ‘unsuitable’.
The property at 1, Milestone Crescent, is a two-storey, three-bedroom house currently undergoing a two-storey side extension, as well as a part single storey extension.
Three elderly residents will live there permanently with the support of two or three carers who will operate on a shift basis. At least one care manager will remain permanently on the premises.
The existing parking spaces will be extended to allow for four off-street spaces. Minor works will also be done internally so that all residents have an ensuite shower room.
Applicant Neshad Sharma, who owns the property, said the conversion would support Wokingham Borough Council’s provision of care for the elderly.
With the low number of residents and carers, Mr Sharma argued that the property would not cause any more disturbance ‘than one would expect in a normal family home’.
The care model proposed ‘aims to replicate normal family life as far as possible’, and placements of residents will be long term.
Charvil Parish Council warned that although the borough needs more care homes, it ‘does not make a modest family home a suitable location for such provision’.
It argued that the size and layout of the house was ‘at odds’ with what was needed to safely care for dementia patients.
Wokingham Borough Council approved the plans, despite those concerns.
