Health and Social Care Minister David Ashford has set out his department’s strategy for dementia care.
The Sweetbriar unit in Douglas, one of five dedicated dementia residential services for older adults, will ultimately move into Summerhill View.
Reayrt Skyal in Ramsey and Thie Meanagh in Douglas, purpose-built and opened in 2013 and 2009 respectively, provide a day service to older adults with dementia.
The Gansey and Langness units are part the Southlands Resource Centre.
Mr Ashford told the House of Keys that the Langness unit will be transferred to the Bradda unit at Southlands.
He said: ’The Bradda unit has remained largely unoccupied since the opening of Southlands but it will provide a much more appropriate environment for older people with dementia.’
Mr Ashford said sites are inspected annually under the framework of the Regulation of Care Act and are required to comply with minimum standards.
’Every effort is made to ensure all aspects of dementia care across services are in accordance with current best practice,’ he told MHKs.
Fifteen of the 60 beds at Summerhill View will be for dementia care residents.
Mr Ashford, in a second written answer, said between April 2012 and April 2020 there had been a 56.8% increase in referrals to out-patient mental health services, of which 76% were dementia related.
Summerhill View will replace Reayrt ny Baie on Albert Terrace which is deemed no longer fit for purpose as it does not comply with minimum care standards.