Overview of HICA Group HICA Group is Not for Profit Constituted as an Industrial & Provident Society and a registered Charity Operating as four divisions - HICA Care Homes HICA HomeCare Hicalife Developments Ltd Oakbridge Retirement Villages LLP
HICA Care Homes Originally formed in 1992 to accept a transfer of Humberside County Council’s care homes. Mix of purpose built and converted homes. Major investment in stock. 20 residential / nursing homes for older people. 6 residential / nursing homes for adults with a learning disability. 100% of services rated by CQC Good or Excellent.
Elm Tree Court
Holyrood House
The Rowans
HICA HomeCare Delivers over 11,000 hours of care per week. 4 regional offices. Operates in 8 local authorities. Serves Hicalife and Oakbridge developments. In partnership with Housing Association, provides care to 3 extra care developments. 100% of services rated by CQC Good or Excellent.
Hicalife Has developed four housing schemes for older people. No grant. Private and social funded tenants but no social stock and a variety of tenures. Manages supported housing stock let to adults with learning disabilities
First Hicalife developments 9 bungalows in the grounds of Woodlands, Driffield 12 bungalows in the grounds of Overton House, Cottingham
Highcliffe Court, Bridlington 36 apartments next to our Red House care home. Mix of 1 and 2 bed types. All units for open market sale. Communal lounge and kitchen. Resident manager. Access to care staff and facilities in our adjoining care home.
Holderness Grange, Hedon 146 no. 2 bed bungalows, houses and apartments, between 60 and 72 sq m. Built around extensive communal facilities. Serves area east of Hull. Pilot for Lifetime Leases. Facilities are used by local community – gym membership, wellbeing sessions, adult education, bowls matches, cinema.
Holderness Grange, Hedon Restaurant, gym, bowling green, hair & beauty salon, art studio, library / IT suite, dance studio / cinema, aromatherapy.
Oakbridge Joint venture with Caddick Group to build and operate Retirement Villages. Set up as an LLP. Shared resources with parent groups. Dedicated borrowing facilities.
Buckshaw Retirement Village, Chorley Pinders 2009 awards ‘Best Care Village’. 216 no. apartments in three parts. Independent Living – 78 no. 1 & 2 bed units. Assisted Living – 78 no. studio & 1 bed units. Supported Living – 60 no. dedicated dementia & nursing units. Wellbeing & respite including dementia advisor. GP Practice.
Buckshaw Opened last year by Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson MP
Buckshaw Bowling Green
Buckshaw Entrance lobby
Buckshaw – Independent Living 78 no. 1 & 2 bed apartments. Unregistered. All for sale. 45 to 72 sq m. Care assessed separately. Bistro, lounge, library, gym. Shares use of shop, hair & beauty salon, bowling green and wellness suite with adjoining Assisted Living apartments.
Buckshaw - Assisted Living 78 studio & one bed apartments. Unregistered. All for rent. 40 to 46 sq m. Fully inclusive of meals, housekeeping & laundry. Care assessed separately. Restaurant, lounge. Wellbeing suite including hydro- therapy pool.
Buckshaw - Assisted Living
Buckshaw - Supported Living 60 no. 1 bed & 2 bed apartments. Registered with CQC. Stirling gold award. Capable of providing high levels of care 36 to 65 sq m. Dementia friendly market square includes pub, cinema, petshop, corner shop, hair salon, café, bakery, potting shed. Dementia and Nursing care. Assistive Technology.
Buckshaw - Supported Living Cinema in Market Square
Buckshaw – Supported Living Part of shared space within one community of 15 apartments
Buckshaw - Supported Living Each community of 15 apartments has – Reminiscence room Country Kitchen Activity room Sitting room. Plus - Assisted bathroom Outside sitting area Office.
Buckshaw - GP Surgery On-site GP Surgery. NHS Dementia Advisor. Flexible use as respite. Step up / step down accommodation. Re-enabling work by Occupational Therapists. Wellness sessions. Alzheimers’ Society. Age Concern. Memory clinics.
Hedon & Buckshaw findings Need for accommodation suitable for couples, not necessarily 2 bed (including Dementia sufferers). Residents in accommodation attached to shared facilities take ownership of them. Residents prefer a traditional design that looks as much like ‘normal’ housing as possible. Difficult to engage with the PCT pre commencement but very good working partners once developments are live.
The varying circumstances of vulnerable & older people have led us to take a fresh look at tenure. Personalisation is opening up opportunities for people on low incomes to access high quality extra care as an alternative to care home admission – not just older people but others with care needs, (spinal injuries). Need for Commissioners to have better understanding of how different funding streams can be utilised to fund ‘private extra care’ schemes. Major cost savings available to PCT’s and Local Authorities in commissioning specialist Dementia care services.
Tenure – AST in Assisted Living All inclusive of rent, meals, laundry and housekeeping. 25 residents in 22 apartments (to date). 10 residents on housing benefit. Access to communal facilities and Wellbeing Nurse. £350 pw studio, £450 pw 1 bed. Case study 1 – Benefit income of £346 plus SDS income of £236 = total £582 pw (studio rent £350 + care package £180 = total £530 pw so surplus of £52 pw). Case study 2 – Benefit income of £322 plus SDS income of £56 = total £379 pw (studio rent £350 pw & no care required so surplus of £29 pw).
Tenure – Lifetime Lease Accommodation only. One off payment to secure lease which expires on death. Cost is based on published life expectancy tables, not an actuarial assessment at present. Example - payment of £70,000 for 75 yr old man. Sliding scale refund during forecast lease period (first 3 years). Residual interest in any capital appreciation of property – the resident’s estate receives 25% of any gain in value during the actual period of occupancy. Ideal for owner occupiers in low value property.
HICA – Future care villages The Bathroom – beyond Lifetime Homes
HICA – Future care villages New housetypes – beyond Lifetime Homes
HICA – Future care villages 15 house types. 1 and 2 bed types. Bungalows, houses and apartments (in 2 and 3 storeys). Grouped around landscaped gardens. Defensible space to rear of properties. Communal parking. Safe pedestrian access. Mobility scooter provision. Functional approach to sustainability.
HICA – Future care villages Pipeline of 5 care villages of 150 – 250 units Set around a freestanding club house
HICA – Future models Leading provider of specialist high dependency dementia and nursing care Development programme of care villages for vulnerable & older people, as a home for life Potential for RSL to join as strategic partner Expansion of Assisted Living as an alternative to conventional residential care Roll out of Lifetime leases Expansion of domiciliary care service to serve pipeline developments and surrounding communities including Dementia and nursing care services.
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