Lindum transformed JCH’s former Morton Suite into a ward for patients who need time-limited inpatient care or rehabilitation.

The new ward has 17 beds, including three new four-bedded bedrooms and five single bedrooms. This includes one larger palliative care suite and four dedicated stroke care pathway beds.

Special attention was been paid to the colour, lighting and design to create a more relaxing and stimulating place for people with dementia.

Each bay has its own pastel colour scheme, making it easier for people to identify where they are. A decision was also made to not have a nursing station in the middle of the ward and instead replace it with a desk in every bay, each with a nurse. All of these details have helped to create a much more welcoming and homely environment, that feels less clinical.

The ward also has a day room which can be used for therapy or visiting, a larger medication and treatment room and improved storage areas.