Work on a £20m dementia care scheme at Wirral Waters has begun in an important moment for the development.
Over the next 25 years, across several different schemes on the Birkenhead docks, Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters project will see up to 13,000 homes built. But this scheme, called Belong Wirral, is a key part of the project’s claim to be about more than just making money from selling homes.
Belong Wirral will be the hub of a dementia-friendly neighbourhood and part of Wirral Waters’ ‘mixed-use neighbourhoods’, which will include office space, retail space, a research and development centre called the Maritime Knowledge Hub and residential space. Designed to support people as their needs change, the village will provide a range of specialist dementia services, including home care and day care under the Belong at Home and Experience Days brands, as well as 34 independent living apartments and a range of amenities open to anyone.
