Learn more about how we provide safe, quality care and the best experience for people with mental health issues as part of the Local Account Summary.
Our adult social care strategic commissioning team has worked intensively with TorVista to develop a new extra care housing scheme at Torquay’s Torre Marine. The design of the whole scheme, comprising of 72 one--bed and two bed social rent apartments which offer a multi-generational supported living service, has used best practice for a dementia-friendly environment and has been audited by the Dementia Design Development Centre at the University of Stirling. We commissioned a new support provider, Agincare, in 2022/23 to deliver care and support in both the existing and planned extra care schemes.
The second iteration of the Torbay support for living framework was procured during 2022/23. The new specification for supported living sets out our vision and underlines our commitment requiring providers to demonstrate how they promote independence and gradually reduce the need for formal care where possible, where families and communities are helped and given the support they need to help care for people in their home.