Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic KYN Hurlingham, a grand, red brick Victorian building in Fulham, London, adjacent to the famous members\u2019 club, does not look like a care home. A school, maybe \u2014 it was one for more than a century \u2014 or perhaps a stately home.It does not feel like a care home either. There is a spa, gym, treatment centre, private cinema and a sensory garden designed for residents with dementia. Food, served in the wood-beamed, vaulted-ceilinged Great Room, is prepared by Michelin-starred chef Tristan Welch in a collaboration with nutritionist Eva Humphries. Scallops, roast lamb and Scottish cranachan are all on the menu when I visit.The interiors \u2014 botanical patterns, vibrant\u00a0fabrics and natural light \u2014 are designed by Nina Campbell, whose clients include the royal family. The artwork, curated by Slade-trained Adam Ellis, is intended to \u201clook like it\u2019s been collected over the years, and not feel like an institution\u201d, says marketing director Rosanna Fishbourne. There is even a fragrance to the air \u2014 essential oils \u2014 created to stimulate residents\u2019 senses.KYN is one of a growing number of high-end care home operators in the UK that combine state-of-the-art facilities with residential care and nursing. Concentrated in affluent urban areas, they aim to attract the wealthy tiers of a rapidly ageing population. Over the next 40 years, the number of people aged 65-79 in the UK will increase by a third, while those aged 80 and over \u2014 the fastest-growing segment of the population \u2014 will more than double, according to the Centre for Better Ageing. With longer life expectancy comes a greater demand for care: Knight Frank estimates that an additional 350,000 older people may need a care bed by 2050, almost doubling current demand, while the number of people with dementia (currently 982,000) is expected to rise to 1.4mn by 2040, says the Alzheimer\u2019s Society.At the same time, seniors have more than \u00a31.5tn in unmortgaged housing equity locked up in family homes and set to be released in the coming years, says Knight Frank. Compared with traditional care homes, KYN and its ilk are \u201ca very different model\u201d, both in terms of their facilities and in-house specialist approach to care, says KYN managing director Caroline Naidoo. \u201cWe cater to residents who come for the more social aspects, right through to dementia and palliative care. There\u2019s a huge spectrum.\u201dI\u2019d rather be here, enjoying all the facilities and activities, than stuck in my house with a staircase. I\u2019m considering selling and moving here\u201cThe quality of the care homes being produced is incredible,\u201d says Sam Rowland, head of healthcare and senior living at BNP Paribas Real Estate. \u201cThey are almost akin to hotels in terms of the facilities they\u2019re offering.\u201dIn uncomfortably stark contrast to the wider sector, where there is an overall shortage of supply \u2014 more care homes are closing than being delivered, says Rowland \u2014 luxury care provision is expanding. KYN Hurlingham, which opened last June, is the company\u2019s second site. Its first, in Bickley, south-east London, opened in February 2023. Five new homes are currently in development. Signature Care Homes, likewise, has 10 sites across south-east England, with three new homes opening in 2026. Its Highgate branch, which opened in December 2023,\u00a0had a \u00a350mn investment. Like KYN, the 70,000 sq ft building includes a bistro, garden, spa rooms, cinema, salon, as well as round-the-clock care and nursing for residents.It\u2019s a rebrand for the market. Loveday, founded by the hotelier and former owner of the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton, Laurence Geller,\u00a0is presented as a private members\u2019 club.\u00a0With care homes in Chelsea, Kensington and Abbey Road, and Belgravia and Esher set to open this year, its homes have a tailored programme of therapies, and lifestyle concierge services alongside specialised care.\u00a0At KYN, where residents tend to be local, there is space for 32 at one time. Rooms cost between \u00a33,500 and \u00a36,250 per week to rent \u2014 \u00a3182,000 and \u00a3325,000 per year \u2014 which includes use of the facilities, all food and drink, weekly physiotherapy, spa treatments and 24-hour nurse call response. Care costs an additional \u00a3350 to \u00a31,250 per week. Prices at Signature range from \u00a32,245 to \u00a32,845 weekly, plus extra care; Loveday is \u00a33,000pw, plus upwards of \u00a3500pw for care. More widely, dementia nursing care costs an average of \u00a31,447pw, according to the reviews site carehome.co.uk. KYN has one carer per two residents. \u201cBut with nurses, waiters, concierges and all the ancillary staff, it\u2019s more like 1:1,\u201d says home manager \u2014 and trained nurse \u2014 Jordan Pereira. Before residents move in, they complete a questionnaire which is used to assign them a \u201chousehold\u201d with a like-minded carer. \u201cThe care lead always works with the same group of five residents, so they get to know them very well. It provides continuity of care.\u201dAt homes like KYN, Signature and Loveday, new technology and subtle design are playing an increasing role in care provision. In KYN\u2019s en-suite bathrooms the shower chairs are designed to look \u201cless clinical\u201d. The hospital beds, made by Accora, have paisley-printed headboards, crisp cotton sheets and discreet, integrated rails. \u201cWe worked with Nina Campbell to come up with this design, so it doesn\u2019t feel like a hospital,\u201d says Pereira. On the wall above are small acoustic monitors which detect abnormalities in residents\u2019 breathing patterns as they sleep, meaning that they do not need to be disturbed overnight. A motion sensor on the ceiling works \u201clike an infrared curtain\u201d, generating an alert if a high-risk resident stands up in the night.\u00a0There is an interactive \u201cfamily portal\u201d which allows residents\u2019 friends and family to visit virtually, receive health updates and monitor their meals and activities. AI is used to help with pain management, scanning facial muscle movements to help determine a course of action. \u201cThe standard of care is on a different level,\u201d says Naidoo.But for all the 24-hour room service, massage options and technology that a development may offer, it is the sense of community that residents seem to value most. \u201cIt\u2019s [help with] things like shopping and preparing meals,\u201d says resident June Barnett, who is \u201conly 90\u201d. \u201cI don\u2019t want to just sit in my room and read a book. I want to talk to people, do a crossword with someone\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009I don\u2019t need too much care, but I\u2019m having a nice time being cared about.\u201dWhen we speak, Barnett is two weeks into a four-week trial stay at KYN Bickley. Since her husband died, she has been living alone in a four-bedroom house nearby, and felt that it was becoming \u201cunmanageable\u201d. She has joined exercise classes, \u201ccommitted to getting the jigsaw puzzle done\u201d with another resident, developed relationships over breakfast and shared her sudoku books. \u201cI\u2019d rather be here, enjoying all the facilities and activities, than stuck in my house with a staircase. I\u2019m considering selling and moving here.\u201dLike Barnett, many people look to move before their care needs advance. And although they may be keen to futureproof, moving into a \u201cnursing\u201d home is not always the first choice for younger, mobile and healthy retirees. Many, adds Jo Eccles, founder of buying agency Eccord, do not want to relinquish home ownership. \u201cIf you are used to having that control, financial and life stability that comes with home ownership, to give that up is quite a lot,\u201d she says. \u201cWe find that they won\u2019t rent, they will always buy.\u201dFor many, luxury retirement accommodation \u2014 also in growing supply \u2014 is providing an attractive alternative to the more conventional care home model. These developments are not nursing homes, but offer residents the option to bring in external care as their needs progress. \u201cRetirement living is almost taking the place of the old-fashioned residential care home,\u201d says Rowland. \u201cYou can move into a retirement community, have your own apartment, and you don\u2019t need to go into a care home. You keep your independence.\u201dCertainly, this is the case at Riverstone, a high-end retirement operator with branches in Fulham, Kensington and, as of next year, Hampstead. \u201cWe\u2019re passionate about our wellbeing strategy, and the ability to keep people fit and healthy for as long as possible \u2014 to keep people out of care homes,\u201d says chief commercial officer Shannan Hodgson. Backed by Goldman Sachs, it too is marketed like a members\u2019 club, with residents able to use facilities across branches and take advantage of partnerships with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera and Saatchi Gallery.My friends think I\u2019m in a nursing home. But when they see the facilities and meet my neighbours, they get itEven so, when Sue Garwood, 66, moved into the Fulham branch in September 2022, her friends were \u201caghast\u201d. She was still working in the City and had relocated from her two-bedroom flat in a development in Imperial Wharf. \u201cThey think I\u2019m in a nursing home. But when they see the facilities and meet my neighbours, they get it.\u201dAlthough Riverstone is targeted at younger, London-based, cosmopolitan retirees like Garwood, the intention is for residents to stay until the end of their lives. Certainly, this is Garwood\u2019s objective: \u201cI\u2019m not moving. This is it.\u201d Residents buy their apartments, which range between \u00a3810,000 for a two-bed and \u00a37.98mn for a penthouse apartment at the upcoming Hampstead site. The buildings, explains Hodgson, have been \u201csubtly\u201d designed to Lifetime Homes Standards, meaning that they are wheelchair accessible with wide corridors and assistance buttons to cater for changing mobility needs. \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody goes in thinking that they want care, but we don\u2019t know what the future will hold,\u201d says Hodgson.\u00a0Riverstone has partnered with care provider The Good Care Group, although residents can also bring in their own. At present, around 5 per cent of residents receive some form of external care. Luxury at-home care is also an expanding market. Loveday, for example, offers a service which \u201cprovides a member with the same high levels of care at home that they would experience in a Loveday residence\u201d, while Venelle, which launched in London last year (and was founded by former Loveday manager Louise Blezzard), offers \u201ctailored and discreet assistance\u201d as well as specialised care. \u201cVenelle is filling a gap for those who want the highest standard of care without compromising on their lifestyle or personal autonomy,\u201d says Blezzard.Back at KYN Hurlingham, the first residents are beginning to enjoy the gardens, to savour the scallops in the Great Hall and laugh about the pronunciation of \u201ccranachan\u201d with the waiters. Great lengths have been taken to distance KYN and developments like it from, as Hodgson puts it: the dreaded association with mushy food, plastic chairs, set mealtimes and institutionalisation. But for those who can afford it, it goes further too: softening the painful realities of ageing with exemplary care and comfortable, quiet luxury.Find out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow @ft_houseandhome on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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