New Uckfield flats for the elderly due to be completed in November
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New flats for the elderly being built in Lealands Drive, Uckfield, are due to be completed in November.
'Extra care' will be offered there by Wealden Council in a scheme developed in partnership with Saxon Weald Housing Association and East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care.
The aim is to provide a higher degree of affordable independence for older people, according to the district council.
On-site facilities will include: a seven-day per week restaurant, available both to residents and the local community, a treatment/beauty therapy area, communal lounges and seating areas, assisted bathing facilities, buggy stores, secure landscaped grounds.
The development will be called Margaret House and include 39 one and two-bedroom flats. Ten will be for sale on a shared equity basis and the remaining 29 will be for rent for the over-60s with an on-site professional care team providing 24-hour emergency cover and care.
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