Parklands plans biggest expansion in 30-year history
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PARKLANDS Care Homes is set to begin its biggest expansion in the business' history with a series of major investments across Moray and beyond.
Plans are being drawn up for a new 40-bed care home in Elgin which is set to be located next to the A96.
Subject to planning consent, work could start on the project towards the end of this year.
Meanwhile, work to to modernise and upgrade Weston View in Keith and Wakefield House in Cullen, which Parklands acquired last year, in line with current Care Inspectorate guidelines is continuing.
And plans to expand care provision at Lynemore Care Home in Grantown are also being finalised.
Ron Taylor, managing director of Parklands Care Homes, said: "From Grantown to Elgin and Keith to Cullen, Parklands is committed to delivering the care capacity the region so desperately needs.
"The Highlands and Moray have a larger proportion of older people than Scotland as a whole, and further investment is needed to meet the growing demand for care services.
"This is an ambitious agenda, but we believe we have the resources and the expertise to meet this need and bring these plans to fruition."
Work on Parklands’ flagship care campus in Inverness has also resumed.
Construction on the first phase, an £11million, 58 bed care home at Milton of Leys, was halted after the previous contractor went into liquidation.
But Inverness builder Capstone Construction has now been appointed to steer the project.
The new home, Parklands’ largest, is expected to open in the spring of 2025.
Mr Taylor added: "I am especially pleased that work on our flagship Inverness care home is resuming, and I look forward to working with the team at Capstone.
"The new care home is just the start of our ambition for Inverness.
"Our new care campus will be the first of its kind in the Highlands and will introduce the new concept of later living, allowing older people to maintain their independence within a supportive care setting.
"Our plans to build new accommodation for care workers will also address the shortage of affordable rental properties in the city."
Since starting with a single facility in Buckie, Parklands now operates homes in Tain, Fortrose, Muir of Ord, Grantown, Aberlour, Keith, Buckie and Cullen.
And the group employs around 760 staff caring for almost 400 older people.
