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LIFESTYLE Living life - Auguste Communities specialises in caring for those living with dementia. Taking care M Dementia care specialist Auguste Communities provides a true home iddleton St George is home to a new concept in residential and nursing in Darlington. Out by the airport and just behind the new St George Hotel sits the beautiful and respectfully renovated and restored Auguste Communities Care Centre. Fifty-something wife and mother Auguste Deter was the very first person to be given the diagnosis of Alzheimer's-type dementia. While it’s unlikely you’ve ever heard of Auguste, you will know someone living with dementia or a related condition. Prestige Group’s care philosophy is to find the person before they see the disease. “Our care is honouring the memory of Frau Deter,” says director Paul Smith. “As such, we see personhood and its preservation as our aim.” At the specially designed care centre, set within safe, secure and extensive dementia- friendly gardens and grounds, you will find four distinct living areas. Each boasts the latest retro design and incorporates Dutch technology to offer stimulating, orientating and comforting surroundings, together with single en suite rooms with eight corner rooms where couples can live their days together. Over the coming months all four sections of the centre will begin operation, ensuring The Auguste Communities care centre features four living areas. residential care or nursing care can be found to suit. Paul explains: “We specialise in the care of those living with a dementia or those reaching end of life but we will also be offering general nursing facilities and we also offer respite, day care and holiday bookings.” Visit the Auguste Communities website, give them a call, request a brochure or, better still, make an appointment (or just turn up on the doorstep), asking for Lyndsay, the care centre’s registered manager. Auguste Communities are registered with Darlington Council for local authority funding, and regulated and registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They also boast a five-star local authority rated kitchen. Auguste Communities Middleton St George, Darlington, DL2 1TS T: 01325 344970 E: [email protected] W: prestigecaregroup.com/home/auguste-communities/ tees-life.co.uk 25