THE team behind a newly opened £5.5 million Black Isle care home have spelled out a desire for it to become an integral part of the community.

A short film offers a glimpse inside a brand new £5.5m Black Isle care home aiming to become an integral part of the local community.

Parkland Care Homes produced the video to offer locals an insight into the facility which has been called Eilean Dubh, the Gaelic for Black Isle.

A spokesman said: "Ordinarily we would host a community open day at the launch of a new care home but that hasn’t been possible during the pandemic. This video is designed to give local people an insight into the care home, the facilities it offers and its approach to care."

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Managing director Ron Taylor said: "The location is fantastic. The design is amazing.We're very pleased.What we have here is passion – passion for delivering quality care , passion for recruiting some lovely people who deliver that care on our behalf.""

He said it equated to 50 full-time jobs. He said: "It's £1m that will be spent locally in the community."

Brian Devlin, chairman of Black Isle Cares said it had the 'wow!' factor.

He added: "It gives greater options for people on the Black Isle. This is an ageing population. There will be people who have been living all their lives maybe on the Black Isle. They want to have their family around them. They want to have their pets. They want to have their access to the local shops and things like that.

"This needs to be seen as part of our community, not just something plonked into the middle of it."

Manager Sharon Reid said: "It is absolutely beautiful. What an opportunity for myself and all the staff to come. The furnishings are beautiful and not what you might expect to find in a care home. We atre really excited about welcoming the first resident to the home. We want it to be the best care home.

"We want this to be a local hub, an area where people can just pop in for a cup of tea. We want to have summer fetes, barbecues."

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