Clydesdale Bank funds Westgate Healthcare expansion  

Clydesdale Bank has provided financial support for a new Westgate Healthcare care home in Essex.

Riverdale Care Home, is a luxury 32-bed care home offering a range of services, including respite breaks and dementia care.

Tara Teubner, Westgate Healthcare director, said: “At Westgate Healthcare, our goal is to provide excellent quality care to our residents in each of our developments. We want people to feel at home and ensure our residents have the freedom to plan their own day, safe in the knowledge they have the support there if they need it. Riverdale Care Home is a beautiful property and we have taken the time and care to develop a proposition that we think is unique to the Braintree and the Essex area.

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“We have also recruited a strong team who have embraced our core values and are embodying our belief that our facilities are a home and we want people to join our family.”

Facilities at Riverdale, which opened in early October, include a sensory garden, potting shed, spa salon, cinema room, fine dining room and a café.

Mike Day, Director, Health and Social Care, at Clydesdale Bank, said: “Westgate Healthcare has developed a unique proposition in the healthcare market and their approach to creating a safe and homely environment for their residents is exemplary. We are pleased to support their expansion into Essex – Riverdale Care Home increases the caring options available to the local community and has also provided employment opportunities.”

Westgate Healthcare, which has eight care homes, was founded by husband and wife team, Pushyant and Anji Patel, who bought their first care home in 1993. The provider boasts a 100% Good record on services inspected by the CQC.