A new £9m bespoke 60-bed residential and nursing care home being built in Oakham is set to open its doors to residents early next year.

Oakham Grange, in Wheatfield Way, will create 200 new jobs and is the first home to be built by Ardale, a new name in the residential and nursing care sector.

"Ardale may be a new name to the healthcare sector," says Lesa McAnulty, Ardale's chief operating officer, "but behind the name is a senior team with many years' nursing care and expertise."

"Ardale is on a mission to deliver care and support that is meaningful to each individual; with the warmth and personality that only a family owned company can create."

Ardale will provide nursing care and support underpinned by a care ethos of promoting independence while maintaining friendships and interests.

One of Oakham Grange's first visitors was Brabham, Ardale's therapy dog.

Lesa says: "My pets are really important to me so Brabham represents Ardale's home away from home, family approach to nursing care.

"Oakham Grange is going to be our residents' home, for them to live their lives as they want, enabled by our well-trained care team.

"Oakham is a new place for me and I am really looking forward to meeting local people and learning more about the uniqueness of Oakham and Rutland.

"Oakham Grange is certainly going to be a special place and I am very excited about Ardale's ability to create a very different kind of care service."

Photo of Lesa McAnulty, Ardale's COO, with Ardale's Pets As Therapy dog Brabham courtesy of Ardale