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Bedford home set for spring opening

Bedford home set for spring opening

Bentley Grange, a £13m care home in Biddenham, Bedford, is on track for its official opening this spring.

The 60-bed home, which will offer personalised residential, dementia, and nursing care, is the latest addition to the Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) portfolio of more than 80 care homes across the UK.  

Bentley Grange boasts a hair and beauty salon, cinema room, wellness suite, private dining, and leisure suite as well as a grandchildren’s room, where families with younger children can meet and enjoy time together.

Seeking to become a valued part of the local community, the team at Bentley Grange have already engaged with local charities, and will be taking part in this year’s Biddenham Village Festival.

Michael Zinaka, commissioning manager at Bentley Grange, said: “This is such an exciting time for all of us at MMCG, especially the new team who will take this home forward; we cannot wait to share this exceptional home with the Biddenham community.

“For those moving in next month, it will be the beginning of an exciting new chapter. Bentley has first-class care at its heart, but our ambition goes way beyond that. We want to create a vibrant happy community where people feel they belong, be themselves and continue to love life and live it to the fullest.”  

Ben Maynard, community relations manager at Bentley Grange, added: “I’m happy to say we’ve received the warmest of welcomes and a huge amount of interest already. This will be an exceptional place to live and work and we are so excited to see it come to life and become an integral and valued part of this fantastic community.”

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