£17million care home opens with state-of-the-art digital facilities

A 120-bed Riverside care home for the elderly which is part of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games legacy has recently opened in Dalmarnock following a £17million investment project, featuring a cutting edge AV system from SSUK and LG.

The flagship care home is designed to have a non-institutional character, scale and layout with stunning architectural design to match. Each zone has a high-tech feel, with state-of-the-art commercial displays fitted throughout.

Commercial integrator SSUK specified a networkable AV system for the project, connecting each room fitted with an LG display, creating an inclusive and unified environment for residents.

In its 4 wings, each bedroom is fitted with a 43-in SM5KB LG display, where residents can view live footage of the communal and outdoor areas via the CCTV network. The rooms are designed to allow residents to stay in their rooms without feeling excluded.

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Outside of the bedrooms, communal sitting rooms are fitted with 55in UH5B LG displays which stream live TV shows in ultra HD resolution, delivering immersive viewing experiences. An NEC large format display is also installed in the meeting room space, with presentation facilities and a connection to the networked AV system.

A state-of-the-art home cinema system is installed on the ground floor, with a 5000 lumens P501X NEC projector and projection screen, both with remote powered retraction for a high-end finish.

Janice Ritchie, Service Manager at Riverside explained;

“We want to create a truly inclusive feel here at Riverside and it is important that the technology we use is non-intrusive and provides real value to our residents and our staff. The new display system will allow us to provide better levels of supervision and it is very easy for us to navigate due to each display being linked to one central platform. SSUK provided us with fantastic support throughout the training process, so that we can manage the system ourselves. We think our building has set a high standard for other care homes”.

The building achieved a BREEAM Excellent status and is connected to a district heating system.