Inchmarlo House Care Home and Retirement Village unveils £100,000 investment

During the past 12 months, the retirement village based in Royal Deeside has benefited from improvements to a variety of services and facilities in preparation for its milestone 40th anniversary this year.

These include the purchase of a marquee to provide a social space for homeowners, and the refurbishment of the bar area within Inchmarlo House to create a coffee lounge for residents and their visitors.

A tree carving by renowned Aberdeen artist David Dervish and a dog run for use by homeowners for their pets are among the other new features that have also been installed, along with a commemorative fountain to mark the 90th birthday of Inchmarlo’s founder, renowned North East entrepreneur Professor Charles Skene CBE, who established it as the first continuing care and retirement community of its kind in Scotland in 1986.

News of the investment follows a recent celebration of long-serving staff, with some 21 members of the team (around a fifth of all staff) clocking up a combined total of more than 350 years working at Inchmarlo, ensuring a unique continuity and consistency that is directly aligned with the community’s founding principle of providing continuous care.

Julie Mackenzie, Inchmarlo’s director & general manager, said: “This significant investment is about more than enhancing services and facilities – it’s about strengthening the community that has built up over the past 40 years.

“Inchmarlo’s environment for residents in the care home and homeowners on the estate is one of the things that attracts people here and something of which we are incredibly proud. It makes sense, therefore, to ensure that we are continually evolving to match the changing needs of the people who live here.”