Grupo Colisée has opened its second residence in the Biscayan capital under the name of Colisée Bilbao. With a capacity for 138 residential beds, this centre, which has a very hotel connotation, has high-quality facilities and services and a multidisciplinary professional team.
As it is a newly built building, all the Colisée Bilbao facilities have been expressly designed according to the needs and requirements of the users. One of the strengths of this new facility, which is located at number 40 Avenida del Ferrocarril in the Biscayan capital, “they are its exteriors, since it is located in an area with privileged views over Bilbao and its mountains, with a park right in front and just 40 meters from the ambulatory”, tells us Borja Diazdirector of the residence.
The structure of the center makes it possible to implement a personalized care plan for the resident and adapted to their needs based on their degree of dependency and/or cognitive disability. In total, Colisée Bilbao has seven living units differentiated by floorswhich can operate independently, since each one has its own own dining room, living area, corridor, office and a control point for support staff.
Each of the seven living units of Colisée Bilbao has its own dining room, seating area, corridor, office and control point for staff
“This distribution is very useful for us when it comes to sectorizing the center in the face of situations such as the one generated by Covid-19, but also at a social level and when working with users. And it is that one eats more comfortably in a cozy dining room with 14 people than in another more impersonal one for 60 people. In addition, when it comes to therapy, be it physical, cognitive, reminiscence, etc., older people ‘let go more’ and participation is greater. In addition, they better identify the caregivers and their companions in the coexistence unit”, highlights the director of Colisée Bilbao.
The ground floor and roof-terrace They are the most social areas of the center. “Each user lives on their floor and to go to the doctor, be with their family or do certain therapies they can go to these spaces”, says Borja Diaz. The lower floor offers facilities such as a multipurpose room, hairdresser, infirmary, medical service, rehabilitation unit with overhead crane, a modern gym and a safe outdoor area.
The first floor is a socio-sanitary stay, “The closest thing to a clinic, where all the rooms have a ceiling crane, wall-mounted medical oxygen and a courtesy chair designed to replace the conventional wheelchair, and will have a 24-hour nursing service”, says Borja Diaz.
has two floors of Protected Living Units for people with dementiawith capacity for 22 users each. They are specially designed for protect the deficit and maintain the autonomy of people as long as possible, so that they feel recognized. In them we have tried to give a differential touch by playing with the colors of the walls to give a greater sensation of volume and depth and ‘camouflaging’ elements such as elevators or doors to minimize the risk of disorientation. Throughout the plant are distributed different elements of the Snoezelen rooms (star ceiling, bubble column, aroma machine…) to be able to work on multisensory stimulation in the company of the therapist without the need to travel or have to leave the floor”.
In these two Protected Life Units also the concept of reminiscence is worked on through the integration of elements typical of a house from the 70s, easily recognizable for people with cognitive impairment, “a pioneering concept in our country”, Borja Diaz stands out.
Colisée Bilbao has two floors of Protected Living Units specially adapted for people with dementia
The rest of the floors are standard and have their own living unit each one of them. Of the 14 rooms on each floor, 13 are individual, all exterior and very bright, and some have a suite-type terrace. Are equipped with the most modern technologyas a state-of-the-art patient-nurse communication system that allows “to recover bedside care and eliminate the need for staff to fill out records and reports, being able to spend more time on care and working on the resident’s life history.”
They also have forced oxygen ventilation, which allows constant air renewal without recirculation; air-conditioning; Smart TV equipped with a webcam system to hold video conferences with greater comfort and visibility; different models of standard or geriatric beds at ground level for people at risk of falling, etc. Some have details such as a bell with light signaling for the hearing impaired.
Both in the common areas and in the rooms, natural light is the protagonist. This allows “regulate the circadian rhythms of residents during the day. For certain people with certain cognitive deterioration, breakfast and snack can become similar, suffering more certain pathologies such as twilight syndrome, and being able to count on natural light helps to improve temporal orientation ”, indicates the director of Colisée Bilbao.
The ceilings of the common areas are soundproofed so that noise does not spread, improving acoustic comfort, and so that conversations are better heard and clear for residents. He center has its own kitchen in which a daily menu is prepared with two starters and two seconds to choose from, homemade desserts and a “mini-letter” with simple dishes that allow the autonomous person to choose according to their tastes. “They are small details that allow work every day individually with each resident so that people have the greatest personal autonomy and choice based on their tastes and desires”. In addition, this residence has the Breeam Sustainable Construction Certificate and when it is fully operational it will generate more than a hundred jobs.
The new Colisée residence in Bilbao has the Breeam Sustainable Construction Certificate and when it is fully operational it will generate more than a hundred jobs
Commitment to positive aging
The director of the Colisée Bilbao residence points out that in this center, as in the rest of those that make up the Colisée group, they work to encourage positive aging. “For our teams, promoting the positive aging of each individual is a duty and a responsibility, in line with our commitment to promote the health and well-being of the elderly, taking into account the different spheres of their lives”, explains Borja Díaz, who points out that vaccination has once again recovered the Grupo Colisée’s own residence modelbased on the person-centred care and the concept of residence as a prolongation of life at home.
“The coronavirus has highlighted that residences are not hospitals, are centers of life in which a bio-medical-psycho-social component of care is taken into account. Having medical attention 24 hours a day is undoubtedly a benefit, but we are moving towards a more social residence model, where ‘home’ values take precedence over medical aspects”points out.
The start-up of Colisée Bilbao has meant a investment of about 2.5 million eurosand is part of Colisée’s growth plans in Spain, which currently involve improving the company’s centers in Spain, for which it has planned investments for the coming years with the aim of improve the facilities and equipment of the centers to adapt them to the care model promoted by the company. Regarding new centers, the has opened two residences in the last year: this one in Bilbao and another in . It has also recently acquired a residential center in the rozas (Madrid) and another in Oviedo.
Colisée also focuses its efforts on continuing to respond to some of the biggest global challenges, especially in the area of health and welfare. In this sense, it has a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy aimed at social and environmental goals. Some outstanding goals of the Colisée Group in terms of social responsibility are: to promote the accessibility of residents to technology, to facilitate their communication with family members and professionals from the centers; the establishment of a care model that values the individual skills of each person; the implementation of measures for energy efficiency, and promoting inclusive work.