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New Furniture and Decoration For Retirement Homes
There are thousands upon thousands of retirement homes around the country, and they vary greatly in quality. A great deal get money from the government to survive, although their are many privately funded homes also. I report last year from The Care Trust however found that the quality of government-run retirement homes was not good enough and suggested that something was done to bring them up the standard of most of the private homes.
Very recently the government has announced that they will increase their budget on retirement homes by 10% over the next 5 years. The money will be spent on getting new painted furniture into the homes and improving the overall interior design and decorations to both modernise and brighten up the buildings.
Alister Pride from The Care Trust stated that it definitely wasn’t an issue of not having high enough standards of cleanliness. “We were actually very pleased with the overall cleanliness standard that was being maintained” noted Pride. “We were more concerned that not enough money or effort was being made on making these places look nice”.People living in care homes don’t have a great deal of input into the interior design, despite many not being happy with the current one. He continued to say that they were very happy that the government had listened to their recommendations and they look forward to seeing the improvements.
The way the government has decided to tackle the problem is by creating specialist teams of designers and decorators to visit the homes. “The last thing we wanted was to just give the homes more money and watch it disappear on admin costs” stated a government spokesman. Over the coming five years the teams will actually go to these homes and bring in new furniture like dining furniture. They will also be implementing colour schemes into the buildings and replacing old and decrepit items with new pieces such as bedside tables and dining chairs.
Shasta Homes
Shasta, referred to as Old Shasta, is an unincorporated community in Shasta County A bustling town of the 1850s through the 1880s, Shasta was for its time, the largest settlement in Shasta County and the surrounding area. This town was very important during the mining days as it became a major commercial center and shipping point for mule trains serving the mining towns and later settlements of northern California. When gold was discovered near Shasta in 1849, it brought California Gold Rush searchers to the Shasta area, and then many continued to use the town of Shasta it as base of operations.
The site of Old Shasta is now Shasta State Historic Park, containing the original 1850s-era brick buildings. Shasta now has a population of approximately 750 people with the ruins of the gold mining town, a post office, a church, an elementary school, the oldest Masonic lodge in California, and a store.
Just outside of Redding, about six miles, you will see a row of half-ruined, brick buildings that are reminders that Shasta City, was the “Queen City” of California’s northern mining district, once stood on this site. These ruins and some of the nearby roads, cottages, and cemeteries are all silent reminders of the intense activity that was centered here during the California gold rush.Iron shutters still swing on massive, old, iron hinges before the doors and windows of grass-filled, roofless buildings that once were crowded with merchandise, and alive with the human sounds of business, trade, and social endeavor.
The County Courthouse, was restored to the way it looked in 1861 when it was converted to become the Courthouse. Extrodinary historical exhibits, and a collection of historic California Artwork fill the building.
This is another of the wonderful historic sites to visit along with, natural wonders and the great outdoor recreation in the historic Redding/Shasta area.
Redding real estate
Redding is located on edge of the Central Valley in the shadow of Mt Shasta and is the county seat of Shasta County. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations.
Redding real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. Rain falls abundantly in the Winters in Redding, and snow will occasionally fall on colder winter days. The summers in the Redding area, even in the neighboring mountain communities are hot, and dry. One hundred degrees is the average maximum temperature in July. While the official high temperature in July is listed at 120 degrees, the temperature has been known to reach 125 in some areas of Redding.
In recent decades an influx of retirees from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles seeking lower cost housing and a slower pace of life has caused a shift in the city’s economic base towards the service sectors of medical, legal, retail and tourism. There are now many retirement communities, some gulf resort, that are located in the Redding/Shasta area. However, the unemployment rate is still above the state average, and with little industry, wages are low.
Redding is the largest city in the northern Sacramento Valley as well as the largest city on the 470-mile stretch of Interstate 5 between Sacramento, California and Eugene, Oregon. Both Redding and its neighbor to the south, Red Bluff, are popular with tourists who use the cities as bases to explore Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Shasta, and other natural and man-made attractions such as:
- Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay is a pedestrian span that was designed by the noted Spanish architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava and links the north and south campuses of the 300-acre Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
- Turtle Bay Exploration Park on the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and twenty-acres of beautiful gardens. The campus features both permanent and changing exhibitions highlighting art, history, horticulture, forestry and natural science.
- The Cascade Theatre(which opened in 1935) has been restored and now operates as a multi-use performance venue. The theater is an example of Art Deco architecture of the period.