Acomb Gables Community Unit for the Elderly Archive

16 photographs of Acomb Gables Community Unit for the Elderly, taken probably at the time of its opening: coloured prints, of interiors and exteriors, no people included, c.1989; files concerning the setting up and early years of the unit, c.1989.

Acomb Gables, 2 Oak Rise, Acomb, was purpose built on part of the site of the demolished Acomb Hospital. The unit came into operation in March 1989 and it was officially opened in the following September.
Acomb Gables was the first to be opened in the series of Community Units for the Elderly (CUE units) built between 1989 and 1996 for the care of the confused elderly in York and district, who would previously have been housed in large mental hospitals (eg Clifton Hospital) and now are cared for in a community setting.
The opening was reported in the Yorkshire Evening Press on June 8 and September 28 1989. Facilities at opening comprised a 14 bed residential unit (which also offers short stay facilities), a 20 place day unit, domiciliary care, carer support, and a resource centre, and a staff of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and support workers.
The other CUE Units, which all have similar facilities, are Cherry Tree House, opened 1990 (serving Heworth/Tang Hall); Worsley Court, opened 1991, (serving Selby); Mill Lodge, opened 1992 (serving Huntington); Peppermill Court, opened 1993 (serving the Haxby Road area); Acorn Court opened 1994 (serving Easingwold); and Meadowfields at Nelson's Court, opened 1996 (serving South Acomb).

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1995 as part of the transfer of York Health Archives to the Institute from their temporary home at Clifton Hospital. A further addition was made to the archive in 2010.

Acomb Gables, 2 Oak Rise, Acomb, was purpose built on part of the site of the demolished Acomb Hospital. The unit came into operation in March 1989 and it was officially opened in the following September.
Acomb Gables was the first to be opened in the series of Community Units for the Elderly (CUE units) built between 1989 and 1996 for the care of the confused elderly in York and district, who would previously have been housed in large mental hospitals (eg Clifton Hospital) and now are cared for in a community setting.
The opening was reported in the Yorkshire Evening Press on June 8 and September 28 1989. Facilities at opening comprised a 14 bed residential unit (which also offers short stay facilities), a 20 place day unit, domiciliary care, carer support, and a resource centre, and a staff of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and support workers.
The other CUE Units, which all have similar facilities, are Cherry Tree House, opened 1990 (serving Heworth/Tang Hall); Worsley Court, opened 1991, (serving Selby); Mill Lodge, opened 1992 (serving Huntington); Peppermill Court, opened 1993 (serving the Haxby Road area); Acorn Court opened 1994 (serving Easingwold); and Meadowfields at Nelson's Court, opened 1996 (serving South Acomb).

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

2015-07-23

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For further material held by the Borthwick Institute, please see the unlisted material relating to community health in York Health Authority Archive, and in the annual reports of York Health Services NHS Trust from 1992 onwards which give an overview and account of main developments in the Community Units for the Elderly. Please contact the Institute for further information regarding access to unlisted material.

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