A new day care centre for older people in North East Glasgow was officially opened in February 2017.

Wallacewell Day Care Centre in Balornock has been built as part of an overall £100m Glasgow City Council project to transform residential and day care services for the city's older people.

The centre on Wallacewell Road will provide day care support for up to 30 vulnerable people each day, Monday to Friday, to help them to continue to live independently at home for as long as possible. Equipped with activity rooms, lounges, a treatment room, hairdressing salon, quiet room and dementia-friendly garden, the new centre has been purpose built to meet the increasingly complex needs of older people. This modern and high quality environment will allow for flexible and personalised support to be delivered for service users

David Williams, Chief Officer of the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, said: "Our investment in this kind of high quality, future-proofed facility fully supports our vision for future services. Wallacewell Day Care Centre is for older people who will benefit from extra support so they can continue to live independent, active lives.

"Many older people living at home do experience poor health, have to deal with the impact of dementia, have mobility problems or are excluded from activities enjoyed by others. The facilities at Wallacewell will help support services to address all of these issues and help people to live at home for as long as possible."

At the opening ceremony, speeches were also heard from service user Robert Howatt and Catriona Blacker, whose father Jimmy McGlynn attends at Wallacewell.

Robert Howatt, who has received a day care service for four years, said: "This centre allows more room for activities and more facilities to care for service users with varying degrees of disabilities and to top it all, a beautiful, safe garden area.

"Glasgow City Council has exceeded themselves with this beautiful purpose built centre. All staff are very well trained and go the extra mile for service users, ensuring their safety and treating them with respect at all times."

Wallacewell is the fourth day centre to open as part of the Tomorrow's Residential and Day Care Programme, with six day care centres and five residential homes planned in total.

North Glasgow is already served by Hawthorn House Care Home and Day Care Centre in Possilpark. Orchard Grove Care Home and Day Care Centre opened in Toryglen last year, and Glenwood Day Care Centre opened in Castlemilk in 2013.