Major refurbishments to St Faith's Nursing Home's 'Fairhaven wing' (the original building) started at the end of November to create an environment specifically tailored to end of life care.

Works are scheduled to take 12 weeks to complete and are being completed by Bishops Cleeve based Snape Contracting who won the tender for the project.

The St Faith's building was purchased in 1962 from Cheltenham Ladies College and was known as Bredenbury House. After conversion it opened in 1962 as a residential home for 28 ladies.

Now under Lilian Faithfull Care's wing, St Faith's provides person-centred nursing care to 69 residents with specialism in dementia, palliative and end of life care.

The old, smaller rooms will be merged to create eight large ensuite rooms which will offer space for equipment and also space needed for couples and family to stay in the room. Each floor will also have a kitchen for families to use who often stay long hours or even overnight.

Lilian Faithfull Care also hope to support the work that Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice do, by helping provide palliative care in this newly refurbished wing.

Martin Hughes, CEO of Lilian Faithfull Care said: "One thing that has remained unchanged at Lilian Faithfull Care is the commitment to one of the founding principles of the charity when it was established in 1946; 'a desire to improve the lives of others through care and dedication.'"

Martin added: "This new dedicated nursing wing with its spacious rooms, will mean so much to couples and families, who will be able to continue to spend time together, and not be apart."