Specialist care provider Select Lifestyles is set to open a day care centre for people with learning disabilities and complex needs in October.

The centre, located in the West Midlands town of Rowley Regis, will house around 19 clients, with plans to grow the provision in the future. Select Lifestyles, which provides support services for around 175 people with learning disabilities and complex needs, has invested £100,000 in the transformation of the existing site.

Interior design firm Mood Interiors has designed the day care centre. Changes to the existing site include the widening of doors and corridors, the installation of ramps, extensive plumbing work to make space for more bathrooms and wet rooms and the installation of an inclusive kitchen with different workspace levels suitable for all clients. The company has also overseen the fitting of a specially designed quiet room, outdoor courtyard, music and arts and crafts room. Colours have been chosen throughout the house to support people with visual impairments.

The sensory room, designed and fitted out by sensory specialists Rhino, will give clients the opportunity to improve physical and cognitive skills through occupational therapy and entertainment.

Nick Horton, managing director of Select Lifestyles, said: “We cannot wait to see the site become a centre and a hub for our existing and new clients. The installation of the specially designed new sensory room is a particularly exciting prospect. The benefits these rooms provide for our clients can often be lifechanging.”