this turnaround in quality helped to drive up occupancy to levels of circa 88%. another factor in the group’s performance was calveley’s strategy of anticipating market changes in order to provide specialist care. four seasons has 80% nursing or high dependency beds and 20% residential in contrast to the sector average of 55% residential. it developed services for people who are physically frail or suffering from the onset of dementia, chronic neurological conditions, respite care, intermediate care and rehabilitation, terminal care. because there are few readily available alternatives for high dependency care – such as care provision at home – the market for higher dependency care is more resilient than the market for residential care.