Activities Care homes can offer a wide range of activities, from individual daily activities such as reading, to group activities such as singing and gentle exercise. At Anchor’s care homes, activities and events are arranged with residents’ input to ensure everyone who lives with us enjoys living in later life. Care homes may also have visiting groups, such as nurseries and schools and arrange trips for residents to visit local sites of Our Chef Managers and catering teams will work to accommodate specific dietary requirements and tastes. Our highly trained colleagues prepare freshly cooked meals with locally sourced and seasonal ingredients where possible. Our mealtimes are sociable and enjoyable times of the day. Anchor hold an annual Chef of the Year competition, which is an opportunity for our talented staff to showcase their culinary excellence and flair that they provide to residents on a daily basis. You can find out more about our approach to food on our website here . Health and other services Residents are registered with a GP and also have access to other health care services such as district nurses, dentists and optometrists as required. interest. Food Many of our homes have visiting hairdressers that work from a salon area and other visiting services such as chiropodists.* *Additional charges may apply for these services. Please discuss with our care home.
Visiting We encourage friends and family to visit their loved ones living in a care home to maintain these links and links with the wider community. Most homes allow visits to suit residents and their families and are happy to speak to then to answer any questions that they may have. If you would like to arrange a visit, each homes’ contact details are available on the Anchor website or please call in. You can also arranging a visit through the Customer Enquiries team on 0800 731 2020. Carehome.co.uk is the leading UK care home review website with nearly 300,000 reviews published. Friends, family members and residents can submit reviews regarding the care home in which they or their loved one resides which can assist people looking for care with their decision. All reviews are independently verified by the website. If you wish to visit the website or find out further information, this can be found at www.carehome.co.uk .
“My mother spent 8 weeks here having respite care following her release from hospital, during that time she could not fault the care and help she received from the staff. Their care and support enabled her to recover sufficiently to return home.”
Timken Grange relative carehome.co.uk review.
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