Ashdown Residential Home

Ashdown Residential Home is registered to provide accommodation and personal care for up to 12 people. It does not provide nursing care. People living at the service are younger people, some of whom may have a learning disability, dementia or memory problems.

Ashdown Residential Home aims to provide a warm, homely and therapeutic environment and encourage the residents to determine their own day to day programme and to maintain and improve their daily life.

Each client on their admission will be allocated a key and link workers to whom they can relate to and a care plan will be drawn up for the client, this will be done in collaboration with the client, next of kin, their advocate, their key worker and the home’s managers.

A balanced and varied cuisine is prepared and fresh fruit and vegetables are used whenever possible, while special diets and religious requirements will be catered for when necessary.
Weekly shopping trips to the nearby shops and towns are arranged for those clients who wish help to purchase items or just to window shop.

Outings to place of interest or the theatre are also arranged by the home, the transport will either be by local coach or taxi firm or by the home’s minibus.

Arrangements have and can be arranged for the following services:- Hairdressing, Chiropodist, Optician, Dental and Religious Services for those clients so as not to interrupt their day at a time that is convenient to them.