Coombes Wood House

Coombes Wood House offers high quality care 24 hours a day and an excellent quality of life for people over 65 years of age who have care needs which may include frailty, continence problems, physical disability or mental health problems, such as poor memory or confusion, depression, anxiety etc.

The service we provide includes an individual care plan for each person who lives here, which will describe all aspects of help and assistance the person needs and how this will be provided.

The facilities at Coombes Wood are extensive and geared towards individual care needs. These include a proper (shaft) lift, hand and grab rails, hoists, moving and handling equipment and well trained staff. Also, visiting services available include chiropody, optician, hairdresser, physiotherapist, dentist etc, and may incur a cost to the resident.

Marjorie offers Reflexology and Massage Therapy to residents where appropriate as part of the care at Coombes Wood House. Several relatives have also benefited from these therapies!

Nearly all rooms have an en suite toilet and residents can pay to have a telephone or television or computer installed in their own rooms.

Outings and leisure pursuits are particularly encouraged and our activities programme can include visits to the pub, or garden centre, shops, the seaside, the moors and other places that the residents like, where they can buy themselves tea or coffee and a cake, or a glass of beer or sherry or a gift for their relatives, etc. We have a small MPV which staff can use to take people out.

Other activities that provide mental and/or physical stimulation include social themed activities such as Easter, Christmas, birthday; reminiscence sessions, “old” movies, music sessions, sun bathing, pets visits (including Donkeys), religious meetings, the Townsey Music therapy meetings held at our premises, visiting musicians (for a singsong), pottering in the garden, going to church and more.

Staff also try to involve residents in small group or one-to-one activities such as craft work, doing puzzles, large scale games according their abilities etc.

Already you will have a sense of our values and philosophy: the underlying characteristic spirit of Coombes Wood House is the belief that the people who live there are of central importance, regardless of their background, disability or care needs.

Accommodation

We actively encourage residents to decorate the room with their own belongings to promote a sense of familiarity.

There is accommodation in thirty eight single rooms and one double room and all but two of the rooms are en suite. Many have French doors onto the veranda or the sunny courtyard and also wonderful views either down the valley or over the fields with sheep, cattle or horses.

As well as large private areas, the home has a large lounge where residents can relax or meet with visitors.

There are very pleasant gardens and the grounds cover some two acres which offer ponds, many mature trees and shrubs and a profusion of plant life and creatures.