Summerhayes Care Home

Summerhayes Care Home is a small family run non nursing Residential Care Home providing personal care and accommodation for up to 14 older people. The Owner and Registered Manager, is Charlie Mason and the Deputy Manager is Sharron Cook. Charlie is currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a practising Registered Nurse and has an Honours Degree in Nursing Studies.

The home is an attractive large detached late Georgian property standing in well maintained gardens and benefits from far reaching countryside views. It is situated in the small village of Sandford two miles outside the town of Crediton and eight miles from the city of Exeter.

There are 14 single bedrooms, situated on the ground and first floors, with stair lift access to the first floor. There is a large lounge and separate dining room on the ground floor. There is level access to the garden, which has a south facing verandah at the front of the home, providing all year round enjoyment of the beautiful garden.

The local Post Office and General Store is just a minutes walk away and there is a bus stop very close with regular services in to Crediton which provides all the amenities expected of a town.

Making the right choice is essential when selecting a home and there are many factors to consider. What is important is for you to feel ‘at home’ in comfortable surroundings and that you are confident in the professionally structured care. All our rooms at Summerhayes have a spacious feel to them and are comfortably furnished. Most rooms have lovely views of the countryside or the pretty village. Rooms can be redecorated at the resident’s request.

Summerhayes Care Home can offer long term and short stay placements as well as day care and respite care. Our friendly and experienced care staff ensure high standards of personal care is individually tailored to meet our residents’ requirements.

We offer a comprehensive and structured social activities programme, which is run by dedicated staff. We also regularly enjoy visitors from the local community, who further enhance our programme with their various interests and activities. We recognise that activities need to be tailored to suit the individual’s ability and have therefore designed the programme around this. Residents can participate as much as they would like to. If you prefer to just relax and rest, that is fine too.

Individual’s suffering with dementia are especially catered for within our activities programme. Summerhayes Care Home is committed to improving the quality of life for these individuals by encouraging regular sessions including memory games, singing, painting, colouring and creating scrap books.

We ask relatives to assist us by filling in a life questionnaire on behalf of every resident, and to provide us with photos if possible so that we can fully understand each individual’s life history. We also aim to take residents out at least four times a year to a major event, for example the theatre or the seaside, and more regularly to the shops or local garden centres.

We have a visiting hairdresser, chiropodist, aromatherapist and optician for those who require it. These services incur additional costs at the providers’ rates.