Avery were delighted to welcome South Lodge, our first Leicester care home, its residents and staff into the Avery family of care homes in April 2018.
Situated just off the London Road, which joins Leicester with Market Harborough, in the leafy conservation area of Stoneygate, South Lodge’s wonderful position means our community is within the easy reach of the shops, churches and the city centre.
Our Leicester care home offers exceptional 24 hour residential and nursing care for both individuals and couples and has outstanding facilities and services, all set within our comfortable, supportive care community. South Lodge has a choice of 99 beautiful private apartments that vary from studios through to one and two bedrooms suites all with their own wet room style bathroom and some with kitchenettes ensuring our residents can remain as independent as they wish.
We also offer a separate dementia area comprising of 17 suites, each with an en-suite wet room. Comfortable, open plan naturally lit and staffed by specially trained staff, it offers unique support for those residents requiring specialist dementia care giving each and every resident the unique support they may need.
Ours is a supportive, companionable community. We use technology to support our residents to connect with family near and far, and social engagements, as well as mental and physical activity to keep us all active and in the best of spirits.
To discuss your next move whether, it is some advice you are after or perhaps would like to visit and chat with some of our residents, then call Penny Tilley our Manager on 0116 274 8000.
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Our residents have their say at South Lodge with the monthly residents meeting to decide on the activities they wish to see in the upcoming months.
Our gardening club with green house and raised flower beds offer those with green fingers the chance to still continue their hobby whilst our dedicated activities team offer a varied program. These include outings to local places of interest, visiting speakers and entertainers, pottery, art, one to one activities and garden walks in our gorgeous gardens which includes a woodland walk.
A local nursery school visit on a monthly basis and enjoy a morning in our activities room whereby children and residents alike play games, quizzes and even the occasional visit from Alfie the miniature pony! We are a supportive and companionable Leicester care home. We also host regular Parkinson’s group meetings with the local Parkinson’s Society and Gents Lunch Club whereby our male residents enjoy a pie and pint!
Our exceptionally well equipped home has a choice of dining experience, our residents and their families can dine in either our beautifully designed restaurant, in their apartment or our bistro for a more casual experience. We have a number of quiet cosy lounges, a bistro café which is ideal for that cup of coffee with friends, a well-equipped library reading area, a hair salon, a therapy room and spa.
It’s always a pleasure to be able to welcome you to our in-house magazine, and each quarter it’s equally great to be able to signpost you towards some of the key stories and events carried in that issue. As always there is so much for us to share in the work that goes in to…
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Avery Healthcare is proud to have been voted one of the top 20 care providers in the Large Provider category of Carehome.co.uk’s 2019 Care Home industry awards. The Large Provider category has 116 qualified operators (with 20 or more homes) and the Avery score of 9.5 out of 10 (from over 1,500 reviews) is something…
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A Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the Winter 2018/19 edition of Welcome Home, Avery Healthcare’s in-house magazine for all of our residents, staff, their families and friends and for everyone involved with our leading care homes and independent living residencies nationwide. Fun and activities at all of our Avery homes continued apace last Autumn, with many great events and fundraising, plus…
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At the glittering awards ceremony for the Great British Care Awards regional finals in London, we are very proud to announce our care home Manager at Birchwood Grange, Mark Bird, won the Home Care Registered Manager Award for 2018! Mark was nominated as a surprise by his team for the award and outshone the competition.…
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We were so excited to invite Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to our Afternoon Tea event at Crispin Court Care Home on the 24th September. Sherrie took the time to speak with all residents and posed for photographs with residents, visitors and families. Everyone at Crispin Court appreciated how she also spoke to all the staff…
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Welcome to the autumn issue of Welcome Home – Avery Healthcare’s in-house magazine for our residents, staff, families and friends and everyone involved with our care homes nationwide. At Avery we had a great summer, the warmest and sunniest for several decades, with the homes helping our residents spend more of their time outside in the gardens with summer fêtes…
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We’re very proud to announce that Avonmere Care Home has recently achieved a Good In All Categories rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in our first unannounced inspection. As an addition, we have also been recognised by Knight Frank with an entry into their 2019 Luxury Care Home Guide. The CQC grades services delivered…
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We are delighted to announce that Avery Healthcare has been shortlisted as finalists in no less than four categories that they entered in the 2018 LaingBuisson Care Sector Awards. LaingBuisson is an UK healthcare consultancy, based in London, that provides insights, data and analysis of health and social care market structures, policy and strategy. The LaingBuisson Awards…
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Our intrepid roving reporter, John Griff, the man behind the Avery Archive recordings, recently caught up with Sherrie Hewson, Avery’s new Ambassador, for a quick chat about her early impressions of the care company and how she was finding working with us. In a short and informal conversation Sherries shares her views on Avery, the…
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Avery Healthcare is delighted to announce that stage and TV actress and media personality Sherrie Hewson has been appointed as the Ambassador for our care home group! Now passionately concerned about the senior adult social sector, following on from her own mother’s experience of being in care, she is very interested in the Avery quality…
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In a further instalment Robert Richardson from the north-east recounts aspects of what has been a fascinating life. As part of our continuing resident storytelling archive, Robert talks about his passion for model boat building.
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Friday 13th – unlucky for some? Not for the Avery teams that took part in the Care Workers Charity Three Peaks Challenge! Three staff from Amarna House Care Home in York joined five staff from Avery Group Support Centre for the challenge on 13th July, and soon discovered that the trek was much more demanding than…
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Adelaide Care Home, Bexleyheath invited Avery Ambassador, Stage and TV actress, Sherrie Hewson to our Going the Extra Mile event where we were fundraising for The Care Workers Charity (CWC). Taking a spin on going the extra mile, the home decided to dance their miles together with lots of creative dance moves! The home and…
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Clayton Manor Care Home in Congleton has recently been inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are proud to announce that the CQC has rated our service as Good In All Categories! The CQC grades care homes and other care facilities on five target areas; Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well Led. After their…
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We recently held a VIP Champagne Afternoon Tea where we welcomed Avery Ambassador, Stage and TV star Sherrie Hewson into our home. This was Sherrie’s first official visit to Silvermere Care Home in Cobham. In true Silvermere style, we welcomed her with a Champagne Afternoon Tea themed party with Franz Hepburn on vocals singing us…
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Dukes Court Care Home in Wellingborough recently held a Staff Awards Ceremony and invited Avery Ambassador, Stage and TV actress Sherrie Hewson to assist Home Manager, Heidi Smith, in presenting the awards. Prior to our event, residents and relatives nominated their favourite staff members for a variety of awards, such as Favourite Carer, Best Newcomer…
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Ashurst Mews Care Home in Moulton recently invited Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson and the Mayor of Northampton to our Summer Garden Party! Sherrie arrived at our home and was welcomed by Home Manager Rex Pudol and Regional Manager Marius Feeney, and was later joined by the Mayor of Northampton, Nazim Choudary. Sherrie arrived to a…
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It is with great pleasure that Hempstalls Hall Care Home in Newcastle-under-Lyme are delighted to reveal that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has just rated the home as Good In All Categories! The CQC spent two days at Hempstalls Hall inspecting five key areas: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well Led. Our CQC report provided…
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Horse Fair Care Home in Rugeley, Stafford are excited to announce that after a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission, they have rated Horse Fair as Good In All Categories! The inspection is completed over two days, and the CQC speak to staff, resident and relatives about the care and service of the home.…
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People living with cognitive difficulties can very quickly become disconnected from everything that was once familiar, and those living with dementia, as well as their loved ones, need to be supported to continue to enjoy living their familiar and established lives. Recognising this, Avery Healthcare has launched ReConnect, a comprehensive organisation-wide approach to dementia care.…
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The staff and residents at Newcross Care Home in Wolverhampton are pleased to announce that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recently awarded the home with a Good In All Categories rating after a recent unannounced 2-day inspection. The CQC spent two days at the home, and looked at the five key components in the…
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Acorn Lodge Care Home in Nuneaton recently invited Avery Ambassador, stage and TV actress Sherrie Hewson, to visit us and reveal the names of our suites and plant a cherry tree! The event was themed around cherry trees, so to prepare for her visit, we decorated the home with pink and red balloons, with table…
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The Loxley Park Assisted Living Residency in Sheffield are overjoyed with the result from their latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report after an unannounced two-day inspection. The Care Quality Commission inspects the services delivered in care homes in five categories (Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led.) Each category is then graded based on their findings, with…
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The Home of the Quarter for this issue is Rowan Court Care Home in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The home has shown great teamwork in embracing new ideas and bringing staff and residents together, and has been nominated for this recognition for their incredible community links, online presence and a fantastic new initiative: ‘A Day in the Life Of’. A Day in the Life…
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