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 Sarah Croxtall Client Liaison 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.
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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The hard work and dedication by staff throughout the Avery group has been recognised yet again at the national Care Home Awards for 2018, where we have come away as winners in four important categories. The prestigious national award ceremony, run by Care Home Management, were held at the Health+ Care Show at London’s ExCel…
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When a Person Develops Dementia Dementia is a broad term that is used to describe a condition where there is an ongoing and generally irreversible decline of the brain and its abilities. At the present time, dementia is not curable. Although medication is available to slow the symptoms of the disease, these are not suitable…
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Rainbow Stripes have been visiting Alder House for some time now bringing a mix of inter-generational sharing and music, and in the process re-awakening happy memories for our residents. With this sort of interaction everyone wins! Notts TV take up the story…
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Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson was invited to a Victorian Christmas Fayre at Acer House Care Home on 23rd November, where she was warmly greeted by staff, residents and guests. The Christmas Fayre marked the start of a fun and entertaining festive season. We also invited Stephen Watters, Director of That Creative Thingy Wotsit, a local…
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We invited local singing group, 2+1, and Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to our Sing-a-long Open Day at Avonmere Care Home, Bristol on Monday 19th November. 2+1 is a family singing group, run by Joanne Sheard, who is also a carer at Avonmere; they have been performing at the home since February 2018. We decorated our…
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Every year, at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month, the nation comes together to commemorate the brave men and women who gave their all in the wars and conflicts of our past. Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday, which both fell on Sunday 11th November this year, offered a chance to…
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Avery Healthcare is delighted that its comprehensive and sector leading training and development strategy and programmes have been recognised with a second prestigious and independent sector award at the 13th annual LaingBuisson Awards on November 15th. Hot on the heels of winning Best for Training and Development at the 2018 Care Home Awards, Avery scooped…
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“Staff are very kind, nice and a good laugh” “They are all very caring” “I love it here” There are just a few of the quotes from our latest CQC inspection report, where we are very proud to announce that Amarna House Care Home has achieved ‘Good in All Categories’. The CQC monitors, inspects and…
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Cake-tastic everybody! In 2016 Avery Healthcare dough-nated over £6,000 to Macmillan Cancer Support. In 2017 we kneaded to do even batter, so we raised over £6,500 across all of our care homes and independent living locations. This year we have risen beyond expectations and are proud to d’eclair our total of over £7,800 at our…
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On the morning of Friday 19th October, Seagrave House Care Home welcomed Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to the official opening of our new coffee lounge. We decorated the home with lilac and silver balloons and a big ribbon for Sherrie to cut for the official opening. There was a wonderful platter of sweet treats, including…
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Staff, residents and friends at Glenmoor House Care Home were honoured to welcome Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to a Spanish themed Open Day on Friday 19th October! In preparation for the event, staff and residents decorated our home with fresh flowers, colourful balloons and multi-coloured bunting. When Sherrie arrived, Unit Manager Julie Alcock presented her…
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On Wednesday 17th October, our Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson joined us to officially name the units of Milton Court Care Home! In celebration of the occasion, our event had a black and white theme throughout, including monochrome balloons, flowers, garlands and other fantastic decorations. Sherrie was welcomed into the home by the Deputy Mayor of…
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The first three student nurses started their six-week placements at Birchwood Grange Care Home in September, following successful quality checks by Kings College London. (Pictured: Our first three student nurses at the start of their placement with our Deputy Manager Linda) We had previously developed links with Kings College in 2015 when we hosted a…
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On Monday 15th October, we celebrated Spencer House Care Home’s 4th Birthday in style, inviting Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson and Abington Vale Primary School Choir to join in the fun! Our Regional Managers Marius Feeney and Andrea Feeney proudly shared the success of Spencer House over the past 4 years along with our Home Manager Shweta…
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We are proud to announce that Clare Court Care Home has scored ‘Good in All Categories’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an unannounced inspection in late August. The CQC adjudged that our home and staff scored consistently highly throughout its in five categories (Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led). The report had many positive…
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