Life here
The point of a care home is not the care. It is that someone gets to carry on being themselves, with the difficult bits taken off their hands.
Day to day
An ordinary life, kept going
Visiting is open. There are no set hours and you do not need to ring first. Residents use the telephone whenever they like, and staff will set up a video call to family anywhere in the world.
There is an activities co-ordinator. Children from the village school come in to sing, a parent and baby group visits each month, and a newsletter goes out to families with news and photographs from the month just gone.
The building
Two lounges, a dining room and a conservatory
Twenty-six bedrooms over two floors, with a passenger lift. Twenty-five are single rooms and one is a double, so a married couple need not be separated.
The conservatory faces east and fills with sun first thing in the morning. There is a quiet room for when families want to sit somewhere private, away from the lounges.
Outside, a level lawn runs the length of the building, with a greenhouse and a summer house. Level matters more than it sounds: it means a walking frame or a wheelchair can get all the way round.
Mealtimes
Eating well, and eating what you chose
Meals are cooked here, and there is always a choice. Nobody is put in front of a plate they did not pick.
Special diets are catered for, whether that is diabetic, soft or pureed, an allergy, or a cultural or religious requirement. Tell us at the assessment and it is written into the plan before the person arrives, not worked out afterwards.
Residents eat in the dining room or in their own room, whichever they prefer. Specialist cutlery, plates and cups are there for anyone who needs them, so that people can keep feeding themselves for as long as possible.
Visitors are welcome to eat with their relative. Ask the kitchen and we will lay a place. There is a small charge for a visitor's meal.
Y Gymraeg
Mae'r Gymraeg yn cael ei siarad yma bob dydd.
Welsh is spoken here every day, by staff and residents, and by the village around us. Each person's language is identified when they are first assessed and recorded in their plan, and we are working towards the Active Offer: care offered in Welsh without anyone having to ask for it.
Come and see
The only way to know is to walk in
Any member of staff can show you round. You are welcome to turn up without an appointment. You will see the place as it actually is, which is the point.