Pembroke Care

Pembroke Care supports people who are medically ready to leave hospital but not yet ready, or confident enough, to manage at home. Set in a quiet residential part of Reading, minutes from the Royal Berkshire Hospital, this boutique setting has cared for local people since 1994 and is kept deliberately small, so staff know every guest personally.

The team offers a single Hospital-to-Home pathway with three ways in: post-hospital recovery stays, transitional living and reablement in spacious self-contained apartments, and short-term respite from a single week at Pembroke Lodge, the residential setting. Typical recovery stays last two to six weeks, with assessment in hospital or at home, usually within 24 hours of referral. Planned and short-notice referrals are considered seven days a week.

Support is flexible and based on assessed need, covering personal care, medication and mobility help, and recovery goals that sit alongside discharge, occupational therapy and reablement plans, so each guest can rebuild confidence and independence before returning home. Referrals come from discharge teams, social workers, case managers, GPs and families. Read less