The Limes Retirement Home

My mother has been a resident at The Limes Retirement Home for a few years and she has been very happy there. The staff are cheerful and caring and my mum enjoys the activities.

My mother has been a resident for five years. In that time she has always been very well looked after by the attentive and caring staff. The staff have been excellent throughout my mother's stay but especially over the last eighteen months, when family visits have been so restricted by the covid guidelines.

Every time I have been to the care home I have always been made welcome. It's always very clean and tidy, with no unpleasant smells. Whenever I have visited my mum she has always been very clean and tidy. The staff are always very helpful. I have had no worries about my mother as I know she is well cared for and looked after.

My mum has been living at The Limes for 3 1/2 years. She has been and still is well looked after and cared for. She enjoys the food and has lots of praise for all the carers. Covid restrictions has made it very difficult for her and the other residents but now visiting has been re-established it feels a bit more "back to normal". The management kept The Limes Covid free and have taken on board the Government restrictions and changes as they were introduced and although this obviously created extra workload for them they coped extremely well. I am very happy with the care provided.

My mother has been in The Limes for 6 years she suffered from advanced dementia. The care is of a very good standard. I feel my mother is well-liked and loved by the carers.

The Limes is located in a country setting and has adequate parking and a lovely, well cared for garden. It has a very low turnover of staff, which in itself says a lot. During Covid-19, the staff and managers have operated Covid secure practices and have managed to stay free of the virus. It is a warm, friendly care home that looks after my relative extremely well.

If only we had known about The Limes when my mother-in-law needed 24hr care. The staff are friendly and caring. Many of them have worked at The Limes for years. The residents are very well looked after and treated as individuals. We really can't fault any aspect of my mothers care. Thank you to all the staff at The Limes.

My husband moved into The Limes Retirement Home in August after his Alzheimers began to deteriorate rapidly. He was made very welcome, his needs and preferences were soon learned by the staff, and he has settled in well. The staff quickly become known to me, and I am always greeted warmly on my almost daily visit. My husband enjoys many of the activities, especially visiting musicians and minibus trips. I feel he is safe and well-cared, for and that he has benefitted from the buzz of the people around him, so there has been an improvement in his spirit. He enjoys his visitors and usually has something to talk about.

My father moved into The Limes 2 months ago and settled in very quickly. He clearly enjoys and benefits from the friendly, homely atmosphere, and the activities provide welcome variety and stimulation. It has been a joy to see Dad engrossed in arts and crafts and armchair Zumba. He is enthusiastic about the minibus trips and entertainment, especially when it involves music. In recent years, Alzheimer’s has affected Dad’s characteristic sense of humour, but we have been delighted to notice this returning at The Limes. Gardening has always played a major role in Dad’s life so the garden here is a big plus and it is lovely that he can stroll around it whenever he wishes. The environment feels relaxed but safe, and the staff treat the residents with kindness and dignity. Dad has a lovely bright room and enjoys the company of others in the spacious lounge. He clearly looks forward to the home-cooked meals with pleasure. We are most grateful to the manager and staff for all they do!

Having looked at 5-6 care homes in the area that would be suitable for my 90-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer's, my husband and I decided that The Limes was the best home we had seen. It is a clean and friendly environment offering weekly entertainment and activities for the residents. The garden is lovely, and the mini-bus offering frequent trips out is a real bonus, enjoyed by my mother as her mind does not allow her to concentrate on the other activities she used to enjoy. The staff are very caring and helpful. Communication is excellent, with any issues being quickly addressed. My mother has presented some challenges, but these have been resolved and, since moving to The Limes at the end of May, she is now settled and happy. She is certainly well looked after. This gives me peace of mind, for which I thank the manager and her team.

I find The Limes a happy community and being able to visit my mother at any time is comforting. Refreshments are offered to visitors at the same time as the residents, enhancing the feeling of homeliness. The decision to place my mother in a residential home was extremely difficult, but her deteriorating health deemed it necessary; the care given by The Limes' staff is of such high order that I am confident she could not be in a better place.

The staff are so good with mum, she's 93 years old but the care they give her is so good, nothing too much trouble.

Good care home. Rooms are adequate and clean. Staff are friendly and helpful. Food is varied and nourishing. Activities are good.

The Limes Retirement Home is a very friendly place for my Dad to be cared for. He is happy and content and enjoys the homely environment, especially the meal times when all food is cooked fresh on the premises. I would certainly recommend this home to anyone with a loved one who needs 24-hour care.

Her room whilst slightly dated is ideal as she feels more relaxed and at home in this type of environment. She has previously been in a more modern Care home and found that rather cold and less welcoming.

I appreciated the way you looked after my father at the end of his life.

All in all, I have few complaints about the care home and would recommend it to anyone else.

Always found this care home very very good. My mother has been in there for eight years and is very well looked after. The meals are always cooked fresh every day to a high standard.

My mother has been a resident at The Lines for approximately four years. She has dementia and is 94 and unable to write a review. The staff are lovely. They are patient, kind, caring I compassionate and hard working. The physical environment is very pleasant when my mother needed to move to a larger ground floor room because her physical health level deteriorated a room was found very quickly. Following a long stay in hospital, she has received help from the staff sufficiently to walk again with their help.

Staff are ever present and helpful to residents and visitors.