Dove House

I had to come on here and just to let say that my mum had a week at this care home on a respite basis and she came out of there So happy. I found the staff to be very friendly when we first arrived and they welcomed her with open arms which was so nice. She got on with one member of staff very well the minute she met her so I was very relieved. My mum spent a week here I was very happy when I arrived and you could see that she was rested and not agitated. For this I'm very grateful as my week off was just so peaceful and restful and I absolutely needed it. Knowing my mum was in safe hands was a blessing. Thank you to the staff and management involved x

Good care & all good.

Carers are first class. Good, good friends. Overall experience was very good. After all home is home. Here the food is excellent.

Really pleased with the care that my mum receives. Whenever we go to visit she's in the lounge so has company and kept an eye on. Everywhere is very clean. The staff are always friendly, caring and genuine. The food is always lovely and they seem to cater for lots of different needs. Mum has been with this care home for a few months now and cannot fault them.

My wife has been in Dove House since Oct 2025. Her care couldn't be better anywhere. The staff are caring and patient, when I visit I can tell just by watching the staff working that they care for the residents. The home is clean, the food is excellent, cooked on site. Very difficult to cater for everybody. In Derby!

My wife looked after very well here. Everything is excellent and staff are so good.

I am happy here. I have been here for nearly 3 years. Staff always on time, never complain, are helpful and always do what I need. It's nice to have somewhere to go when you're older and be looked after well. I can't grumble, love it here.

The staff at Dove House are all very pleasant and welcoming. The residents are treated with dignity and care. The staff are always very kind and caring towards Mum and inform me of any medical and dietary issues that may occur. The care home is clean and tidy. I am very grateful and appreciative to all of the staff for their help, efficiency and kindness in all they do.

I would recommend Dove House to any one.

The staff are always pleasant and friendly. They seem very good with him. They are very good at keeping me in touch with what is happening with Dad's health.

My husband went into Dove House in October 2020. Our experience at another, highly rated care home in Ashbourne, had been abysmal. The Covid crisis had made it impossible to look at care homes closely before committing to change but I had no alternative, I had to move my husband. Dove House offered him everything that the previous care home had not. The carers kept him beautifully clean, tidy and well-fed. He was always dressed in his own clothes, his possessions weren’t continually lost and he was shaved daily. They joked with him, supervised entertainment for him and were a constant source of kindness and support. Sadly, my husband died recently. Although our entire family is devastated, we had the comfort of knowing that in his last few days, he was cared for, by what we consider, as his temporary extended family. Words cannot convey the gratitude we feel to the carers in Dove House.

I am very happy with my mum's care at Dove House. The quality of care Mum receives is outstanding, the staff treat her like one of the family and they always ensure she is dressed lovely. She has her own room which she loves, she watches the birds from her bay window and the meals are beautiful. Mum is very happy and she loves all the staff. She has been in Dove House since April 2019.

My mum was a resident for nearly five years, and throughout this time, she was treated with dignity and great care. She was very deaf, and the staff always took the time to make sure that she understood what they were doing. The staff were always pleasant and welcoming.

My Mum has been in your care since April 2019 and overall everything in my experience is fine. The staff is always willing and helpful and the home is always clean. Apart from a blip when she shared a room for a short period, but now this has been resolved, she is very happy and settled. When Mum needs medical care, the staff are very quick to get problems sorted.

My mother has been at Dove House for 10-years and is very happy; "her home". She has a clean, bright bedroom, everywhere is always clean at Dove House. Good food too. All the staff are caring and have a lovely relationship with mum. I do not live locally, and communication between the home and myself is excellent always has been, but during the virus, they have been exceptional letting me know how the home is coping, sending messages of how mum is and what she's been doing, and even sending me videos of mum. I will always thank them for that at a time when they were extremely busy they were so thoughtful. "Thank You all". I can highly recommend Dove House.

My mother in law of 94 went into Dove for some respite, she was only there a week before we took her out. Absolutely no management at all. Basic care and hygiene are appalling although the Nurses are very pleasant.

My mum has only been in Dove House for less than a year but I've never seen her so happy in years. The place is amazing and highly recommended. It's quality of life that counts and that's exactly what she receives.

I am hugely grateful for the care they gave her and would recommend them as a place of care.

If we asked for anything it was always done efficiently and we were always kept up to date.

A lovely, warm, welcoming home.

My Mother had been in care with Dove House for just under two years. I can honestly say that from the moment she lived with the team at Dove House she has been cared for and loved by the amazing staff who you can clearly see are dedicated to the residents.

The home is spotless as are the residents. My mother loved her food and as the kitchen has a viewing window you know that the quality and cleanliness are second to none.

Dove House made the last two years of my mother's life comfortable, happy and most of all she felt safe and secure.

Thank you to the manager and the wonderful team for all you have done for my mother. You will alway hold a special place in my heart and my eternal gratitude.