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Farthings Residential Care Home

Old London Road, West Drayton, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 8ED
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Farthings Residential Care Home has farmhouse origins and is a small family run care home. There is a skilled and friendly team passionate to deliver professional and respectful person-centred care for older people. The Home is also able to offer care for residents living with dementia and day care services, as well as respite accommodation.

There are 22 bedrooms, all of which have full en-suite facilities and are individually and tastefully...  

Care Provided by Farthings Residential Care Home

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 22 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Stairlift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Fees are all inclusive of 24-hour care, rates, laundry and meals. Excluded from our care fees are sundry items such as hairdressing, chiropody, clothing etc.

Contact Farthings Residential Care Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self-Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top-up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Good to Know

Group / Owner

Person in charge

  • Louise Hicks (Registered Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Mixed (no single-gender units)
  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2024
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (20)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (1)
  • Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (2)

Visiting

  • Visitors are welcome at any time. Should you wish to meet with the Registered Manager it is recommended you pre-book, to ensure they are available to meet.

Parking

  • On the road outside Farthings and down the lane on the North side of the building.

Farthings Residential Care Home Reviews (27)

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Farthings Residential Care Home has a Review Score of 9.1 (9.093) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Farthings Residential Care Home has 27 reviews.

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Review from James P (Power of Attorney of Resident) published on 5 June 2020 Submitted via Website
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The Farthings has been very proactive in maintaining the health and wellbeing of its residents during the present Coronavirus pandemic and has been excellent in keeping us informed about the resident for which I act with Legal Power of Attorney. It is a credit to the home manager that no resident has tested positive for Covid-19 and all residents have remained safe and well.

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Review from Rosemary E (Daughter of Resident) published on 22 May 2020 Submitted via Website
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Her family are extremely happy with the care my mother receives. The management and staff have been and continue to be remarkable during the Covid-19 pandemic. As far as my mother is concerned, her care has been seamless and she appreciates why, for instance, the staff wear masks. Established and newer staff understand her needs and concerns and do their utmost to make her feel settled and happy. We regularly see genuine affection displayed. The family is kept fully informed about my mother’s health and well-being, and I particularly appreciate the efforts made to encourage her to phone us.

A programme of refurbishment means that both the interior and exterior are attractive, modern and fresh. We feel very lucky that our mother has made Farthings her home and could not wish for anywhere that meets her needs better.

Reply from Lynne Fardell-Wain, Registered Manager at Farthings Residential Care Home
What lovely comments Rosemary, as you know we think the world of your mum she certainly keeps us on our toes and always a joy to be with.

We look forward to future fun times with mum and all our wonderful ladies and gents

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Review from Rosie M (Daughter of Resident) published on 11 February 2020 Submitted via Website
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Excellent, family-based care home offering holistic care. Mum is treated like a family member and feels safe in this environment. As family, we are also encouraged to visit and participate in activities. All staff are very caring and treat Mum as an individual - they understand her needs and care for her appropriately.

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Review from Stacijane K (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 11 February 2020 Submitted via Website
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This is an excellent care home we looked at three before we put my granny in Farthings, none of them lived up to their standards. Excellent staff, they are very friendly and caring towards my grandmother and very clean throughout the building. The food is excellent so perfect in every way. Our mind is settled to know that our granny is getting well looked after.

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Review from Elaine B (Daughter of Resident) published on 2 May 2019 Submitted via Website
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My mother has been a resident for nearly 7 years and though there have been many changes to the staff over time, the standards of care have remained high.
I have always been happy with the care and have a good relationship with the staff who are both professional and approachable.
I feel they manage to keep a homely atmosphere and treat all residents as individuals whilst also ensuring everyone is included in the life of the home.
I would definitely recommend it for both a long or short term stay.

Thank you to everyone at Farthings.

Reply from Lynne Fardell-Wain, Registered Manager at Farthings Residential Care Home
What a lovely review, Elaine, we all enjoy your mum's company and she is always full of smiles and such good fun.

Thank you.

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Review from Maggie W (Daughter of Resident) published on 20 October 2015 Submitted via Website
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This is a lovely rural home with a large airy sitting room looking over the courtyard garden. The food is home cooked, the rooms are clean, spacious and modern but it is the level of care from the outstanding staff which really makes this home special. They looked after my mum for two years always treating her with complete respect, dignity, exceptional kindness and good humour. They went out of their way to get her special equipment and facilities that made her life more comfortable and nothing was too much trouble. Every resident is treated as an individual and their well being is of paramount importance. I cannot thank them enough for what they did and I would not hesitate for a moment to recommend this home to others.

Reply from Sally Brand, Manager at Farthings Residential Care Home

Thank-you for your exceptionally kind words, Maggie. Every Farthings resident and their family for that matter, joins our extended family the moment they walk in the door. I can honestly say that your Mum has been a special addition and is talked of often. None of us can watch "Strictly come dancing" without thinking of her! Best wishes to you and your family. Please do call in and see us!

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Review from Lesley C (Sister of Resident) published on 12 August 2015 Submitted via Website
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The carehome is very homely, the staff are very attentive, caring and treat the residents as they would their own family.
My sister was treated with respect, dignity, encouraged to maintain as much independence as able and given as much privacy as she wanted.
The meals are excellent, nutritionally balanced and and the choice very good.

The home has an activities organiser who organises activities for the residents, they also have people come in for entertainment.

The staff went out of their way to cater for my sister's needs and as a former hospital social worker who has visited many care homes, it is one of the friendliest I have been in.

The Manager is very professional, caring and empathetic and went above and beyond to ensure my sister had all the help she needed from other agencies and peoples.

I would certainly recommend this home.

Reply from Sally Brand, Manager at Farthings Residential Care Home

Thank-you for the review Lesley. We are delighted with your comments and are so happy that you noticed the care and attention we bestow on our residents. Not everybody is so observant! We are always keen to improve our service and the residents' experience of our care. To get such a fantastic...  

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Regulatory Rating

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Date: 07 May 2022
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  • Well-ledGood
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Bed Vacancies

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Posted: 22 July 2026

We currently have rare vacancies. We have a large apartment style room, accessed through our internal garden and a staircase with a stairlift, it has recently refurbished en-suite with a shower, hand basin and toilet. The room has a large open-plan bedroom / living space and en-suite with shower with a kitchenette. There is also another large apartment style room, which is accessible either through the main home and a passenger lift or the garden and a staircase/chair lift. This room is open plan and has a large recently installed wet room. There is also a first floor bedroom which is accessible via a passenger lift and has an ensuite bathroom with shower within. There is a garden room accessible through an internal courtyard with private access and an ensuite bathroom.

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Meet the Team (2)

Lynne Fardell-Wain
Lynne Fardell-WainJob Title:Registered ManagerJoined: 2017
I’ve worked in care homes for over 24 years now, qualified with Level 2 and 3 in Health & Social Care, Level 5 Management of Adult Residential Health & Social Care Settings and a Level 7 CMI Strategic Management qualification. I followed my mum into the job by volunteering at our local care home where she worked, she had also followed her mum into care, as my nana was the Matron of a council care home for 20 years.

Everything I do makes me happy in my role but nothing more so than seeing my residents smile and knowing the staff feel supported and also enjoy their jobs, as it can be long and at times difficult hours in care work.

Over the years I have worked in 12 different homes, some of those were for the same company as I progressed, but to me, Farthings outweighs all previous experiences through my career. I feel happy and content here, I wake every day happy to come to work even through difficult times in the industry I always feel supported and encouraged by the Directors and the family as a whole.

My favourite thing overall is that the home is family run, but led by the resident's wants and wishes. Ashall Care Ltd go above and beyond to ensure the residents receive everything they need along with The Farthings Team all together really get on and enjoy working together.

I feel 100% confident in the delivery of care to our residents is second to none.

Charlotte Shatwell
Charlotte ShatwellJob Title:DirectorJoined: 2010

I’m a Director at Ashall Care Ltd and the Nominated Individual with the CQC for Farthings. Farthings has been part of my family’s heart and lives for over 30 years. I have spent over 12 years working in various roles for the NHS, this gave me a great foundation of how care organisations should operate and how to set, achieve and maintain high standards of care.

I have been working operationally at Farthings for over 9 years and it has been an absolute pleasure to be part of and seeing the home grow, evolve and move forward over this time.

Every time I’m at Farthings I hear laughing amongst the residents and the staff team, it is truly heart-warming to know that the residents are happy and well looked after, as part of the Farthings family, and that the staff team are happy in their work.

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