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Care Provided by The Thorns Retirement Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- For a maximum of 15 Service Users
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Stairlift
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Fees include 24 hour care, meals, snacks, fruit, entertainment and laundry including ironing.
Chiropody services, personal newspapers and hairdresser services are available at an additional cost.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact The Thorns Retirement Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact The Thorns Retirement 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
Owner
- The Thorns Retirement Home Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Claire Robinson (Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2025
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (11)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (7)
- Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (1)
Visiting
- Visitors are welcome anytime, there are no restrictions other than meal times. Lunch is served at 12:30pm, dinner/tea at 5pm.
Parking
- On site parking.
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Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 22 October 2019Overall
Good
Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
Bed Vacancies
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
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Frequently Asked Questions about The Thorns Retirement Home
What types of Care is The Thorns Retirement Home registered for?
Older Person Care, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does The Thorns Retirement Home have?
There are 11 Single Rooms and 2 Couples/Companion Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at The Thorns Retirement Home?
Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Lift, Stairlift, Gardens, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is The Thorns Retirement Home to the centre of Lancaster?
3.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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