Sir Samuel Kelly Memorial Home

help each other, and my mother has bonded and made friends with many of the residents and all of the care team. The care is so conscientious, the cleanliness is impeccable, and the presentation of all the residents, all beautifully dressed with the in-house hairdresser, is a huge bonus. Our family couldn't rate Sir Samuel Kelly more highly, and we feel blessed to call them our family now.

to say goodbye when she was transferred to a nursing home recently. Thanks again.

- not just to the residents and to families but to each other that make it home. What I did not anticipate was for Mum’s home to ever again feel like my home. As I left a recent medical appointment with Mum, feeling hopeless and deflated, all I wanted to do was “go home”. I wanted to go somewhere with my Mum so that we felt safe and I could let my guard down, where we were free to be ourselves. This is when I realised that Sir Samuel Kelly felt like home. Mum is well cared for and kept busy. She has clean clothes on every day, her hair is kept in the style that she is used to, and her room is spotless. The staff are joyful and repeatedly forgiving. There is joy in being home.

bright and well furnished, each with en suite facilities. The communal areas are attractive and well thought out. We could not recommend Sir Samuel Kelly highly enough.

felt safe, treated with dignity and surrounded by love. To that end, her care plan was drawn up and reviewed regularly as her disease progressed. With the assistance of medical, community and hospice staff she was conscious and pain-free in her last few days. The staff at Sir Samuel Kelly appear to be employed on a strict code of ethics and it shows.

and addressed each and every difficulty and need that he had, as and when it arose. I cannot thank them or praise them enough for their all consuming attention to his comfort, welfare and well being at all times. Sadly for us as a family, due to his advancing dementia, he now requires nursing care and his care needs will have to be addressed elsewhere.

With grateful thanks to my 'Little Army of Angels' who will always have a special place in my heart.

and information received from doctors, physios and nursing staff suggesting my mother would be limited to her bed, our despair was evaporated when staff from Sir Samuel Kelly Memorial Home visited and assessed my mother's condition and agreed to take her back to try and improve her mobility. These three weeks had given my mother some dignity and self-respect back.
Some people read or hear bad news stories about Elderly homes. The time my mother has spent at Sir Samuel Kelly Memorial Home has been a good news story the whole way. All staff are passionate and caring about their roles in helping their residents deal with continuing to be who they are. I can't recommend Sir Samuel Kelly Memorial Home sufficiently enough to give it the credit it deserves.

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resident we are told that the home is my father's home and they are the guests! we can make ourselves coffee and tea which just adds to the homely atmosphere a great place.

resorts. The facilities and staff are fantastic. I honestly trust all the staff 100% with the care of my father. The staff are friendly and know move my dad and his little ways than I do. I know he is happy and content here and he is really in the best of care.