Abbotsleigh Care Centre

Only the experience of a loved one in a care home enables you to understand the effect it has. It is totally life changing for the whole family. But every cloud has a silver lining and ours is Abbotsleigh. My husband has been a resident for the last eighteen months. We are able to rest knowing my husband's needs are catered for. All the staff whatever their rolls are lovely people and always there with a smile. Always showing great kindness, patience and understanding to all the residents whatever the situation. As well as my husband's needs being so well covered, we always receive a lovely welcome when visiting and feel very comfortable when there. A very big thank you to everyone. Thank you to Alina for everything and welcome to Joy

Mum was discharged from hospital at the end of September 2025 into the care of Abbotsleigh. She was quite ill and over the last 11 months the staff at Abbotsleigh have really helped her medical conditions stabilise. She is very settled and content. All the staff are caring and supportive. Nothing is too much trouble and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Abbotsleigh Care Centre.

Put simply, Abbotsleigh has become Mum's home. She's looked after wonderfully with kind and attentive carers. They and their management team are her new family. My wife and I (son and daughter in law) are always made welcome and we feel that her best interests are always acted upon. We sleep well at night knowing Mum is safe, warm and cared for. Thanks Abbotsleigh

We will be forever grateful to all the staff for their love for our mum.

As I have said before mum was very settled and well cared for by all of the team at Abbotsleigh and we cannot thank you enough.

Also thank you for making my visits to her personable which made me feel comfortable, making the experience easier.

Please pass my thanks on to Elena, you and the team are a credit to her.

We found Abbotsleigh by chance when my wife was discharged there from hospital. We had intended to move her to a home closer to where we live, but our experience of Abbotsleigh has been so good that she is now a permanent resident. The building is in a country setting and is light and airy, the staff could not be more friendly, helpful and attentive to her needs and the food is excellent. We have complete confidence that she is well cared for.

My mum stayed at Abbotsleigh after a long hospital stay and needed a period of assessment before going home. The staff were all very friendly and supportive and always tried to help the family with any queries. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome and informed of mum's progress. It was helpful that she could also access a physio and hairdresser whilst a resident.

I have been staying at Abbotsleigh Care Home for the past 3 months. When I first arrived here my mobility and balance were poor. I lacked confidence and was very anxious and stressed. During my stay here I have been shown nothing but kindness and support from all members of staff. Food on the while is good but not always to my taste. They have a lovely garden with large seating area which is used a lot in warmer weather. My stay here has given me time and space to reflect and reassess my life and priorities and confidence to return back home.

Abbotsleigh itself is set in a beautifully peaceful rural location surrounded by trees, flora and fauna. A wonderful place.

My mother stayed at Abbotsleigh after a spell in hospital on a 3 bed pathway and then for respite care. The care they provided at the home was nothing short of excellent. The managers and the nurses were extremely communicative whenever there was a health issue and the care stuff themselves were so lovely with mum, warm and fun and extremely attentive. The setting is rural and peaceful and they have a gorgeous garden with chickens running around. We couldnt have been happier that this gorgeous home provided for our mum in the time she was here. A gem of a care home!

My mother passed on 3rd September this year having been a resident of Abbotsleigh for very nearly 3 years. She was looked after wonderfully well by all the staff and carers. Despite being confused through dementia she didn't always remember peoples names but she always told me she was well looked after.

My desire was always for her to be somewhere she was safe & comfortable, I think we were lucky she went to Abbotsleigh. In addition to my mum being well looked after I would like to recognise how well I personally was treated by all the staff at Abbotsleigh, I was always made to feel welcome, kept fully advised of what was going on at both the home and with mother. I will obviously miss my mother, but I will also miss seeing the team at Abbotsleigh.

Thank you for the marvellous job you have done and made the last 3 years of my mother's life better for all concerned.

Well what can I say, my dad has been a resident at Abbotsleigh for nearly 8 years and the care he has received has been amazing. The staff are so friendly and helpful and treat him with such respect, he is well looked after and if he has been poorly they have been on top of getting doctors out and medication started. They also are great with us as a family aswell keeping us up to date on anything we need to know. I have no hesitation in recommending Abbotsleigh to anyone from the experience we have received.

My husband has been in Abbotsleigh for 7 and a half years, and I have not had to make any complaints in that time.

After a spell in hospital, my sister's dementia necessitated going into care, which was quite a shock as, at that point, I wanted her to come home. She was taken to Abbotsleigh Care Centre. Over time, she settled in and her usual happy personality returned. I can't speak highly enough of all the staff involved in her care and how the home is run. She seems very happy, she is well cared for and is safe. Her day to day life is much fuller than it would have been had she returned home. The outside space is lovely, and they can feed the chickens. There is plenty of room for people to sit, and we recently had a BBQ and strawberries and cream.

My husband has been at Abbotsleigh now for 18 months and settled in very quickly with the care of the staff who were very attentive to his needs. They always address him by name and try to engage him when they can which is not east as he is very tired and sleepy. His weight has stabilised since being there although he is very thin, but the staff try to move him regularly to avoid bedsores. He is in his chair in the coffee room every 2-3 days which he enjoys with singers coming in, organised by the entertainment team.

The staff are really lovely. They smile and have so much patience. The activities are so creative. I am amazed at how inventive the entertainment are. The staff have such good ideas. The grounds are beautiful. It's lovely to have tea and coffee facilities for guests in reception, it means you can relax with a coffee and sit in the comfortable armchair whilst visiting your relative in their room. We were so delighted to find a vacancy at Abbotsleigh at the time we needed it. Dad calls it "his home" now.

Thankyou to all of the staff, manager and chef! The celebration you put on for my dad's Diamond wedding anniversary was simply stunning. The little touches such as getting and helping him to sign a card to my mum was above and beyond.

A simple thank you doesn't seem enough for everything you do but I hope this is a wee reminder of how thankful I am to you for continuing loving care of my dad and all of the residents in Abbotsleigh.

My father has been living at Abbotsleigh for 18 months and is very contented there. As a family we have been so happy with the care he has received and the friendly, caring staff who always do more than expected. As an example, the staff realised recently it was my parents' wedding anniversary and helped dad, who has long term dementia, to sign an anniversary card for my mum which was such a lovely touch. There are always activities planned and dad also seems to enjoy the food immensely! We are so relieved that we found dad such a cheerful and caring place to live.

My Aunt has been resident since mid-March 2025, having had a 6 month stay at Staplehurst Manor after a 2 week stay at Pembury Hospital after breaking her hip in a fall at home at the end of August 2024. I am very happy with almost every aspect of my aunt's care - the single aspect, which has nothing to do with Abbotsleigh, is the haphazard provision of weekly GP visits after a change in management/ownership at the Staplehurst Health Centre. Communications (whether phone or email) with the Health Centre are similarly frustrating. Abbotsleigh's staff are extremely pro-active, very caring and friendly, and very good at communicating with me as my Aunt's NOK about all aspects of her physical health and mental state.

Not only do the staff look after mum they go out of their way to talk to me too, they treat me and any other visitors with the same love and care they do my mum.