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Arrowsmith Road, Canford Magna, Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 3BQ
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Excellent service and friendly staff. Very nice large room and good food.N C(Respite Resident/Service User)
Magna, Wimborne Minster
Magna, Wimborne Minster
Magna, Wimborne Minster

Magna Care Centre is an attractive Mediterranean style building located within a beautiful conservation area. It offers the highest levels of specialist nursing, dementia and residential care including trial stays, short stays, convalescent care and long-term care for individuals or couples.

The home provides light and spacious accommodation throughout with wonderful landscaped gardens specially designed to be attractive in all seasons. The gardens feature a number of attractive water features, palms,...  

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Care Provided by Magna

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 69 Service Users

Other Care Provided

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

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Bar/Café
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

Type of carePermanentRespite
Residential CareFrom £1,595From £1,794
Nursing CareFrom £1,845From £2,075

Fees are subject to a pre-admission needs assessment which is required to fully understand the level of care and support required by each individual. Premium rooms normally require an additional charge. Nursing fees include the Funded Nursing Contribution (FNC) if you are eligible.

What’s included?

• All care and support including a monthly review of care plans

• All meals, snacks and drinks freshly prepared every day by our chef

• Access to landscaped gardens

• Activities and lifestyle programme

• All utilities and other accommodation costs

• Housekeeping and laundry services

• WiFi internet access

Please note, the weekly fee does not include hairdressing, chiropody or other healthcare visits or appointments not covered by the NHS, toiletries, newspapers or magazines, any over the counter medications that a GP wouldn’t normally prescribe such as paracetamol and indigestion relief, and any other privately arranged healthcare. Should you require an escort to hospital appointments, we may apply an agreed hourly charge for this service.

Contact Magna 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)

Support you may be entitled to

  • If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Good to Know

Group / Owner

Person in charge

  • Kayleigh Frulli (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2024

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (55)
  • Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (27)

Magna Reviews (168)

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9.9

Magna has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.870) out of 10, based on 65 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Magna has 168 reviews.

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Review from M J (Daughter of Resident) published on 14 September 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Beautiful room over looking rear garden. Staff very friendly and co-operative. They made mum's stay a happy way. However, food was not up to standard and it was felt they could have done more to bring it up to standard and appetising. since this we understand they didn't have enough staff or cook.

Reply from Samantha Debenham, Reviews Team at Magna
Thank you for your feedback. We are delighted to hear that your mother enjoyed her room and that our staff helped make her stay a happy one.

We are sorry that you felt the food did not meet your expectations. We currently have a vacant Head Chef position; however, recruitment has been completed...  

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Review from Rebecca F (Friend of Resident) published on 11 September 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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The care home was clean, calm, warm and welcoming. Our friend was in his room, happily installed and looking at home and comfortable in his surroundings. Every member of staff went out of their way to engage both us and our friend. I was so impressed by the breadth of activities and possibilities, and the warm open and reassuring manner that everyone we encountered had. It's such a comfort to know he has been cared about as well as well cared for.

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Review from Susan B (Friend of Resident) published on 10 September 2026 Submitted via Website
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Very welcoming to visitors with tea, coffee and biscuits offered and even treats for dogs.
All staff were friendly, professional and helpful.
All the residents looked well cared for and happy and were enjoying a game of bingo.

The staff treated the residents with warmth and interest.

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Review from Karen R (Wife of Resident) published on 10 September 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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my husband was welcomed with open arms. The Home had a really good feel about it and the staff were all really nice, helpful and enthusiastic. It seemed to be a vocation rather than a job. They interacted all the time with residences and encouraged my husband to engage in activities to the best of his ability. It was clean and the food was really good. He settled in very easily and I felt able to happily have some respite knowing he was taken care of.

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Review from S G (Respite Resident) published on 30 July 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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My stay at Magna Care Centre was most enjoyable, restful and relaxing. No carers in the world.

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Review from David B (Friend of Resident) published on 30 July 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Our neighbour was placed in Magna Care Home to be with his wife. He had been her carer, which had made him unwell. While there the compassionate care he had revitalised him. His wife passed away after 6 months, but with the good food, attention and activities, the remaining 18 months of his life were happy and contented. His final comments were 'I don't want to go to hospital, I'll die here'. He passed away at 96 years fully cared for.

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Review from Liz M (Daughter of Resident) published on 1 July 2026 Submitted via Website
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My mother was taken to Magna Care Centre in a private ambulance all the way from Kent. They settled her in at 7pm in the evening after 3 very stressful weeks in hospital. All the staff worked together as a team and supported each other as well as the residents and their visitors. My mum was made very comfortable. She was very very ill and the carers and staff helped her to be comfortable and relaxed as far as possible and prepared me for her death which came after 7 short days. Without their understanding and information she would not have seen her grandchildren in those last days and that was worth a huge amount to our family. The home has a real buzz to it and I would recommend it to anyone.

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Review from N C (Respite Resident) published on 11 June 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Excellent service and friendly staff. Very nice large room and good food.

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Review from M W (Daughter of Resident) published on 5 June 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Everyone was helpful and friendly, mum settled straight in and thoroughly enjoyed her stay. There were lots of activites she could join in with.The home is set in beautiful surrounding and the grounds are well cared for. There is a lovely bright dining room with plenty of options for meals. She had a lovely stay.

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Review from K S (Resident / Service User) published on 28 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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It's excellent can't wait to go back.

Reply from Stuart Lamacraft, Reviews Team at Magna

Thank you so much for your kind words and for choosing to award Magna five-stars.

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Review from Lorraine H (Daughter of Resident) published on 21 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Mum was adamant she did not want to go into respite care for a week while my sister and I took a break from caring for her. Magna Care Home has changed her prospective, and she would be happy to return. In fact, she came out on a high! From the moment she arrived until the moment she left, she had been cared for, encouraged to mix and join in activities. My sister and I were relieved when we went away knowing mum would receive regular meals, her medication, and she would be living in clean, lovely surroundings. I can't praise the home and staff enough.

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Review from A S (Husband of Resident) published on 18 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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When me and Karen arrived we was met my wonderful staff that made us feel very welcome and relaxed. I felt so happy that Karen was being looked after by such nice people, and confident that she will be looked after. Thankyou all very much.

Reply from Stuart Lamacraft, Reviews Team at Magna

Thank you for your kind words. We're so pleased that you and Karen felt welcomed and reassured by our team from the moment you arrived. Your feedback means a great deal to us all.

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Review from P B (Friend of Resident) published on 14 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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My friend became a resident two years ago. His stay was made welcome by all the staff, no matter what role they did. His stay at Magna care home was a very happy one. The staff made him feel comfortable and happy. He couldn't want for a better place to stay during his end-of-life care. I'm totally grateful for the care and attention my friend wishes

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Review from John S (Brother of Resident) published on 12 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Everytime I have visited my brother I have always come away with the feeling that there could not be a better caer home to be in. Entering the home I always receive a warm welcome and am immediately impressed with the way the staff are connecting with the residents bth on a one to one basis and group activities. My brother is always full of praise for the staff and appreciative to the care he receives. All of the family could not ask for more. Thank you.

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Review from P B (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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The staff are lovely very friendly caring and helpful. However there are things that could be improved sometimes in the lounge in the mornings there isn't much going on. One resident actually said to me "I'd just as well go back to my room, there's nothing much going on here". Also the dining room is used to mainly be tables for 4 now its mainly tables of 2, why? How are residents going to get to know each other better if there only 2 on a table.The guttering needs cleaning out, its building in places.

Reply from Samantha Debenham, Reviews Team at Magna
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback about Magna. Your feedback is very valuable to us.

We are very pleased to hear that you find the staff to be lovely, caring, friendly and helpful. They hold themselves to a very high standard, and your words will be greatly appreciated by them...  

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Review from I R (Friend of Resident) published on 7 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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My husband and I found Magna Care Home five years ago for our friend. He was disabled and wheelchair bound, and it was our last choice in the area that would be suitable for us to visit without travelling too far. He had been turned down by other homes and we thought it would be the same response from Magna. It was the very best we could have hoped for and he was welcoming with open arms by the staff. He was respected at all times, and I could not be happier to say the best decision we have made on his behalf.

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Review from M M (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 April 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Friendly, caring, nurturing place to have a respite care placement for mum. Could not have done anything more to make mum welcome safe and happy.

Thank you to everyone from the chefs for good healthy tasty food. Cleaners for keeping the rooms and communal areas spic and span and all the nurses and carers.

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Review from Stephen S (Son-in-law of Resident) published on 21 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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my mother in law has been in the care home since last September . I cannot fault the staff . they are kind and considerate and obviously like their job . they are pro active in their duties and care and this is not just the medical staff but the office staff, cleaners.kitchen staff and housekeeping too...nothing seems to be any trouble and they are welcoming and friendly to us visitors too

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Review from Aimi C (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 16 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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I don't even know where to start, but from the moment we stepped into the magna for a look around, it felt like home. It was warm and cosy and had a real family feel to it. All the staff were happy and smiley and would say hello. We knew instantly this was the right place for my nanny to come after viewing multiple other homes. The rooms were spacious, clean and tidy and decorated perfectly. There is a lovely lounge area to sit in and they were so welcoming to family and friends that visited. We were able to stay for meals and the staff were so inclusive with family. Although nanny wasn't there long, she was extremely well cared for and looked after. The staff at magna all hold a special place in our hearts for the love and care they not only showed nanny, but all the family as well. I highly recommend the Magna to anyone looking for somewhere to send a loved one.

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Review from Theresa C (Daughter of Resident) published on 13 April 2026 Submitted via Website
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Magna Care Centre provides excellent and supportive care to its residents. My mother has been a resident there for over two years and I could not wish for a better care environment for her. They offer varied activities for their residents. The whole environment is caring and supportive. An exceptional care home.

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Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 26 June 2024
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  • SafeGood
  • Well-ledGood
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News (52) & Events (0)

News
  • 29 May 2026

    Care UK’s commitment to supporting residents has been nationally recognised, as the organisation took home the large care provider of the year accolade at the 2026 Care Home Awards. At...

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  • 23 Jul 2026Recipient: Care UK
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  • 26 Jun 2026Recipient: Care UK

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Meet the Team (1)

Kayleigh Frulli
Kayleigh FrulliJob Title Home ManagerJoined 2010

With over 16 years at Magna, I lead a dedicated and compassionate team committed to delivering exceptional residential and nursing care. My background in intensive, elderly, and stroke care shapes the person?centred, dignified approach I bring to every aspect of our home.

Having progressed from Registered Nurse to Deputy Manager and now Home Manager, I have a deep understanding of our residents, their families, and the local community. I’m passionate about creating a warm, respectful environment where meaningful social connection enriches daily life. Making even one person’s day better is what motivates me.

Magna is a relaxed, home?from?home setting, and the welcoming atmosphere is a true reflection of the incredible team I’m proud to lead. Their kindness, commitment, and willingness to go the extra mile are at the heart of everything we do.

When I’m not wearing my manager’s hat, I’m a busy mum of three and can often be found out walking our little dog, Bob.

Frequently Asked Questions about Magna

What types of Care is Magna registered for?

Older Person Care, Physical Disability are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

How many Rooms does Magna have?

There are 55 Single Rooms.

What are the Facilities & Services at Magna?

Own Furniture if required, Smoking not permitted, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Bar/Café, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Magna to the centre of Wimborne Minster?

1.7 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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