The staff and facilities are some of the best I’ve seen in a care homeRoger S(Friend of Resident/Service User)
There is only one word to describe Fern Brook Lodge... OutstandingA B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The carers who look after Mums are always cheerful, friendly and patientA H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The staff and facilities are some of the best I’ve seen in a care homeRoger S(Friend of Resident/Service User)
There is only one word to describe Fern Brook Lodge... OutstandingA B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The carers who look after Mums are always cheerful, friendly and patientA H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Fern Brook Lodge in Gillingham, Dorset is a friendly, warm and welcoming residential home, where residents living with dementia are treated with dignity and respect. Individuals enjoy a safe, caring environment with all the home comforts and 24-hour specialist care from professionally trained staff.
Staff at Fern Brook Lodge pride themselves on providing the best possible care alongside relevant health and social care professionals tailored for individuals and their families.
Residents...
Fern Brook Lodge in Gillingham, Dorset is a friendly, warm and welcoming residential home, where residents living with dementia are treated with dignity and respect. Individuals enjoy a safe, caring environment with all the home comforts and 24-hour specialist care from professionally trained staff.
Staff at Fern Brook Lodge pride themselves on providing the best possible care alongside relevant health and social care professionals tailored for individuals and their families.
Residents are accommodated in spacious single rooms which have en-suite wet room facilities along with a telephone point, high bedside lights and a flat screen television.
There are plenty of communal areas, including quiet seating spaces where residents can relax in comfort. The home also has a number of cosy lounges and dining rooms, offering views over the home’s large gardens and the beautiful surrounding countryside.
The home aims to maintain and improve the quality of life of residents by creating a happy, friendly and secure environment, with facilities that are designed to encourage residents to interact with others and make them feel comfortable and 'at home'.
On-site services at Fern Brook Lodge include laundry and hairdressing and there is a wide variety of optional organised entertainment for residents, including beauty and music sessions, minibus trips to local places of interest, coffee mornings and arts and crafts mornings.
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Fern Brook Lodge has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.749) out of 10, based on 30 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Fern Brook Lodge has 77 reviews.
Each resident is known individually and treated respectfully and are made to feel at home. Activities are co-ordinated well.
Each resident is known individually and treated respectfully and are made to feel at home. Activities are co-ordinated well.
Thank you for your thoughtful review. We're so pleased to hear that you feel our team provides kind, respectful, and person-centred care. Your recognition of our staff and activities means a great deal to us, and we're grateful for your support.
During my short stay of two weeks, the staff made me most welcome and couldn't do enough.
During my short stay of two weeks, the staff made me most welcome and couldn't do enough.
Thank you for your lovely review. We are delighted to hear that you felt so welcome during your two-week stay. Our team takes great pride in providing attentive and friendly service, and it's wonderful to know that their efforts made a positive impression. We truly appreciate your kind words and hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back again in the future.
Mum has been at Fern Brook for almost a year. We have found the staff to be kind and caring and treat mum so well. The food is lovely and the home well maintained and always very clean, it is a pleasure to visit mum and she is being well looked after.
Mum has been at Fern Brook for almost a year. We have found the staff to be kind and caring and treat mum so well. The food is lovely and the home well maintained and always very clean, it is a pleasure to visit mum and she is being well looked after.
Thank you so much for your kind words. It truly means a great deal to us to hear that your mum feels well cared for and that you've had such a positive experience with our team. We're proud to provide a warm, clean, and welcoming environment, and it's wonderful to know that this has made your...
Thank you so much for your kind words. It truly means a great deal to us to hear that your mum feels well cared for and that you've had such a positive experience with our team. We're proud to provide a warm, clean, and welcoming environment, and it's wonderful to know that this has made your visits enjoyable. Your feedback will be shared with our staff, who will be delighted to know their care and dedication are appreciated. Thank you for trusting us with your mum's care.
Very obliging. Staff helpful.
Very obliging. Staff helpful.
Thank you so much for your wonderful 5-star review across all areas, including your overall experience, care and support, cleanliness, dignity, food and drink, activities, management, rooms, and value for money.
We're especially pleased to hear that you find our team obliging and helpful - your kind words mean a great deal to us. Thank you once again.
When we arrived, we were made to feel very welcome, and nothing was too much trouble when showing us around. Room looked lovely, everywhere was very clean and tidy. We felt all the staff we met were very friendly and helpful.
When we arrived, we were made to feel very welcome, and nothing was too much trouble when showing us around. Room looked lovely, everywhere was very clean and tidy. We felt all the staff we met were very friendly and helpful.
Thank you so much for your lovely review. We're delighted to hear that you felt so welcome from the moment you arrived. It's great to know you appreciated the cleanliness of the room and the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff. Your kind words mean a lot to us, and we'll be sure to share them with the team. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back again soon.
I enjoy living at Fern Brook Lodge. The staff and management are so friendly and helpful. I enjoy the activities and made some wonderful friends.
I enjoy living at Fern Brook Lodge. The staff and management are so friendly and helpful. I enjoy the activities and made some wonderful friends.
Thank you so much for your lovely review. Such kind words, I will share this with the whole team as I know they will be very grateful. Thank you once again, it means a lot.
He is very disabled due to a stroke many years ago; however, the care he received was amazing.
He is very disabled due to a stroke many years ago; however, the care he received was amazing.
Thank you so much for your kind review. I will share your feedback with the whole team, I know it'll be greatly appreciated. Many thanks once again, it means a lot.
As a family, we cannot speak more highly of the incredible team at Fernbrook lodge in Gillingham. From the first week of respite to moving in more permanently over the last month, each and every person has been kind, caring and supportive to my husband, myself and my whole family. The emotional and...
Thank you for all you do. You are all wonderful.
Thank you for your wonderful review, it's so lovely to read that you have found every staff member to be kind, caring and supportive. I'll share this with the whole team as I know it will be greatly appreciated.
Lovely, caring, clean and the food tops every time I have come to you. Staff always welcoming and even on the phone. You look after everyone so good and take good care of my mum. So lovely, all of you. Gold star/five gold stars.
Lovely, caring, clean and the food tops every time I have come to you. Staff always welcoming and even on the phone. You look after everyone so good and take good care of my mum. So lovely, all of you. Gold star/five gold stars.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review. I am so pleased to read that you find Fern Brook Lodge to be lovely, caring and clean. I'll pass your great feedback onto the whole team, the chef will be especially pleased. Thank you once again, it means a lot to receive such great feedback.
Regular trips out are arranged for residents. Fun activities are arranged for residents to participate in on a daily basis. These activities are inclusive, and positive comments and praise are given to all residents, which helps...
Lovely to see the smiling faces and hear the laughter! Definitely 5* to the activities team!
Thank you so much for your review. It's great to read that you find the staff at Fern Brook Lodge to be friendly and caring and the environment to be a warm and welcoming one. I will pass on your feedback to the whole teas as I know it will be greatly appreciated, thank you once again.
As I was admitted in a semi-conscious state, I have no memory of admission, but on going conscious felt a sense of well-being with calm care by all the staff. I felt safe and optimistic about my condition. My room was pleasing and comfortable. Facilities were adequate, food nourishing but...
As I was admitted in a semi-conscious state, I have no memory of admission, but on going conscious felt a sense of well-being with calm care by all the staff. I felt safe and optimistic about my condition. My room was pleasing and comfortable. Facilities were adequate, food nourishing but unimaginative, drinks adequate but not varied enough, activities available, enjoyable, but due to infections, few patients attended. I actually felt sorry for the hardworking staff because of the poor attendance due to infections. I really enjoyed myself. I'm still enjoying it!
Many thanks for your review. I am so pleased that you feel safe, that you are enjoying your stay and your room is pleasing and comfortable. I will pass your valued feedback on to the team as I know it will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks again.
I'm very happy living here. All staff are kind and caring. I would recommend Fern Brook Lodge to anyone.
I'm very happy living here. All staff are kind and caring. I would recommend Fern Brook Lodge to anyone.
Thank you so much for your lovely review. It's great to know that you are very happy at Fern Brook Lodge and you would recommend our home. I will share your very kind words with the team, I know it means a lot to them to receive such a great review. Thank you again.
I am more than pleased with the way my husband has been welcomed, the staff and facilities are so warm and comfortable, compared to where my husband was before I am over the moon. Thank you to Deb, Claire and all the staff.
I am more than pleased with the way my husband has been welcomed, the staff and facilities are so warm and comfortable, compared to where my husband was before I am over the moon. Thank you to Deb, Claire and all the staff.
Thank you so much for your lovely review, I am so pleased that you are over the moon, and that you are more than pleased with the welcome, staff and facilities at Fern Brook Lodge. I will be sure to share your kind words with the team, I know it means a lot. Thank you again.
My mum came to Fern Brook Lodge for a short period of respite care whilst we attended a funeral and visited other family. She was very well cared for bu the team who were extremely patient and caring when helping her to settle. It's such a beautiful place and the staff were wonderful. Special...
My mum came to Fern Brook Lodge for a short period of respite care whilst we attended a funeral and visited other family. She was very well cared for bu the team who were extremely patient and caring when helping her to settle. It's such a beautiful place and the staff were wonderful. Special thanks to a particular member of staff who helped us get this organised and introduced us to this lovely home.
Thank you so much for your review, we are so pleased that you feel Mum was very well cared for. Your kind words will be passed on and I know they will be gratefully received. Thank you again, it means a lot.
Fern Brook Lodge always feels welcoming both the staff and the building itself. It is a clean safe environment and my partner has benefitted hugely from the care and kindness he has received here. He has gained weight because the staff encourage him to eat and drink and help him choose meals he can...
Fern Brook Lodge always feels welcoming both the staff and the building itself. It is a clean safe environment and my partner has benefitted hugely from the care and kindness he has received here. He has gained weight because the staff encourage him to eat and drink and help him choose meals he can manage and enjoy. The attention to detail is noticeable as is the positive of the staff to my partners health and wellbeing.
Thank you so much for your review. It's great to read that you find the staff and surroundings welcoming and positive. I'll be sure to pass on your kind words, I know it'll be greatly appreciated. Thank you again, it means a lot.
My mum was in hospital and unfortunately she wasn't going to recover so palliative care was started. The care home were pleased to have mum back in her room for the final two weeks of her life. The staff were so caring towards her and I was so grateful that she spend her final days in the home she...
My mum was in hospital and unfortunately she wasn't going to recover so palliative care was started. The care home were pleased to have mum back in her room for the final two weeks of her life. The staff were so caring towards her and I was so grateful that she spend her final days in the home she had lived in for 3 years. Fern Brook Lodge is lucky to have such caring and devoted staff, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this care home in the future to anyone looking to go into a care home.
Thank you so much for your kind words. We're deeply sorry for your loss, and it was our privilege to care for your mum.
Exceptional staffing for care. Physically and mentally for residents.
Exceptional staffing for care. Physically and mentally for residents.
Thank you for your 5* review - we look forward to sharing this with the team.
I am an 81-year-old here for recuperation after total revision surgery on my left hip. The medical care provided has been totally understanding and professional, and personal care has been sympathetic, thoughtful and dignified. The room and facilities are of the highest standards of user...
I am an 81-year-old here for recuperation after total revision surgery on my left hip. The medical care provided has been totally understanding and professional, and personal care has been sympathetic, thoughtful and dignified. The room and facilities are of the highest standards of user friendliness, and activities are well varied and appropriate to the needs and abilities of all residents. Food is well-balanced and nutritious, and of the highest order. My stay here has fulfilled all of my needs and expectations, and I would have no hesitation in recommending Fern Brook Lodge as a perfectly caring care home. Heartfelt thanks.
We're honoured you chose us for your recuperation and delighted that we've met your expectations in every way. Your thoughtful reflections on the care, environment, food and activities mean so much to the team, and we wish you continued strength in your recovery.
Thank you so much for looking after Mum for 2 weeks, you have all been amazing - we are so grateful.
Thank you so much for looking after Mum for 2 weeks, you have all been amazing - we are so grateful.
Thank you for your lovely feedback. We're so pleased we could be there for your mum and provide the care she needed. The team at Fern Brook will be delighted to hear your kind words - it truly means a lot to them.
The staff are exceptionally competent and caring. I cannot speak more highly of their professionalism and ability. I am fortunate to be here.
The staff are exceptionally competent and caring. I cannot speak more highly of their professionalism and ability. I am fortunate to be here.
Thank you for your review and the comments about the team we will be sure to share this feedback with them.
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“As Manager at Fern Brook Lodge, I believe that our residents must be at the heart of all that we do. By nurturing and developing our team, we can...
“As Manager at Fern Brook Lodge, I believe that our residents must be at the heart of all that we do. By nurturing and developing our team, we can then provide the best possible care, focusing all that we do around the individual's wishes and needs.”
Sara (pronounced Sarah) grew up in North Devon. She completed her nurse training in Cambridge in the 1980s and moved back to North Devon in the 90’s. She is now living locally to Gillingham. She worked in the NHS, mainly specialising in respiratory work and has always been passionate about enabling and giving people a voice.
She has been a care home manager for fourteen years, which has encompassed nursing, residential and dementia homes. Care South are delighted to have secured her talents for leading the team at Fern Brook Lodge and maintaining the levels of excellence this care home provides.
Older Person Care, Dementia are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
There are 75 Single Rooms.
Own Furniture if required, Smoking not permitted, Near Public Transport, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Television point in own room are some of the Facilities & Services.
0.8 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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