Signature House is an elegantly appointed nursing home, featuring high-quality furnishings in a luxurious and spacious environment. Spanning three floors, the home includes a separate lounge on each floor, and its three distinct dining rooms offer restaurant-style dining experiences. The onsite hairdressing salon is fully equipped and widely appreciated for various holistic services, including pampering hand massages, nail treatments, hairdos, and trims.

Each bedroom in Signature House is equipped with an en-suite wet room, ensuring both privacy and convenience for residents and their visitors. The residence boasts a large, enclosed garden that is meticulously landscaped, providing a private and secure space for residents to enjoy.

Whatever type of care is needed, the level of service will be exceptional and tailored to personal requirements. Some of our residents require help from day to day, while others appreciate extra assistance or even specialist 24-hour nursing care. Everything we do is specific to the individual needs of each person. We ensure that we know as much as possible about our residents’ lives including hobbies and interests, what they like as well as what they don’t. Along with their medical history and personal requirements, this valuable information makes up their own personalised and detailed care plan. This means that every member of our team comes to know the person as an individual, and we can then plan their care, exactly to their needs. Naturally, we also constantly review and revisit every care plan to make sure we make it right every time. This means that you can be assured that your loved one is receiving the highest quality of care when they need it.

Keeping busy stimulates the brains of people living in a care home whilst boosting a sense of usefulness and accomplishment. For this reason, we develop stimulating activities both inside and outside the home. Some of these take the form of away days and trips into the community, allowing residents to savour some of Dorchester’s delights. We have strong links with the local community and Signature House is very well known in the area, helping to create, and retain a real spirit of community. We delight in arts and crafts, music therapy games and exercise to improve mobility, social interaction and mental stimulation. We have found that exercise is key to staying strong which in turn helps to prevent falls, whilst having fun. It is, of course, all down to individual preferences and some of our residents prefer smaller activities on a one-to-one basis with our dedicated Activities team and Carers.

Our chefs use fresh, seasonal ingredients sourced from local producers to create nutritious, tasty dishes for our residents to enjoy. Residents can choose from a delicious and varied gourmet menu to enjoy in our bright and airy dining spaces. Residents are encouraged to eat the meals they love and to experience new taste sensations from our creative kitchen team. On our menus, you'll find a mixture of traditional favourites, seasonal specials and international cuisines. Every week you'll find different options that have been introduced by the experts in our catering team, or specially requested by residents.
We also create a bespoke nutritional profile and meal planning for each resident, as part of the care package. If you're a relative who would like to keep track of your loved one's meals, you would be welcome to have access to our electronic care plans, which are updated in real time.