Mr and Mrs Nicholson purchased Laburnum in 2007 and have been established since March 2016. Allison Nichols who joined the team in 2018 is the Registered Manager and has over 40 years experience within the care industry. Allison manages Laburnum with a dedicated support worker team

Laburnum has been fully refurbished and has a modern kitchen and dining room, a cosy lounge/ summer room perfect for relaxing and playing board games. There is also full disabled access to the patio area from the summer room as well as a garden summer house. There is an in house lift allowing full access to the upper floor, as well as a fully equipped wet room on the upper floor with a nurse call system we also have 2 end-suite bathrooms on the ground floor. There are 6 single bedrooms in total, each bedroom has their own wash hand basin, nurse call system, full central heating and WIFI. We have hoisting facilities to accommodate physically disabled service users and there is also a down stairs toilet. The kitchen is accessible to all service users enabling everyone to participate in the preparation of meals, whilst allowing service users to prepare drinks and snacks for themselves.

Transitioning into our home, is embedded in our carefully planned practice, by putting you first, we work in line with the CQC Right Care, Right Culture, Right Support, published 2017 document. Our ethos promotes and ensures that this home can become your forever home. We encourage and direct either you or adult social care to work in line with our policy, there are no rushed admissions. Only carefully planned transitions. We ask that you try our home over and up to a 4-6 week period, this allows you to get to know the other service users and them you, creating a culture of fun, happiness, peace and safety. Our homes keep active daily, we will offer you choice of what you prefer to do, living a life person centred to you.

Specialisms / services
Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Learning disabilities
Physical disabilities