St Stephens Care Home

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Nurturing Hearts, Enriching Lives

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Situated in the quiet, close knit village of Elworth, Sandbach in Cheshire, St Stephens is a purpose built 40 bedded care home which provides specialist residential and nursing care to older people and people living with dementia.

Life

St Stephen’s is a warm, welcoming and friendly home that has some very special features and wonderful spaces to relax in and enjoy company, including an activities room, lounge area and a large conservatory.

We have created a bar area in the home, ‘The Mason Arms’. We also have a beautiful sensory garden, so resident can enjoy relaxation and activity outdoors with family and friends.

We run an extensive activity programme and support people to enjoy days out in the community too. By getting to know our resident we are able to offer activities that meet their different passions and interests. Our residents enjoy fun one-to-one and group activities, such as arts and crafts, reminiscence sessions, quiz and games nights and sing-alongs.

We welcome the contribution of family members, who provide us with feedback and ideas and are a central part of life in our home.

Our home has wonderful spaces to relax in and enjoy company, including an activities room, lounge area and two large conservatories which provide a wonderful area for residents to relax.

We have beautiful dementia friendly gardens, so resident can enjoy relaxation and activity outdoors with family and friends. As a specialist dementia service, our furnishings and lighting are designed to meet the needs of our residents.

Food and Nutrition

Mealtimes represent an important social occasion and we work to ensure they are as enjoyable as possible, unhurried and relaxed with everyone given plenty of time to eat and enjoy their meal, while chatting and socialising with other residents.

We make a point of celebrating birthdays and special occasions, as well as celebrating and dressing up for national festivities and events such as St George’s Day, Mother’s Day and Burns Night

Our chefs prepare nutritious and delicious meals with drinks and snacks available throughout the day. We also cater for people who have specialist dietary needs.

Rachel

Relative

The Staff have been extremely helpful in very trying circumstances, my mum has settled brilliantly the staff can't do enough for her. The food and environment are lovely she's back to her outgoing self. Although we know mum will never be what she was before the dementia set in it's so lovely to see her smile when on a WhatsApp call with the carers.

Thank you all so much for your care and proactiveness with her care. My sisters and I have been really happy. We would definitely recommend you.

Care and Support

We are committed to providing personalised support that promotes people to lead full, happy and independent lives. All our staff receive specialist training and mentoring and really get to know our residents. To achieve this, we spend time understanding their life story and the things that are important to them, so we focus on the things that really matter to them. All our residents have a named key worker who helps develop their own personalised care and support.

We hold a regular forum with residents, enabling them to voice their views on the day-to-day running of our home. We have strong links with local organisations in the community including Alzhemier’s Society, Age UK and local advocacy groups.

Useful information

If you are looking for a care home for a loved one in Sandbach, Cheshire then St Stephens could just be what you are looking for.

We are safely welcoming new residents as well as visitors following current government guidelines.