Care at
Lauder Lodge

Residential care

Here at our state-of-the-art home, your loved one can live life to the full. From entertainment and events to creative pursuits such as gardening and handicrafts, we pride ourselves on offering a fully rounded experience and being fully resident focused.

Nursing care

We offer care for a wide variety of conditions including motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. Your loved one will benefit from a tailored care plan, created with the help of GPs and medical professionals working locally.

End of life care

At Lauder Lodge, we believe that every person deserves to experience a dignified and respectful end-of-life. We work with you and your loved one, as well as local health professionals and hospice teams, to plan your loved one’s care so they are as comfortable as possible, and wishes are arranged.

We are proud to be accredited with the Gold Standards Framework Care Homes Programme. This demonstrates our skill and commitment to delivering high quality, person-centred care to residents at the end of their life.

Advocacy services

Our team at Lauder Lodge can support you to access independent advocacy services if you need impartial support with decision-making. Advocates are unbiased and will act in your best interests and are useful if you have no family to help and advise you.

Nursing dementia care

Our team provides nursing care to residents who are living with dementia. Our highly experienced nursing team is always available and we work closely with local healthcare teams. So if your loved one has additional physical needs in addition to a dementia diagnosis, our nursing colleagues are here to give them first class, tailored care.

Getting to know you

We take the time to get to know you and your loved one; this starts from our very first conversation. We get to know what will settle them when moving in and little things they appreciate, such as if they have orange juice with their tablets or the genre of music they listen to. We find out everything about them, their life story and personality, so we know what will calm them and ensure they are happy.

Dementia friendly environments

Our immediate surroundings can have a huge impact on our quality of life, particularly when trying to make sense of the world around us. We work with academic partners to create care home environments that help people living with dementia to live as independent and stress-free a life as possible.

Our people and training

Our people are chosen because of their passion, attitude, and caring nature – that’s from our activity co-ordinators to carers to maintenance teams. Every individual is dedicated and will go above and beyond for residents and family members. Relationships and communication are what we pride ourselves on at Lauder Lodge. 

We are fully trained in understanding dementia. Our specialist training gives our team a better understanding of how the brain works, how dementia affects the brain and from this how the team relate to residents and give the best care possible. We offer approaches that support dementia such as namaste care, which engages people through their senses and emotions. 

Support for families and carers

We are a friendly and approachable team, for relatives as well as the residents we care for. We understand that the move and settling in period is not easy and seeing your loved one change can be difficult and heart-breaking, so we are here if you need a listening ear. 

We regularly host relative meetings where we share updates on what is happening in the home, and regular dementia café to encourage family members to talk to each other about their experience with dementia and it allows our team to help support you and your loved one. 

Namaste care

We are proud to offer namaste care to residents living with advanced dementia. The purpose of namaste care is to give comfort and pleasure through sensory stimulation. Our namaste sessions are run by trained carers and involve individual caring touch, such as a hand or foot massages, music therapy, themed sensory and gentle movement sessions, or simply reminiscing.

Care Fit for VIPS

We are proud to have been internally accredited with the evidence-based, person-centred ‘Care Fit for VIPS’ developed by dementia experts at The Associate of Dementia Studies at The University of Worcester. The framework is centred around valuing those living with dementia, treating everyone as an individual, showing empathy towards those living with the condition, and recognising the need for a stimulating social environment.