A warm welcome to our home
Located in the historic area around Salisbury, Avonbourne Care Centre offers an elegant home environment with compassionate, individualised care in relaxing, friendly and homely households.
- Dementia Care
- Residential Care
- Respite Care
- Vaccinated against COVID-19
Avonbourne Care Centre offers two households that allow our residents to thrive in a homely environment. Avon Court is for those who need specialist dementia care, and Bourne House looks after those who need a little extra help to maintain their independence. Each household has beautifully furnished living accommodation, spacious en-suite bedrooms and fully accessible, landscaped gardens.
Residents in each household can enjoy daily social activities that are perfectly tailored to their needs, with joint events in the central coffee shop, salon and cinema. There are cosy seating areas for a cup of tea with loved ones, and outside terraces for sunnier days.
We try to learn as much as possible about each person who lives with us, so that we can provide them with care and support tailored to their individual needs and preferences. Our residents have regular meetings with the management team to discuss new ideas for menus and resident activities.
Our key actions against Coronavirus
- Testing for employees and residents means that asymptomatic cases are picked up early.
- Plentiful supplies of PPE.
- Vibrant, fun and socially distanced social bubble activities for all residents.
- Indoor safe visitor spaces installed across the Trust.
- Rigorous cleaning including the use of the latest high-tech electrostatic devices.
- OSJCT is proactive in participating in the latest in research such as ‘instant’ Lateral Flow Tests and the Vivaldi2 antibody study.
We understand there may be a lot of questions and concerns at this time and to provide guidance to those looking to move into a care home view our admissions page.
Services & Facilities
The team
Food
Activities
Events
Pricing and Key Facts
About the team
Our friendly, professionally trained team are on hand around the clock to support our residents, ensuring they spend their day how they wish and enabling them to enjoy a fulfilling and independent lifestyle.
The attentive care team focus on the individual needs of the residents, with a tailored care plan for each person. Their aim is to improve the quality of life for our residents by creating lovely, comfortable, homely surroundings and by providing care, activities and other services designed around each resident’s needs and wishes.
Meet the team
Food
The talented chef and kitchen team prepare tasty, home-cooked meals on site daily from our own kitchens. We source quality produce for our excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. All-day dining is available for lighter meals and snacks and all dishes are carefully balanced to get the best nutritional value and cater for individual dietary requirements and preferences.
Seasonal produce is chosen whenever possible and of course, relatives and friends are always welcome to join us. The menus change daily, and the kettle is always on. Our chef bakes every day so there is always a fresh cake to enjoy.
Residents are also encouraged to help prepare their own food and to make snacks whenever they choose.
Activities
Whether it’s wet or dry outside, we at OSJCT feel that activities are essential in providing the best caring environment to live in.
Hobbies don’t simply stop when living with us. Each home has a dedicated Activities Co-ordinator who works closely with our residents to create a programme of fulfilling activities and events, tailored around each resident’s requests, hobbies and interests. The programme of events and activities provide a source of fun and laughter, to help each resident live their life to the full and make new friendships.
A daily activity schedule for a home may include:
- Trips to garden Centres, café’s, pubs, sporting events, National Trust parks, wildlife parks, aquariums and museums.
- Performances from entertainers
- Coffee mornings
- Art and Craft clubs
- Quiz Nights
- Exercise classes such as Zumba and Thai chi.
- Ice skating
- Opera and theatre visits
- Visits from local petting farms, reptile houses and PAT dogs.
- Local school visits
- Wine and cheese tastings
Download sample activities schedule
And that’s not all:
We’ve had silent discos, hoe downs, Chinese banquets, Oscar parties and so much more.
Many of the activities feature Reminiscence Therapy to aid those living with Dementia to remember events, people and places using sight, touch, taste, smell and sound.
Events
There's never a dull moment at Avonbourne Care Centre. Alongside our daily resident activity schedule, we run regular activities to welcome the whole community to the home:
- Weekly Tastes of the World Lunches
- Wow Wednesdays
- Fish & Chip Fridays
- Monthly Carer's Cafe
- Open Days, Parties and Fetes
View our full events calendar and join us at Avonbourne Care Centre.
Pricing
Care fees vary depending on the level of care required and this will be confirmed upon completion of a care assessment prior to moving into the home.
Below is indicative pricing for self-funded residents per week.
| Care Type | Fees From | Fees To |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia long term | £1285 | £1335 |
| Dementia respite | £1415 | £1465 |
| Residential long term | £1175 | £1225 |
| Residential respite | £1295 | £1395 |
Our home charges self-funder rates for the services we provide. We accept third party top ups for individuals funded by the Local Authority up to the self-funder rate.
We understand that paying for long-term care can often be a complex subject, and with several options available to you it can be confusing. You will find helpful guidance on our Paying For Care page.
Key Facts
The Key Facts document contains information regarding this care home which can be used in comparison with other care homes or can be printed for reference and brought with you when you visit the home.
Meet the team
Our homes' professional services are provided by the Management team, Carers, Nurses and Dementia support teams (where required), Admiral Nurses, Support Workers, Activities Co-ordinators, Housekeeping, Handy Person, Administrators and the home's Chef and Catering team. We also have health professional support from Doctors, Nurses and personal services who will regularly come into the home.
Amy Thorne
Mercy Mautsi
Kamila Bevan
Mandy MacKenzie
Home Manager - Bourne House
Amy Thorne is the Home Manager Bourne House, the residential home at Avonbourne Care Centre and has many years of experience in the care sector starting as a carer. She previously worked as the Home Manager at Marden Court in Calne, another OSJCT home.
Amy feels that the most exciting thing about the role of Home Manager is that you can make a difference to real people, you are able to be a part of a community. Her favorite thing about being a Home Manager is that it enables her to empower the team here to provide the very best person-centered care for those living within the home.
Amy is a trained moving and handling trainer, a fire marshal and a fire awareness trainer. She is currently working towards achieving her level 5 leadership in health and social care diploma.
“I love my job, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Each day brings new and exciting challenges. I am here to support my residents to live life to the fullest, I am very proud of my team at Bourne House, and the residents are truly at the heart of everything that we do in the home.”
Home Manager - Avon Court
Mercy has been in care for over 22 years, having been employed for almost every role in a care home. Mercy brings a lot of hands-on experience to her role as Home Manager of Avon Court, the dementia care household in Avonbourne Care Centre. Having started out as a carer, Mercy worked her way up to become a care leader and later becoming Head of Care at Willowcroft in Salisbury. During her time as Head of Care; Mercy worked alongside our other Home Manager Sharon Payne, helping shape Willowcroft into the home it is now. Mercy was then awarded her own home in Mere, where she managed Fives Court for a number of years. Wanting to shape a Dementia home, Mercy was then given the opportunity to be the Home Manager of Avonbourne's dementia side and we were delighted to welcome Mercy in late 2018.
Mercy's goal is to make Avonbourne an example of how to care for those living with Dementia.
Head of Care - Avon Court
Kamila has been working in a variety of care roles for 8 years. She joined the team at Avonbourne Care Centre in 2019 and is now our Head of Care in the dementia care side of the home.
Having worked as a community care supervisor as well as roles within a care home, Kamila realised her passion is with elderly and dementia care. She leads her team to provide the best possible environment for our residents with dignified, person-centred care, and lots of fun and laughter.
Customer Relationship Manager
Mandy joined Avonbourne Care Centre in 2019 as our Customer Relationship Manager and is one of the first people you will meet in the home.
She comes to us with 30 years’ experience working in sales, marketing, HR, project management and other customer-facing roles.
Customer Service excellence has won Mandy awards in other industries and she considers it an essential part of her role here. Having personal experience, she is passionate about later life care and has a keen interest in garden design.
Latest News
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Jul 2021
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