A warm welcome to our home
Located in the historic Old Sarum, just north of Salisbury, Avon Court and Bourne House make up Avonbourne Care Centre. Each offers an elegant environment with compassionate, individualised care in welcoming, relaxing, and homely households.
- Dementia Care
- Nursing Care
- Residential Care
- Respite Care
- Vaccinated against COVID-19
Avonbourne Care Centre offers two distinct homes in which residents enjoy living life to the full, in vibrant care communities, with great people around them 24-hours a day. Every day is full of inspiration, with meaningful activities co-ordinated by our events team according to each person's interests.
Each home has beautifully furnished living accommodation, spacious en-suite bedrooms and fully accessible, landscaped gardens which can be enjoyed all year round. Avon Court is for those of our residents living with dementia, where specially trained carers are on hand to support.
Bourne House looks after those who need a little extra help to maintain their independence. Bourne House is also where you'll find our nursing household, where we care for more complex conditions, and people who do not need to be in hospital but who might not be able to manage at home.
Both homes offer short-stay respite care to look after a loved one whilst family members and carers use the opportunity to take a well-earned break.
Everything in our care homes has been carefully designed to enrich the lives of our residents.
Residents in Avon Court and Bourne House can enjoy daily social activities that are perfectly tailored to their needs, with joint events in the central coffee shop, hair and beauty salon, and stylish cinema with screenings daily. There are cosy seating areas for a cup of tea with loved ones, and outside terraces for sunnier days.
We currently have an offer on respite stays - 3 weeks for the price of 2!*
Thinking about a break but not sure who will look after a loved one? The team at Avonbourne can help. We're ready to welcome new respite residents to our beautiful home from home.
We have more information available on respite or if you have any questions specifically to a stay at Avonbourne, do get in touch. We look forward to your call and to showing you around our beautiful home.
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, cafés, 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 Tai 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
Kamila Bevan
Mandy MacKenzie
Alix Williams-Duffield
Lizzie Smith
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.”
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.
Activities Co-ordinator
Alix began her career in care in domiciliary care and after five and a half years was looking for something a bit different. She was offered the Activities Co-ordinator role at Avonbourne Care Centre and hasn’t looked back. Alix loves the one-to-one time and feeling like part of the family at Bourne House, and she and the residents really have a lot of fun together.
Out of work, Alix enjoys keeping fit and spending the weekends on family time with her children.
Deputy Home Manager - Bourne House
Lizzie is a qualified nurse with a long history of working in both clinical and management roles within the care sector. Her passion is to drive and promote the highest standards of clinical and social care, embedding good practice along the way. She believes in the importance of meeting every individual’s diverse holistic needs.
Lizzie joined the Trust and the Bourne House team having heard positive reviews about the team and their goals. She enjoys motivating her team to provide outstanding quality care to our residents, and of course their family and friends as well.
Outside of work, Lizzie enjoys the great outdoors.
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