A warm welcome to our home
Larkrise Care Centre is located in a quiet street in Banbury and offers compassionate, individualised residential, dementia and nursing care for up to 60 residents in calm, friendly and comfortable surroundings. The specialist home environment incorporates a number of features that promote reminiscence as therapy and enhance the quality of life of people living with dementia.
- Dementia Care
- Nursing Care
- Residential Care
- Respite Care
Larkrise Care Centre provides nursing care that caters for older people with more complex healthcare needs. Our fully qualified nurses are on hand to supervise medication regimes and constantly assess and monitor all residents to ensure that care plans are up to date and in-line with immediate and long term nursing needs. Nursing support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and we employ additional safeguards, ensuring that our care is delivered to the highest professional standards.
Residents can enjoy the daily social activities going on in the central communal areas with the hairdressing salon open during the week. The colourful and attractive gardens are often occupied during the summer months with residents and their visitors.
The home also boasts a club room, a pub, a library, a shop, a garden room, a reminiscence lounge and a beach room which are all used by residents and their families as places of both relaxation and activity.
The home's Head Chef is passionate about great food which is reflected in the exciting menus he and his team put together.
Each private bedroom is a resident's personal haven and there are cosy living areas in each of the households, along with kitchenettes and dining rooms. For those who join us for respite care, all of the facilities remain available including individual en-suite bedrooms, our delicious home cooked meals and daily 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 for residents and visitors to enjoy.
Each of the households has their own small kitchen dining room where residents can take their meals if they wish. 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 at Larkrise Care Centre. We have 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.
We are also fortunate to have the support of many volunteers of all ages from the local community, strengthening our links to this thriving market town. Here is a sample of activities on offer:
- Trips to garden centres, cafés, pubs, sporting events, National Trust parks, wildlife parks, aquariums and museums.
- Visit from Pets as Therapy Dogs
- Exercise and wellness activities, for example Seated Yoga, Zumba
- Fun activities with the local toddler and nursery groups
- Board game competitions and quizzes
- Music therapy sessions
- Gardening
- Arts and crafts
- Communal Church services
- Visit from a pop-up farm including ponies, sheep and goats
- Visit from Paro, a therapeutic robotic seal
Download sample activities schedule
With so many well-being activities for body and mind on offer, we also recognise that everyone needs some personal space for relaxation and mindfulness for personal reflection. The cosy lounges offer an opportunity for some quiet time or to host family and friends.
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
As we are within a vibrant community, there's never a dull moment. We run regular activities for all to join in:
- Coffee mornings on Fridays
- Care Home Open Day
- Summer and Autumn fetes
- Christmas parties
View our full events calendar to see more upcoming events taking place at Larkrise 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 per week for self-funded residents.
| Care Type | Fees From | Fees To |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia long term | £1270 | £1310 |
| Dementia respite | £1370 | £1410 |
| Nursing long term | £1385 | £1385 |
| Nursing respite | £1485 | £1485 |
| Residential long term | £1135 | £1175 |
| Residential respite | £1235 | £1275 |
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.
Lyndsay Sard
Home Manager
Lyndsay is proud to be Home Manager of Larkrise Care Centre in Banbury. She has worked in care for 20 years with a background supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health care. Starting as a kitchen assistant, Lyndsay worked through various roles before becoming a registered manager. During this time, Lyndsay achieved NVQ levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 alongside becoming an NVQ assessor and achieving awards in business administration.
Lyndsay began her career in care to follow in the footsteps of her mother who worked as a care assistant for many years. Lyndsay has fond childhood memories of helping out and entertaining the residents at the home where her mother worked. When choosing her own career path Lyndsay realised she wanted to keep making people happy and having a positive impact on their lives.
Lyndsay joined The Orders of St John Care Trust in 2016 and is always rewarded by seeing the smiles of residents at Larkrise. She believes it is always the small details that make the biggest difference, such as remembering how someone takes their tea. She loves the fact that her role is ever evolving and that there is always room to adapt and improve working practices.
In her spare time, Lyndsay loves nothing more than having fun with her husband and daughter; whether that is doing art in the park, swimming, bowling or taking long walks in the country with their dog.
Latest News
Apr 2021
Further to our previous ever popular online events, join our Admiral Nurses, specialists in dementia care, for a talk and Q&A session on the dementia journey from gaining a diagnosis, through the various stages the dementia journey may take. We will also look at the most common types of dementia.
Mar 2021
For volunteer Janet Lawrence, the first lockdown last March meant her regular weekly befriending visits to Larkrise Care Centre in Banbury had to cease temporarily. Knowing how much Janet’s visits mean to residents and to Janet herself, Larkrise Home Manager Lyndsay Sard asked if she would like to continue speaking to residents over Skype instead, which she has been doing ever since.