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Brockington House welcomes veterans to commemorate war heroes

It was our honour to welcome veterans to Brockington House last week for our remembrance service, paying tribute to all those who so bravely fought for our country. We were also delighted to unveil a special memorial in our garden for residents to pay their respects while enjoying our beautiful outd...

Residents share their experiences of Foxhunters at home’s 1st birthday celebration

We celebrated our 1st birthday last week here at Foxhunters – and wow – what a year it’s been! We’ve welcomed so many wonderful residents, won the UK’s Luxury Care Home of the Year award and launched our own internal Dormy awards after witnessing many of our colleagues go above and beyond....

Our Dormy Care Award Winners 2019

This year, we were really excited to hold our very first Dormy Care Awards ceremony. The event began with a three-course meal, followed by the awards ceremony which gave thanks to the very best people in our Dormy Care Communities. We wanted to recognise the outstanding people who make a difference ...

Former SAS Hero Declares Brockington House Officially Open

Brockington House was officially unveiled last Thursday by former SAS hero, Bob Curry. The event, which took place on 24th October, had more than 150 people attending and was a wonderful and heart-warming afternoon. With such close ties to the area following years of training at Hereford’s SAS hea...

Brockington House Named One of the Top-Rated Care Homes in Hereford

Brockington House is delighted to announce that we have been named one of the top-rated care homes in Hereford by leading online care guide, carehome.co.uk. Although open just a few months, we have already received an impressive review score of 10 out of 10 from the ladies and gentlemen who live wi...

Foxhunters Becomes First Welsh Home to Win Prestigious Luxury Care Home Award

We are thrilled to announce that Foxhunters Care Community has been named the first in Wales to win the Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Award (2020). The prestigious award recognises excellence in care homes across the UK and announced its winner at the Health & Senior Property dinner at the Marri...

Brockington House Adopts a Gorilla!

Brockington House is proud to have adopted two gorillas named Mugaruke and Chimanuka through the international Born Free Foundation. Dedicated to ensuring that all wild animals are treated with compassion and respect, The Born Free Foundation carry out amazing and important work to protect endangere...

Foxhunters Selected as Finalists for Prestigious Knight Frank Award

Foxhunters Care Community has been selected as one of four finalists for the Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Awards 2020. The prestigious award recognises excellence in care homes across the country. Finalists were handpicked following a UK-wide tour of luxury care homes, with judges taking into cons...

Inspiring Attitude of Foxhunters Resident who says “I Can, and I Will” Everyday

This lovely gentleman who lives at Foxhunters in Abergavenny has started enjoying the gym twice a day and has taken to saying “I can, and I will” throughout his sessions! Not only does he enjoy his time in the gym, his body is fitter and stronger, and his wellbeing has improved. At his grand age...

Ladies at Pine Martin Grange Make People Smile with their Singing

This Tuesday, some of the lovely ladies at Pine Martin Grange spent the afternoon singing, with a beautiful rendition of the popular Louis Armstrong song, ‘When you’re smiling’. Staff and residents were full of praise, commenting that the song certainly made them smile! Singing and dancing is ...

Dormy Care install award-winning ‘magic tables’ to help tackle dementia

Dormy Care is thrilled to have the innovative Tovertafel ‘Magic Tables’ installed in two of our homes. Providing fun, calming and interactive games, Magic Tables are proven to positively impact those living with dementia. The award-winning product projects a series of stimulating light games ont...

Famous Welsh singer Bryn Yemm visits Foxhunters Care Community

Famous Abergavenny-raised singer, Bryn Yemm, paid a visit to Foxhunters Care Community this week to see his favourite schoolteacher and Foxhunters resident, Miss Brown. Since attending King Henry VIII Comprehensive School in Abergavenny, where he was taught by Miss Brown, Bryn went on to become an a...

Foxhunters named one of the top-rated care homes in Wales!

Foxhunters Care Community is proud to have been named as one of the top-rated care homes in Wales by online care guide, carehome.co.uk. We received an impressive review score of 9.9 out of 10 from residents, families and friends since officially opening last year, in November 2018. Helen Davies-Pars...

Brockington House Now Open!

After years of hard work and planning, our latest Dormy Care Communities home is now open. Brockington House in Hereford is a luxury purpose-built home and is the fourth addition to our luxury care home group. With 70 fully furnished ensuite bedrooms, the home has been professionally designed throug...

Care Home Open Day at Pine Martin Grange

C are Home Open Day is in full swing at Pine Martin Grange, with activities, cake, singing and dancing already taking place, with more to come this afternoon! So far, our ladies and gentlemen have made the most of the glorious sunshine, taking part in outdoor art classes in the beautiful landscaped ...

Fantastic Day at Care Home Open Day

The ladies and gentlemen of Foxhunters have been having a ball today at Care Home Open Day, with a fantastic performance by the pupils of the Deri View Primary School choir. Residents also gave their own performance, singing the 1956 classic Que Sera Sera (Whatever will be, will be) to the smiling p...

Residents Enjoy Gardening Club & Birthday Celebrations

T his week, a few of our ladies and gentlemen took advantage of the sunshine and got involved with our Gardening Club as well as celebrating one lady’s birthday with delicious tea and cake in the beautiful landscaped gardens of Pine Martin Grange. Staff and residents alike thoroughly enjoyed the a...

Banksy Artwork Exhibited at Foxhunters

Artwork by one of the world’s most controversial and celebrated graffiti street artists was on show at Foxhunters Care Community in Llanfoist. The Banksy print was exhibited at the £12 million state-of-art care home as part of the Abergavenny Arts Festival to be held later this month (June 29th-3...

Bramshott Grange awarded ‘good’ rating across all five domains by CQC

Dormy Care Communities’ luxury care home, Bramshott Grange in Liphook, was recently inspected by the independent regulator of health and social care in England and awarded a ‘Good’ rating after opening in March 2018. CEO of Dormy Care Communities, Helen Davies-Parsons, said; “We are ...

Brockington House Marketing Suite now open!

Members of the public got their first glimpse behind the scenes at a new luxury care home – Brockington House, Hereford which will fully open Summer 2019. The Mayor of Hereford, Councillor Sue Boulter, officially opened the Brockington House marketing suite on the 25th April, welcoming visitors in...

Sir Martyn Lewis officially opens Foxhunters ‘world beating’ care home

Sir Martyn Lewis CBE officially opened our Foxhunters luxury care home in Abergavenny, declaring it as “world-beating.” The legendary television news presenter, who famously delivered the first bulletin on Princess Diana’s death, said the state-of-the-art home, situated on the town’s Westgat...

Information Centre Officially Opened by Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral

Dormy Care Communities has officially opened its information centre for Brockington House on West Street, Hereford, to help people find out more about the home and the nursing, ancillary and administrative roles available. The information centre is for anyone interested in the home to drop by for a ...

New Care Home Opening in Hereford Summer 2019

Our latest luxury care home, Brockington House, will be opening in Hereford in Summer 2019. Becoming the fourth addition to the Dormy Care Communities family, it will provide the same standards and services as our other homes, offering luxury living with quality care. Types of care we will offer in...

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New Dormy Care Communities Home in Abergavenny is Open

The latest addition to the Dormy Care family opened on the 19th November. Foxhunters Care Community in Abergavenny is a luxury purpose-built home and is the first care home development for Carter Lauren, Cardiff. With 70 fully furnished ensuite bedrooms, including four companion suites to encourage ...

A warm welcome to our new Home Director at Brockington House

Welcome to Shann who joins us as the new Home Director of Brockington House, Hereford. Shann originally qualified as both RMN and RGN and went on to join the Private Sector in 1992. She then moved to live in Africa for 17 years and ran a successful business before returning to the UK in 2014 where s...

Lucy, our singing carer, has been shortlisted for Care Awards 2018

This is Lucy Frost, Lucy has been shortlisted for Care Home Worker of the Year in the Bournemouth Daily Echo Proud to Care Awards 2018! Lucy is our very own ‘singing carer’! Lucy is so proactive with activities, particularly anything musical.  It might be arranging a sing-a-long in the lounge o...

Welcome to Brockington House, Hereford…

There is nothing more exciting than starting the New Year announcing we have another new home under construction! Dormy Care Communities have planning permission for a 70 bedded nursing home in the beautiful location of Hereford. With views of the Malvern Hills, our next home will offer the same sta...

Keep warm and well this winter at a Dormy Care Community

Winter is fast approaching and for elderly people, this is the worst time of year. Keeping a property warm, maintaining a garden, cooking a nutritious meal and even getting out and about in your local community – all things that bring more worry. Subsequently, people can become isolated and lonely...

First section of new £12 million care community opens to public

More than 100 people took a behind the scenes look at a new £12 million luxury care community as Foxhunters in Llanfoist officially opened its marketing suite earlier this week (Monday 20th August). Work started on Dormy Care’s flagship home in Iberis Road, Llanfoist, last September. As well as p...

Local Care Home Wins prestigious Industry Award!

Pine Martin Grange Care Home in Wareham, Dorset part of Mayflower Care Communities has been confirmed as the winner of the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Award 2018 in the ‘Best New Elderly Care Home Category’. The Pinders Healthcare Design Awards are an important part of the care industr...

Let’s talk about lifestyle…

What is the definition of a “lifestyle choice?” According to the English dictionary its “a choice a person makes about how to live and behave, according to their attitudes, tastes, and values.” That’s what our homes are about. Choice. We appreciate that this can be a huge d...

Welcome to Debbie Powell – our new team member for Foxhunters!

A big warm welcome to a new member of our team! Debbie joins us in a variety of roles – she will be the first point of contact when visitors come to our home in reception and will help guide and support people with any query they may have. Debbie will also be supporting Lucy with the administr...

Welcome to Lucy Morgan, Foxhunter’s Home Administrator

The Foxhunter’s team is growing and we are delighted to welcome Lucy to the team. Lucy has been involved in the care industry for the last ten years and brings a huge amount of experience with her. Lucy will be supporting our Home Director Marie with the recruitment of our new staff and be res...

Foxhunters Marketing suite is open!

More than 100 people took a behind the scenes look at our new £12 million luxury care community as Foxhunters in Llanfoist officially opened its marketing suite earlier this week (Monday 20th August).  Work started on Dormy Care’s flagship home in Iberis Road, Llanfoist, last September. As well ...

It’s all about the food!

We are delighted to welcome James Thomas to the Dormy Care team as our new Executive Chef. James will be responsible for supporting all the homes and ensuring we offer a fine dining experience to our residents and their visitors. We asked James to share with us a bit about his work history and what ...

5 ways Dormy Care Communities will help you stay active and independent

At Dormy Care Communities, we believe in promoting a healthy lifestyle and positive wellbeing, whatever your age or ability. We believe that an active life means an active mind, and we work with our residents to help you stay as active and independent as possible. Even if you’re not quite as mobil...

Living a Dormy Care lifestyle

At Dormy Care Communities, we truly believe in giving our residents the very best lifestyle, which is why we have invested in the finest onsite facilities for them to enjoy. We understand that everyone leads different lifestyles, which is why we have included a wide range of luxury facilities to cat...

Pine Martin Grange helps resident set sail for the first time in 6 years

After a life on the sea, Pine Martin Grange resident John Newbury has been unable to set sail for the past six years. Living with Parkinson’s Disease means that John – a retired Captain and Master Mariner – has been unable to pursue his passion for sailing. Pine Martin Grange desperately w...

It’s all about the care

Excellent care is at the heart of the Dormy Care Communities. We like to think of it as our family caring for your family. No matter how complex the needs of our residents, we are here to offer support and ensure that we deliver the very best care possible. In most of our homes, we have highly train...

A home for families to visit at any time

We understand that family is important and just because your loved one has moved into a home, it doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to make precious memories. Whether you enjoy quality days out together, Sunday dinners, weekly games nights or a cup of tea and a chat, we can accommodate you and...

MP visits Foxhunters!

Monmouth MP David Davies says he is sure Dormy Care’s new £12 million flagship care community – Foxhunters – is “going to be a huge success.” Mr Davies was given a tour of the site in Monmouthshire by Dormy Care founder, Helen Maiello. He also spoke to other key people involved in the pro...

Award-winning Wareham care home achieves ‘good’ CQC rating

Pine Martin Grange in Wareham has been awarded a rating of good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Mayflower Care Communities’ luxury residential and dementia home was recently inspected by the independent regulator of health and social care in England, having opened in August 2017. Helen Maiel...

Foxhunters update!

We have been overwhelmed by the number of people who are keen to work at Foxhunters! We will be commencing our recruitment in August but you can register your interest now http://dormycare.co.uk//careers/ Our General Manager Marie is currently looking for a Deputy Manager and applications are open n...

Some Oomph at Pine Martin Grange

We are delighted with our latest partnership with Oomph-Wellness, with a focus on creating and delivering a fabulous range of activities for our residents! Taking a whole-home approach to activities, staff at Pine Martin Grange have been trained in Oomph!’s Wellbeing Leadership programme. This wil...

Some Oomph at Bramshott Grange

We are delighted with our latest partnership with Oomph-Wellness, with a focus on creating and delivering a fabulous range of activities for our residents! Taking a whole-home approach to activities, staff at Bramshott Grange have been trained in Oomph!’s Wellbeing Leadership programme. This will ...

A warm welcome to Marie Wood – General Manager, Foxhunters Care Community

As our new care home progresses in Llanfoist, we are delighted to announce we have appointed an outstanding General Manager and would like to welcome Marie Wood to the team. We asked Marie to share with us her thoughts on joining Dormy Care and her plans ahead; “I am delighted to be appointed ...

Engaging with the local Community

Who has a brain? That is the question we asked 185 pupils at Llanfoist Fawr Primary School in Abergavenny. We were delighted when Mr Jon Murphy, invited the Dormy Care Team down to his school to deliver a dementia friends session. The number of people living with dementia is increasing and nearly a...

Bramshott Grange VIP Opening

Thursday 3rd May saw the sun shine as our second home officially opened! Residents, families, friends, members of the local community and key Healthcare professionals attended our amazing event. Visitors toured our stunning new home whilst enjoying champagne and canapés to the sound of a local flau...

National Care Home Open Day!

Join us on Saturday 21st April from 11 – 3 for our vintage tea party and musical art therapy. Dormy Care Communities believe that life shouldn’t stop when someone moves in to a care home and our focus is on offering a range of enriching activities. This will be an opportunity to experien...

Information Centre is now OPEN!

What a week it has been! Monday 12th March saw us officially open our brand new information centre at 47 Cross Street, Abergavenny. The lovely Reverend Chris Walters arrived to cut the ribbon and bless our new shop, as we proudly opened our doors to the Community. Helen Maiello Managing Director wit...

Information Centre Opening Soon…

After a busy few weeks, we are delighted to announce that our information centre will be opening early March. This will enable you to pop in and find out about our new Foxhunters Care Community. Staff will be on hand to discuss the build and share the plans of our exciting new home. We will also be ...

Bramshott grange has officially opened

We have officially opened! What an exciting week it has been. Our first few residents moved in to our beautiful new home and are already settling in well. We have always said that as stunning as the home is, it’s the people who live there who really make it special. We celebrated their arrival wit...

Quality care comes to Abergavenny.

Dormy Care Communities first home will be in Abergavenny, South Wales and construction is well underway. Nestling in the Welsh Valleys with views of the Blorenge Mountain, this stunning new care home will be a place our residents will be proud to call home. Our luxurious flagship home, “Foxhunters...

Its been a time to celebrate here at Pine Martin Grange

We were delighted to win the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Award 2018 in the ‘Best New Elderly Care Home Category’. The Pinders Awards are an important part of the care industry as they seek to recognise and reward through the quality of design. Although innovation and architecture play ...

Welcoming Foxhunters Care Community…

We are delighted to announce our flagship home in Abergavenny has a name! ‘Foxhunters Care Community’ will be our first home to open in late 2018. The story behind our name came from a horse named Foxhunter ridden by Harry Llewellyn (who lived local to Llanfoist) in the 1952 Olympic Ga...

We celebrate Wareham’s ‘Local Heroes’

Today we are pleased to announce that our luxury care home, Pine Martin Grange has officially opened! And in order to celebrate properly, we felt it was important as new members of Wareham’s community, to commemorate the local people who have inspired us in their attitudes and actions. We host...

Special Feature: Jon Rose our Maintenance Manager

We want to introduce you to Jon Rose, our Maintenance Manager at Pine Martin Grange in Wareham! Pine Martin Grange is one of our two luxury care homes, just like any home it requires constant attention and upkeep, which is where Jon comes in. Whenever there’s a problem or something isn’t quite w...

All about our HUR strength training study

Today we’d like to share something we’ve been planning for a while – a strength training study using our modern HUR gym at Pine Martin Grange. The HUR gym equipment operates differently to traditional fitness equipment. It uses air pressure technology to create a much smoother movement of ...

We’re moving into Bramshott Grange

Next Monday we are beginning the move into Bramshott Grange! We are delighted and very excited to be moving into our second luxury care home. We have already established some brilliant connections in the local area of Liphook, and once we are fully unpacked, we cannot wait to begin welcoming some br...

An extra treat for all our residents…

We’re extremely pleased to welcome a very special new addition to the Pine Martin Grange family… our brand new silver ‘E Class’ Mercedes! It’s very important to us that we enable all our residents to live life to the full. With such a friendly local community surrounding Pine Martin Grange...

Why we’ve introduced mindfulness training for our care teams

A number of recent applicants for new roles at Bramshott Grange have commented on our robust induction training programme. For this reason, we have decided to explain a little more about the ‘Mindfulness Training’ aspect and the support we offer our valued team members. A care home may have the ...

Bramshott Grange Care Home opens new show suite

This week Bramshott Grange care home is pleased to announce the formal opening of their stunning show suite. A genuine care home with a difference, our latest home promotes the highest standards of care with a luxurious lifestyle. We will be looking to welcome our new residents from the 20th of Febr...

Moving into our lovely new home!

We’ve been busy and on the go all week as we’re finally moving into our beautiful new home Pine Martin Grange, in Wareham, Dorset. Pine Martin Grange is one of our two luxury care homes that aims to combine the highest standards of care with the ease of an all-inclusive service. So far we have r...

Recruiting for our new team at Bramshott Grange

This week, we’ve been meeting and interviewing candidates who will hopefully soon join our team at Bramshott Grange. Similarly to Pine Martin Grange, Bramshott Grange is a luxury, all-inclusive care home situated in Liphook, Hampshire. We strongly believe that a cohesive and happy team is key to t...

Pleased to meet you Pine Martin Grange

We are holding an Open Afternoon event at our luxury care home Pine Martin Grange, located in the historic town of Wareham, Dorset. Our top priority is for residents to feel content and as happy as possible in their new home. We believe that this can be achieved by establishing a strong community at...

Introducing our brilliant new care team

We are all very excited to share details on our brand new team and their one of a kind staff induction. The induction began on the 24th of July with over thirty new carers and staff members eager to begin training. Leading by example, we wanted to provide our staff with the same level of support and...

Getting to know Bramshott Grange

Today we’re excited to introduce our brand new blog. We will be posting regularly about both of our premium care homes – Pine Martin Grange in Wareham, and Bramshott Grange in Liphook. Through our blog, we hope to reach as many like-minded people as possible to share our good news and develo...