The Old Vicarage
Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HL
Set in the quiet and peaceful town of Sherborne, The Old Vicarage has a warm and friendly atmosphere. It's a home with real character.
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01935 316800Friends and relatives
01935 873033
Welcome to The Old Vicarage.
We provide reputable person-centred residential, respite and day care to our well-loved residents. The entire team work hard to treat our residents like family as we work within their home.
We are lucky enough to be situated in a lovely area of the country in the secluded location of the Dorset countryside and we’re proud of our facilities we offer to our residents. We have a committed team and the whole team always work to provide varied and engaging activities and compassionate care centred by respect, dignity and choice.
Whether you’d enjoy spending time with your new friends and relatives, rekindling the love of an old hobby or spending time in our beautiful gardens, we’d be delighted to make you welcome at The Old Vicarage.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
More info
Founded by one of the local villagers, this charming country house has been running for almost 40 years and has a lot of long-standing staff who are dedicated to ensuring residents get the very best care. The home has won more than 30 national and regional awards over the last few years for its commitment to care of the elderly.
Set in secluded, beautifully landscaped gardens with stunning views, The Old Vicarage forms a big part of the local community. The house is run as an extended home from home and care staff generally only work in one area so they can get to know the residents and families well.
Daily activities and entertainment are a core part of our quality care at The Old Vicarage. We pride ourselves on offering a diverse, enriching range of activities seven days a week, twice a day, and we encourage residents to continue pursuing their favourite hobbies and pastimes or to try out something new entirely.
One of our activity co-ordinators is a trained fitness instructor so there are plenty of exercise and movement sessions available as well as singing and dancing to get residents motivated and moving. We’re also passionate about keeping our homes and residents at the heart of the local community, working closely with community groups, schools and other community connections to keep residents involved in local activities.
Some of our regular activities include:
- Exercise and movement
- Singing and dancing
- Book club
- Theme days
- Piano playing
- Gardening
- Visiting entertainers
- Yoga
- Crafts
- Excursions to local places of interest
- Beautician
- Card evenings
- Visiting library
Dining is an essential part of the care package we provide to our residents, not only from a general health and wellbeing perspective, but we believe residents should be able to enjoy eating what they want, when they want.
We are keen for residents to be very involved in the food they eat, and we hold regular residents’ meetings to discuss meal options. We serve food fresh from the kitchen, and we offer traditional foods mixed with themed nights to encourage our residents to try different things.
Our chef fully assesses all dietary needs, including likes and dislikes, allergies. special diets, through to preferred portion sizes and mealtimes. Our catering team prides itself on producing food of the highest quality, using local suppliers to create fresh, homemade dishes each day.
Located near the market town of Sherborne and the coast, The Old Vicarage is close to the town of Weymouth and West Bay harbour. Visitors and residents can enjoy trips to Sherborne Abbey and Castle and National Trust gardens. There are several pubs and local garden centres in close proximity and the village hall also has a regular pop-up pub for residents to visit.
The health and wellness of our residents is very important and we work closely in partnership with local health and wellness professionals to ensure every resident is able to lead a full and enriched life. We welcome visiting professionals such as GPs, chiropodists, opticians and can arrange visits to other professionals if and when it may be required.
Our accommodation
Arranged over two floors, our bedrooms can be personalised to make them a real home-from-home, and residents are able to enjoy our open plan lounge and dining room and beautifully landscaped gardens for relaxing, socialising and entertaining.
All our 40 bedrooms are provided ready-furnished with the essentials for instant comfort, and we happily encourage our residents to bring their own treasured furnishings and belongings if they would like to do so.
Amongst our range of well-equipped areas and facilities, there’s always space for quiet contemplation, or for enjoying the company of kindred spirits, and for relishing in interests and pursuits.
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Get in touch to discuss care at The Old Vicarage
To speak to one of our team or to book a visit to The Old Vickerage, please send a message using our contact form.
Alternatively, you can call us on 01935 316800 for a no obligation chat with our friendly care team.
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Terms and Conditions
If you will be funding your stay privately, please click here to view our Resident Contract of Admission for Self-Funders.
If a Local Authority may be funding your stay, please click here to view our Resident Terms and Conditions for a Local Authority Funded Stay.
Your Local Authority might locate/suggest a care home that is/your Local Authority believes is suitable to meet your care and support needs, that is of a lower cost than our required weekly fee. In this circumstance the Local Authority is unlikely to agree to fully fund your stay if you choose to select our care home instead of the less expensive establishment it has sourced for/suggested to you. In this event, private ‘top-up’ payments will be necessary in order to address the shortfall between our weekly fee and the weekly fee funding available from/offered by your Local Authority.
An additional top-up payment will almost certainly be required if you select, or we only have available, a non-standard room in the care home and your Local Authority is only prepared to pay for a standard room. If you select, or we only have available, a non-standard room in the care home, the additional cost for that non-standard room will have to be met by top-up payments.
Owing to the fact that your financial means will have been assessed by your Local Authority, it is very likely that the Local Authority will require private top-up payments to be made by a third party from their own funds. Although the Guidance to the Care Act 2014 states that a Local Authority ought itself collect top-up payments, some require us to collect such payments on their behalf. Should the Local Authority require us to collect top-up payments, we would issue the third party who is to fund the top-up with a contractual agreement for their review and signature.
If a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) may be funding your stay, please click here to view our Resident Terms and Conditions for a CCG Funded Stay.