The Grove Residential Home

The Grove

The  Grove is a beautiful home set in a pleasant residential area, close to  the centre of Maidstone. It has easy access to local amenities such as  shopping, social, medical and transport services.

Our Rooms

The Grove's forty two personal rooms are maintained to a very high standard and provide light and spacious accommodation. 

The rooms are over two floors with stairs and a four-person safety lift providing access to the first floor.

All  rooms have their own en-suite washing facilities and thirty nine also  have an en-suite W.C. For maximum comfort we have a large toilet  facility for the disabled, and our seven bathrooms and wet rooms are  conveniently located for the rooms.

Each room is furnished, but you can bring your own furniture if you wish to give the room a familiar feel. 

All  of our rooms have telephone, satellite and terrestrial television and  internet points. A nurse-call system is installed in all rooms and  throughout the home for our residents' safety and reassurance.

Communal spaces

A  great deal of care and planning has gone into our three lounge areas to  provide spaces which are beautifully decorated with an outlook over the  lovely grounds. We have a bright and airy dining room, where meals are  usually served unless a resident prefers to eat in his/her personal  room.

Getting to know us

You  and your family are welcome to visit The Grove to look round the home,  meet the staff and residents and discuss any care arrangements. If this  is not possible, we will arrange to visit you in your own home.

After  moving to The Grove, we'll arrange a meeting with you and your family,  and social worker (if applicable), after about six weeks, to review all  the arrangements.

Our aim is to  make sure you are happy with the service and care that we are providing  and the review gives us the opportunity to discuss any aspects that we  can improve on.

In general, we  have an 'open door' policy with family and friends welcome to visit at  any time. We have regular review meetings to make sure our residents are  happy and their needs are met - friends and family are encouraged to  take part.

Our care

Integrity and genuine concern for the individual are at the heart of our care.

Our  residents are supported in their daily routines, according to their  individual needs, by our trained care workers. Assistance is given in  personal care such as bathing, toilet assistance, shaving, eating,  drinking, walking, dressing and undressing, reading and writing and most  other daily needs.

Our staff  will care for residents who may become sick or unwell, as they might in  their own homes, to assist them back to a state of well-being.

Working with healthcare professionals

Our  staff works very closely with the resident's GP, the District Nursing  Services, local hospitals and other community services to support the  resident's healthcare needs.

There  is frequent liaison with specialist professionals regarding eyesight,  hearing, dental care, diet and chiropody to ensure that all these needs  are provided for.

Maintaining independence

Residents  live at The Grove and most of their needs are met by the home, but it  is important that they should not feel parted from family and loved  ones. We welcome and encourage as much involvement from families as  possible - visitors are welcome at any time and residents are encouraged  to go out with friends and family.

To us, residential care is about maintaining independence in a supportive environment.

Activities

The  care we provide is supported by varied and stimulating activities so  that each individual can find something they can enjoy and share with  other residents.

These include  games, talks, quizzes, video presentations, singing and a variety of  activities arranged by outside professionals. We print a monthly  newsletter to display pictures of events and inform residents and  families of upcoming occasions and activities. 

We  have a small library and we arrange visits to the garden centre or the  beach in the summer. Residents are encouraged to walk and sit in the  lovely garden on warm days and enjoy a little gardening if they wish to.

Our  residents are drawn from all religious denominations. Arrangements are  made for those who wish to attend a local church or place of worship and  regular services are held at The Grove by the established churches.

Meals

We  recognise that enjoying and sharing meals is a very important part of  daily life, so at The Grove we pride ourselves on the range and quality  of the food we provide.

Our  menus are chosen to provide a choice of wholesome, appetising meals and a  sensible dietary balance. We do, of course, cater for any special  dietary needs.