Garth House care home
Retirement Home in Dorking
Contact Details
Home Manager
Jane Starr
New Resident Enquiries
During Office Hours
0808 166 9033
Outside Office Hours
01306 880 511
Job Enquiries
0808 168 1300
Located on the western slopes of Tower Hill, just to the south of Dorking in Surrey, Garth House is a beautiful period home of real character that has been sympathetically converted to provide nursing and specialist dementia care for up to 40 elderly people.
Garth House retirement home is a building of some distinction. Dating from the end of the 19th century, the home has been lovingly restored to provide tasteful and elegant living for its residents. Garth House is set within wonderful Mediterranean gardens featuring mature specimen trees, colourful flowerbeds and flowering shrubs, creating a truly relaxing environment.
Garth House’s unique and distinguished character is allied to a reputation for outstanding care provision. The home offers high quality palliative and high end care for residents with higher nursing care needs.
Garth House care home is also ideally equipped to provide residential support for elderly people living with a mild form of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. In providing specialist dementia care, staff never lose sight of the fact that, first and foremost, Garth House is home to our residents. The home has a truly welcoming ambience and residents benefit from a broad and thoroughly enjoyable range of activities.
The home offers a full range of residential support, including trial stays, respite breaks and convalescent care as well as long term care. Residents are encouraged to bring important personal possessions to personalise their rooms. Garth House operates an open visiting policy, where residents and loved ones may visit at convenient times. In common with all of our care homes, Garth House’s manager has a qualified nursing background. The home is fully registered with the Care Quality Commission and has ISO9001/2000 and Hospitality Assured accreditation.
- Beautiful character home
- Outstanding accommodation throughout
- Professional nursing care
- Specialist dementia care
- Friendly dedicated staff team
- Tranquil Mediterranean gardens
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To read a letter from one of Garth House's residents relatives please click here.
Located just south of Dorking in Surrey, Garth House care & retirement home provides nursing and specialist dementia care for up to 40 elderly ladies and gentlemen.
The 19th century property has a dedicated activities co-ordinator who is on hand to support residents with a tailored activities programme in conjunction the clinical team to match individual needs.
For further information about activities please visit our “living with us” section.
Care Categories
- Residential Dementia
- Residential
- Nursing Dementia
- Nursing
Care Specialisms
- Alzheimer's
- Cancer Care
- Head/Brain Injury
- Hearing Impairment
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Palliative Care
- Parkinson's Disease
- Physiotherapy
- Stroke
- Visual Impairment
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"This home is in a very pleasant situation and is a lovely old house. The staff are very caring and efficient. It is very hard to find any fault indeed!" - Michael H
"1) Understanding of individual needs. 2) High Staff Ratio. 3) Kindness and care of each resident. 4) Home atmosphere. 5) Welcoming visitors ay anytime during the day. 6) Informing relatives immediately of any concerns or changes. 7) Spending time with residents and respect. 8) Excellent food and consideration to diets etc. 9) Excellent activities programme and entertainment... carehomes.co.uk" - Shirley P
"Garth House was recommended by a family who had a relative staying there. We have found that a warm welcome always greets you from the staff at Garth House, and the care they give to the residents is 100%." - Brian C
"Mother is very well looked after by staff, regular doctor visits, homely atmosphere, lovely surroundings. For example - she just celebrated her 90th birthday and she was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a birthday cake, complete with candles and it was brought to her with staff singing 'happy birthday' to her, which made her day!" - Terence Street
"The staff have been extremely kind to my mother and she is very happy with them. Also we always find her to be in clothing and bedding that is very clean. She always looks well cared for." - Patricia S
"My husband has only been at Garth House, Dorking for a few weeks but he seems to have settled in very well." - Valerie Egglestone
"Very supportive and welcoming whenever I visit. Always keep me updated on my mother's well-being. As I live 150 miles away it is good to know that my mother is being well cared for. Can visit any time of day, always offered refreshment." - Keith Tickner
"Pleasant, bright rooms, clean common areas, happy staff, good food. Good level of overall nursing care. Good range of activities for residents." - Richard D
"I recommend." - Richard G