The conservatory at Edgecumbe Lodge, with a blue armchair, a table laid with flowers, a long cushioned window seat and stained-glass roses in the windows.
Our care

Care shaped around your loved one.

Residential, nursing, dementia and respite care, given by people who take the time to know someone first.

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How we think about it

Getting to know the person first.

One of the principles of good dementia care is adapting the environment to support the individual, rather than expecting the individual to adapt to the environment. We take that as the starting point for everybody, not only for people living with dementia.

In practice it is small and unglamorous. Learning how somebody takes their tea. Knowing which chair is theirs. Helping with washing and dressing at a time that suits them, from people who know how they like things done, and with respect for what they can still manage themselves. Meaningful living looks different for every person, so the job is to make an environment where those moments can happen naturally, whether that is through an animal, music, gardening, art, or simply spending time together.

A sitting room at Gnoll Nursing Home, with the words of the Welsh national anthem painted on the wall and armchairs below.
The care we provide

Care that adapts to the person.

If you are not sure what kind of care is right, you are far from alone. Talk to us and we will help you work it out, gently and without any pressure.

A sitting room at Gnoll Nursing Home, with orange wing-backed chairs, red curtains, a television and a Welsh dragon banner on the wall.
A member of staff writing at a table in the conservatory at Gnoll Nursing Home, with yellow and white balloons up for a birthday.
The lawn at Edgecumbe Lodge, edged by tall trees under a blue sky.
A bedroom at Edgecumbe Lodge, with a single bed, a mustard wing-backed armchair and a green patterned feature wall.

For people who can no longer manage at home on their own, but do not need a nurse. Help with washing, dressing and medication, meals cooked for you, laundry done, and company on tap when you want it. Both of our homes provide residential care.

Edgecumbe Lodge and Gnoll Nursing Home

Gnoll has registered nurses on duty day and night, so medication, wound care and feeding support are all handled in the building. The team also care for people with Parkinson's, after a stroke, and with an acquired brain injury.

Care at the end of life is part of this too, given gently by people who already know the person, with family welcome at any hour.

Gnoll Nursing Home, Neath

Both homes care for people living with dementia, at every stage. Familiar faces, unhurried days, and surroundings shaped around the person, including the sensory beach built into the garden at Edgecumbe.

Where someone needs nursing alongside dementia care, Gnoll provides both together.

Both homes. Dementia nursing at Gnoll

A week or two so a family carer can have a proper break, or so somebody can get their strength back after a spell in hospital. Short stays are also how a lot of people find out whether a home suits them, with no obligation either way.

Both homes, subject to a room being free

How a day tends to go.

Days here have a gentle rhythm rather than a rota. Meals, medicines and any care somebody needs happen when they should, and the rest of the day belongs to the person living it.

1

Mornings, at your own pace

Some people are up with the birds and some are not. Help with washing and dressing comes at a time that suits, and breakfast waits.

2

Something to do

Activities most days, the garden when it is fine, visitors whenever they turn up. Nobody is made to join in.

3

Lunch at the table

Meals are cooked here and eaten together, with time to sit over them. Eating in your room is fine if that is the day you are having.

4

Quiet evenings

Television, a chat, a hand of cards, or an early night. Somebody is awake all night at both homes, and at Gnoll that somebody includes a nurse.

Delivering care, with dignity, can be a challenge. But at Edgecumbe it is done so well. Personal space is not violated. And the resident's way of life is respected. The staff have great empathy. They need to have the flexibility of approach to know what is meaningful to one, but no big deal to another, so as not to stress or upset any resident needlessly.
R HSon of Resident
The care given to the residents is outstanding. The staff are always on hand, keeping an eye on the residents whether to see to their needs or to offer comfort and reassurance. They are always patient and I have never observed any worrying incidents.
R PWife of Resident
My elderly mother-in-law resided at the Gnoll nursing home for eight years during which she received exemplary care and love from all the staff. It really was home from home to her and she was so pleased to have found a place there. Towards the end she required intensive nursing care, and that was delivered with sensitivity and respect that was reassuring and complete .
J PSon-in-law of Resident
A wonderful caring, safe & family environment for both residents & visitors. All the staff are very caring, patient, engaging towards my partner & myself. He is treated with dignity & fully supportive with his complex dementia condition & abilities. ... This is a home from home & I could not wish for a better place for my partner.
Julie DPartner of Resident

From families on carehome.co.uk

Questions

Things families usually ask.

It depends where they are. At Gnoll, because nurses are already in the building, most changes can be absorbed without anybody having to move. At Edgecumbe, which is a residential home, there is a point at which nursing care is the right answer, and we will say so early and honestly rather than late. Sometimes that means a move to Gnoll, and sometimes it means somewhere closer to family.

Please do. At Edgecumbe you are welcome any time, though ringing first means somebody is free to show you round. At Gnoll we ask you to arrange a time. Come more than once if it helps, and come at different times of day.

Yes, and most people do. Own furniture, pictures, bedding, a favourite chair. There is a list of what tends to help on our moving in guide.

Edgecumbe is pet friendly, by arrangement. Ziggy the tortoise has lived there for a year, and he is very popular in the garden.

The published weekly fees for both homes, and how funding works in England and in Wales, are set out on our fees and funding page. Your own figure is confirmed in writing after an assessment, before anybody moves in.

Come and have a look round.

Ring whichever home is nearer to you and ask for a visit. Come at a time that suits you, meet the people who would be looking after your relative, and take as long as you need to decide.

Arrange a visit 0117 956 8856

Bristol on 0117 956 8856, Neath on 01639 637988.