Care homes in Blandford Forum

Blandford Grange Care Home provides permanent and respite residential and nursing care, with dedicated dementia, palliative and nursing dementia services. Its care offer covers older people and younger adults, including those requiring more specialised support.

The home combines residential care with a nursing setting, while the wider service includes care for people under 65 and palliative needs.

Larks Leas provides elderly and respite care in a traditional residential home near the centre of Blandford Forum. Its care plans include music sessions and arts and crafts, giving residents and respite guests structured opportunities for social activity.

Accommodation is arranged as single-occupancy rooms, almost all with en-suite facilities, including a Garden Suite whose rooms overlook landscaped gardens.

Spetisbury Manor provides permanent residential care, respite care and holiday stays in a period manor house near Blandford. The home has four acres of private parkland with river frontage, private rooms and space for residents to enjoy the surrounding Dorset countryside.

Care plans are tailored to individual needs, with support available around the clock and links to local GPs and district nurses.

Whitecliffe House delivers nursing care for older people and younger adults through Colten Care. The wider care model includes residential, assisted and dementia support, with care designed to adapt as needs change.

Colten Care uses its All About Me approach to plan support around each resident rather than a routine applied to everyone. Nurses are present day and night, and teams communicate closely so changes in health can be recognised early.