Elderly Care Home in Blandford Forum, Dorset

Larks Leas Care Home in Blandford Forum, Dorset, offers elderly care and respite care in its spacious residential care home. The traditional care home delivers packages of high-quality care to The Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes to both respite and long term care residents.

This popular Dorset care home has 22 room places and boasts a new garden suite with ensuite rooms overlooking the beautifully landscaped courtyard. Residents and respite care guests have access to a variety of lively communal spaces, relaxing lounges and modern dining rooms.

So many of our care homes residents have chosen Larks Leas Care Home for its strong local reputation in North Dorset. If you are visiting the Blandford elderly care home you can expect to be greeted with a warm welcome from the friendly, exceptional care team.

Over the last 15 years the elderly care home has been refurbished throughout, ensuring residents have some of the best care home facilities in Dorset. At Larks Leas we also benefit from good local transport links from Blandford to the local towns of Wimborne and Poole using the bus service, making a visit to the care home easy for local friends and family.

Blandford Forum is a popular market town in North Dorset, just off the A350 which connects Poole to Blandford and Shaftesbury. Blandford has long been a military town, with Blandford Camp military base and The Royal Signals Museum sitting just two miles outside of the town.

Larks Leas Care Home is just a short walk to the local Bowling Club, Leisure Centre, Cricket Club and Church. The home itself is in a quiet residential area of Blandford Forum surrounded by a welcoming community in the heart of North Dorset.

Blandford is a lovely place for a trip to the local shops, with an M&S Food hall, The Dorset Bookshop, fresh produce available from the Blandford Forum Market, M and Co. and a great variety of cafes, pubs and restaurants to choose from, Blandford has something for everyone.

Some of the other activities and attractions close to Larks Leas that residents and their families can enjoy include:

• Blandford – Keyneston Mill; Hall & Woodhouse Brewery; Blandford Museum; Blandford Forum Indoor Market
• Charlton Marshall – Village Hall with regular activities; The Charlton Inn pub
• Tarrant Hinton – The annual Great Dorset Steam Fair; St Mary’s Church
• Lytchett – The Courtyard Craft Centre; The English Oak Vineyard; St Peters Finger pub; The Barn Café
• Dorchester – Poundbury Farmers’ Market; Kingston Maurward Animal Park & Gardens; Dorset County Museum; Hardy’s Cottage
• Wimborne – Kingston Lacy House and Gardens; Badbury Rings; White Mill; Wimborne Model Town and Gardens

 

At Larks Leas Care Home everyone is given encouragement and support to participate in as many activities as they like for as long as they can, in addition lots of activities arranged by the care homes staff are very inclusive and enjoyable whether they take place at the care home in Blandford or in the local community.

We are pleased to offer Elderly Care and Respite Care to local people from Blandford Forum, Charlton Marshall, Tarrant Hinton, Dorchester & Wimborne, as well as from further afield. Please contact us for more information, advice on current vacancies or to arrange a visit to Larks Leas Care Home.