HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CHESTNUT LODGE

The team at Chestnut Lodge Nursing Home in Yeovil has been celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of the home with the great news every room is now fully booked and has a waiting list.

Manager Graham Oakes said: “We admitted our first resident to Chestnut Lodge on 27 February 2023. Since then, we have steadily filled our beds and on the anniversary of that first admittance we are now at 100 per cent capacity.

“We are all so pleased about this because we wanted to create a home for local people living with dementia; somewhere where residents are the centre of everything we do; somewhere that relatives and friends can easily visit.

“We have kept one room allocated for people to stay for short breaks to give their carers a rest, which is invaluable for when a period of respite is needed.

“Since the early days where we had a handful of residents and just a few staff, the home has grown into such a special place to live and work.”