Welcome to
Trafalgar Care Home
207-209 Dorchester Road, Weymouth DT4 7LF
New care enquiries: 01305 897 831
All other calls: 01305 777 567
Trafalgar Care Home in Weymouth, Dorset
Trafalgar Care Home is a real home for life in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset. We provide high-quality affordable residential, respite, palliative and end-of life care for people living with dementia and cognitive impairment.
Each resident is different, and we offer a range of activities and menu options so every person feels happy, stimulated and cared-for.
As well as caring for our residents we care about their families too. Our door is always open for a chat, and our residents’ and families’ forum gives relatives a way to support each other.
About our home
We’ve created a relaxed and homely environment for all our residents.
We have two comfortable lounges and a dining room on the ground floor, which are perfect for chatting and joining in activities. We’ve also got a smaller, quieter lounge upstairs, which is great for when people come to visit.
We have lawned gardens at the front and the back of Trafalgar. There’s plenty of space to sit outside – and we put a gazebo up in the summer when it’s sunny.
Our residents are fond of the beautiful grounds, and we like our colourful hanging baskets and our birdfeeders.
The bedrooms
There are 26 bedrooms at Trafalgar (including three double-sized rooms), across the ground floor and the first floor. Our first floor is fully accessible, by stairs or a lift. Many of our bedrooms look out onto one of our gardens
All our rooms have en-suites or washbasins in the room. The rooms without an en-suite have accessible shower rooms and bathrooms nearby.
We encourage our residents to personalise their rooms with their own photos and furniture. Personal possessions help residents feel at home, and provide extra stimulation and time for reminiscence.
We’re in the process of painting each bedroom’s front door a different colour, which makes it more recognisable.
Staff training
All our staff go on an intensive three-day Agincare training course before starting at Trafalgar.
As well as regular reviews and supervisions we carry out mandatory annual and two-year refresher training, plus specialist training including subjects such as dementia, Alzheimer’s, stroke and Parkinson’s.
Social activities
We like to work with our residents to plan our activities and outings, including trips to Portland, the beach or the garden centre.
Many of our activities are music-based. We have a musician in the home regularly. We also love memory boxes and jigsaws, and have plenty of room in the lounge to leave puzzles and games out. Animals such as dogs are also always really popular visitors!
Our residents love watching old films, so we regularly have movie nights, with popcorn and ice creams. We also like to join in sporting events, and get really involved in Wimbledon and the World Cup!
We also pride ourselves that we have taken part in the annual national Care Home Open Day event since its creation in 2012. We invite friends, family and professionals to this annual event which gives care homes a chance to show all the good that happens in the health and social care sector.
We welcome weekly activities that include armchair exercise classes, hair dressers, and quizzes. We also often enjoy manicures, coffee mornings, arts and crafts, reminiscence therapy, singalongs, games and much more.
We have a great rapport with our district nurses, who are here every day. The local nurse practitioner holds a mini-surgery every Thursday for our residents, where they can get a flu jab and check-up.
Food and nutrition
Good, wholesome home-cooked food is essential at a care home.
We have two cooks, who prepare a great variety of traditional home-cooked meals. They always ask for feedback from our residents, including through our residents’ forum, and are more than willing to adapt menus.
Our kitchen staff use two kitchens (one specifically for hot drinks and snacks) and have received a 5* ‘Very Good’ rating from the Food Standards Agency.
Mealtimes are really important to us. We encourage our residents to eat together as there are so many social and nutritional benefits. However, people can choose to eat their meals in their room too, if they prefer.
We have picture and written menus, but we always re-offer before serving, to check our residents haven’t changed their minds about what they’d like to eat.
Read more about food and nutrition in our care homes.
The grounds
Trafalgar is a beautiful listed building, and is set within gorgeous and secure gardens, both front and back.
On a sunny day, residents always enjoy sitting at our outdoor features, seeing the seasonal flowers, and taking a stroll across the grass.
We know how refreshing and stimulating spending time with nature is, and with how close we are to the lovely seaside, fresh air is in abundance.
Our Staff
I am incredibly excited to have joined the team at Trafalgar as Home Manager. My aim is to provide the same kindness and care that I would for my most treasured relative. I find my role very rewarding, and going home feeling like I have made a difference to someone’s day just fills me full of happiness.
Zoe Price
Manager
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Features
- Fully accessible building
- Plenty of space to sit outside
- Close to local amenities
- 24-hour call system
- Visitors welcome any time
- Daily activity programme
- Home-cooked meals
- Visitor parking
Response to CQC report
Chief Operating Officer, Tim Buckley said:
“The team at Trafalgar Care Home is committed to providing high quality care for all its residents, so we are naturally disappointed that the home’s rating overall at last inspection by the CQC was ‘Requires Improvement’.
“Trafalgar Care Home has been historically rated ‘Good’, and continues to retain this status in key inspection areas (effective, caring and responsive). We are pleased that the CQC recognised the continual improvement being brought about by our new management team following previous inspection; and that health and social care professionals were positive about their experience of the home’s team.
“The inspectors also found that people in the home felt safe, and that our care workers were kind, respectful and attentive. They also heard about changes to care and support that people received, which has had a positive impact on their lives. We are committed to continuous improvement at Trafalgar Care Home, and are looking forward to the inspectors’ next visit, when I am very confident that the home will be rated ‘Good’ overall.”
Types of care we provide
