Welcome to St Anthony s. A guide to the home for residents and families

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1 Welcome to St Anthony s A guide to the home for residents and families

2 Hello! A warm welcome to St Anthony s Your support, your way We provide support and nursing fields, a lovely common and a golf Moving into a shared home can When you join us we ll ask what care for physically disabled adults in course nearby. Penn has a range seem like a step into the unknown. you want out of life, and how best we a friendly and safe home. Our team of local shops, pubs and cafés. We You might worry you ll be unable to can support you. Then we regularly is fully trained and we re regulated are also a short drive away from do the things that matter to you. check how you are and whether you by the Care Quality Commission. Birmingham and West Bromwich want to change anything. city centres. But in a Leonard Cheshire home You ll find us in the pleasant we want you to be yourself. We Our aim is to help you make choices, and peaceful village of Penn, in understand you re an individual not make choices for you. Above Wolverhampton. We re surrounded with your own lifestyle and our all we want you to get the most by large landscaped gardens, with team will always respect that. out of life and enjoy living here.

3 Facilities for you Enjoy activities St Anthony s is a single-storey The home offers a range of activities need support, one option is to find a home that can accommodate up to 34 physically disabled adults. Our facilities include: for residents, including quiz nights, cooking sessions, bingo and origami. volunteer to come along with you. There s always room for you to welcome your family and friends or get together with other residents. 34 bedrooms physiotherapy room As we are close to local amenities, it s easy to organise trips to eat out, go swimming or enjoy a session Whatever activities you d like to do, you can always talk to one of our team about the different choices Dining choices We make sure mealtimes can be enjoyed by everyone. Our menus are planned by our residents and staff, and special diets are always activities room large landscaped gardens call system, which enables you to summon help from staff at the gym. You ll have the chance to be social, get creative or enjoy exercise you choose. Group activities aren t for everyone and you might just want to do things available to you. catered for by our chef. on your own. If so, we can help. If you

4 Because we re a charity we can offer more Ann s story With over 100 homes in the UK, we provide thousands of disabled Added value As a charity we fundraise to top My name is Ann and I ve lived at St Anthony s for eight years. This place We saw Ellie Simmonds get her gold medal. It was fabulous. people with housing and quality up the basic level of support that is the best thing that s happened care. Our founder Leonard local councils provide. The money to me. You wouldn t believe the The carers here really do care. Cheshire started the charity in we raise makes a big difference to choices we have at lunch time. I have so much respect for them 1948 and since then we ve always residents in our homes. It helps us and they respect me. If you worked with disabled people to provide things like physiotherapy, I d say I m very outgoing. You can need to talk about something, improve the support we offer. transport and social events things go anywhere you want here. During they re always there to listen. I d You can trust us to know what that help our residents get more the Paralympics, we used to go and encourage anybody to live here we are doing. out of life. watch athletics and swimming. because it s a special place.

5 We d love to hear from you Please get in touch if you d like to know more about St Anthony s. St Anthony s Stourbridge Road, Penn Wolverhampton WV4 5NQ Call us: St Anthony s / Referrals us: referrals@leonardcheshire.org Visit: leonardcheshire.org/stanthonys There are lots of ways to get involved with our work: Donate Volunteer Campaign To find out more visit: leonardcheshire.org Leonard Cheshire is a registered charity no (England & Wales) and no. SC (Scotland), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no