Welcome to Oaklands A guide to the home for residents and families
Hello! A warm welcome to Oaklands Your support, your way We provide support and nursing we have private access to the tow Moving into a shared home can When you join us we ll ask what care for physically disabled adults path. In the summer it s lovely seem like a step into the unknown. you want out of life, and how best we in a friendly and safe home. Our to sit by the canal and enjoy a You might worry you ll be unable to can support you. Then we regularly team is fully trained and we re picnic as the narrowboats pass do the things that matter to you. check how you are and whether you regulated by the Care Quality by. Garstang is a pleasant market want to change anything. Commission. town with a range of shops and But in a Leonard Cheshire home restaurants. Blackpool, Lancaster we want you to be yourself. We Our aim is to help you make choices, You ll find us near the town of and Preston are also within easy understand you re an individual not make choices for you. Above Garstang, in Lancashire. We re driving distance. with your own lifestyle and our all we want you to get the most next to the Lancaster canal and team will always respect that. out of life and enjoy living here.
Facilities for you Enjoy activities Oaklands is a Victorian house The home offers a range of Whatever activities you d like to do, set in extensive grounds. There s always room for you to welcome Our facilities include: activities for residents, including quizzes, cooking, bingo, music you can always talk to one of our team about the different choices your family and friends or get together with other residents. Dining choices We make sure mealtimes can be 30 bedrooms spacious lounge and kitchen activities room therapy, cinema trips and courses at the local college. You ll have the chance to be social, get creative or enjoy exercise you choose. available to you. enjoyed by everyone. Our menus are planned by our residents and staff, and special diets are always extensive grounds next to Lancaster canal Group activities aren t for everyone and you might just want to do things on your own. If so, we can help. If you catered for by our chef. need support, one option is to find a volunteer to come along with you.
Because we re a charity we can offer more Marcus 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 Marcus, and I ve lived at Oaklands for five years. I had I ve had lots of opportunities to pursue my interests here. I go to people with housing and quality up the basic level of support that been living with my mum and dad church every Thursday, which is care. Our founder Leonard local councils provide. The money before. It was a bit strange coming really important to me. We also have Cheshire started the charity in we raise makes a big difference to here at first because I didn t know a regular arts and crafts group. I 1948 and since then we ve always residents in our homes. It helps us anyone. But now I just feel like I m made an aeroplane and it was in a worked with disabled people to provide things like physiotherapy, at home here. It was really easy to local arts exhibition it was even improve the support we offer. transport and social events things get to know the staff, and they are featured in the local newspaper. And You can trust us to know what that help our residents get more all great. most exciting of all recently I got we are doing. out of life. to fly a plane myself. It was my first time flying and it was wonderful!
We d love to hear from you Please get in touch if you d like to know more about Oaklands. Oaklands Dimples Lane, Garstang Lancashire PR3 1UA Call us: Oaklands 01995 602 290 / Referrals 020 3242 0392 Email us: oaklands@leonardcheshire.org Visit: leonardcheshire.org/oaklands 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. 218186 (England & Wales) and no. SC005117 (Scotland), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 552847