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Welcome to High Dene, South Shields      

Come and visit us at any time and see for yourselves the friendly environment and quality of care at High Dene.

We’re here to help and look forward to giving you a warm welcome.

At High Dene, we provide residential care for 32 older people who have physical disabilities and/or moderate dementia.  Staff are on hand 24-hours a day to provide care and support.

Set in a quiet location in its own beautiful grounds, High Dene is close to the local shops, pubs and local churches. Most rooms have views of the well-kept gardens.

We offer:

Accommodation

• Single en-suite rooms with WC and washbasin

• Tea-making facilities available where you and your visitors can make drinks

• Television point and connections for digital and satellite TV

• Telephone point in all bedrooms for your own direct line

• Call bells in each room providing 24-hour help

• Rooms decorated to high standard

• We encourage personal items to be brought in to enhance your room

• A cosy lounge with a TV, part of this lounge is a quieter area used for painting or reading

• There is a garden room and patio area off the ground floor lounge

• Bathrooms specially equipped so you can relax in comfort or take a shower if you wish

• Lift to upper floor

Dining

• Choice of healthy and nutritious meals and any special dietary requirements catered for

• Breakfast is served in the dining room or you can enjoy a continental breakfast brought to your room

• Unlike other care homes, there is no need to order food in advance

Leisure activities

• Newspapers can be delivered daily to your room

• High Dene has an elegant and well-kept garden area to sit out in the summer

• Stimulating and wide-ranging activities are organised at our home each week

Facilities

• Wheelchair access and car parking are available

• Pets are allowed by arrangement

• We have a personal laundry facility and laundry service

• A pay telephone is available

• Religious services and meetings are arranged

• Smoking policy: in own room only

Health and personal care

• Residents keep their own GP if possible otherwise there is a GP on request

• Our Hairdresser visits weekly

• Our Chiropodist visits once every 4-6 weeks or on request

• The District Nurse and Dentist visit by arrangement

• The Physiotherapist visits by arrangement

• Holistic therapies-details of local providers are availble

Local area

The town of South Shields is 1 mile away and we have the following facilities nearby: bowling green and theatre 1 mile, swimming pool ½ mile, Newcastle Railway Station 9 miles, Tyne Dock Metro Station 500 yards. Close to excellent bus and metro routes to Newcastle and Sunderland . High Dene is also a short car ride from the coast and it’s historic parks. The nearest hospital is South Tyneside , which is only half a mile away.

“Just to say a big thank you for the care and kindness you have all shown me during my stay at High Dene”

Quote from resident at High Dene

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