Ridgemount
Care homes The Horseshoe, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2BQ, 0800 0854217 View on map
Welcome to Ridgemount
Anchor's Ridgemount in Banstead is a trusted provider of residential care for elderly people, and we offer specialised services for elderly people who have dementia, learning disability, physical disability or sensory impairment.
Our care home’s well trained and helpful staff provide 24-hour care and support to help you maintain your chosen lifestyle, adapting as your needs change.
At Ridgemount, activities play an important role and we aim to enhance our residents’ quality of life by providing a varied range of social activities.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our catering, with our chef preparing meals daily from fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Set in a quiet village location, in its own beautiful grounds, Ridgemount care home is close to local services and amenities, such as shops and public transport.
In times of uncertainty, Anchor is a care provider you can depend on. We are proudly not-for-profit with 50 years of experience.
Come and visit us at any time. We’re here to help and look forward to giving you a warm welcome.
Features
Communal facilities
Shared facilities complementing each private residence:
- Engaging activities programme
- Garden
- Communal lounge
- Hairdressing salon
- Conservatory
Care and support
In addition to residential care, we also offer:
- Respite care
- Palliative care
- Huntington's disease
- Dementia care
- Convalescence care
Food and dining
We promote wellbeing through a positive dining experience:
- Communal dining area
- Nutrition and hydration stations
- Visitors are welcome to join residents for meals
Life at Ridgemount
At Ridgemount care home, we provide quality 24-hour residential care and specialist care for older people with dementia.
We support and develop our staff on an ongoing basis to enable them to provide the highest quality care for our residents.
At our home we have:
- A library
- A "Pets are welcome" policy by arrangement with the Manager
- A shop for small items
- A hairdressing salon
- A lift to upper floors
- A personal laundry facility and laundry service
- A pay telephone or the facility for a private telephone line in each room
- Regular religious services and meetings should you wish to take part
- Newspapers which can be ordered and delivered daily to your room
- Wheelchair access and car parking
Nearby facilities:
- Banstead village is within walking distance
- The nearest hospital is Epsom
- Banstead Railway Station is a mile away
- A number of supermarkets, banks, restaurants, chemists, GP surgeries are within walking distance
Ridgemount is a unique, purpose-built residence which was designed to provide residential care. Set in a quiet location and in its own grounds, Ridgemount has single en-suite rooms with lovely views of the gardens.
Our home is fully furnished and decorated to a high standard with a call system which ensures that help is at hand 24 hours a day.
We also have:
- Some rooms with views of the gardens
- Some rooms open directly onto gardens
- A television point and connections for satellite and digital TV
- Tea-making facilities available to make drinks for you and your visitors
Other accommodation facilities include:
- Cosy lounges with TVs and quiet areas for reading and relaxing
- A guest suite available for family and friends to stay overnight
- Bathrooms specially equipped so you can relax in comfort
- Safe, enclosed gardens
We encourage you to bring small personal items to enhance your room.
We know how important mealtimes are to our residents, so we always try to make this a sociable and enjoyable experience, whilst recognising individual choice.
Ridgemount's Food Promise ensures all our menus offer freshly cooked, appetising and nutritionally balanced meals including:
- Cooked breakfast every day
- Wholesome homemade soup everyday
- Freshly baked biscuits and cakes everyday
- Traditional Sunday Roast
- Fish and Chips weekly
- A variety of snacks available all day
Our Chefs understand the nutritional needs of older people and ensure that our meals are prepared using fresh, seasonal ingredients.
We serve tasty, wholesome dishes and involve residents in selecting our menus at a local level. We offer daily choice of meals and cater for special dietary needs and preferences, helping keep our residents healthy and well nourished.
Our care home organises and arranges a variety of opportunities for our residents to enjoy daily activities in our home and in the local community.
We work in partnership with the National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA) and encourage activities that enhance our residents’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing.
Residents preferred activities, interests and ability are discussed when they move in and an agreed plan ensures that these requests are fulfilled (wherever possible). Our residents’ suggestions for activities also help shape the planning process.
We organise supervised day trips to leisure facilities and places of interest as well as social events in the home, including themed restaurant evenings, arts and crafts, quizzes and regular entertainers.
Activities calendar
| Day | Morning | Lunch | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz | No activity | Arts & crafts | No activity | |
| No activity | No activity | Reminiscence activities | No activity | |
| Knit & natter | No activity | Circle dancing | No activity | |
| Games morning | No activity | Gentlemen's club | No activity | |
| No activity | No activity | Bingo | No activity | |
| Book club | No activity | Film club | No activity | |
| No activity | No activity | Dominoes | No activity |
Health
At Ridgemount, our caring and attentive staff work with our residents and their loved ones to create a detailed care plan which ensures our residents individual health and care needs are met.
We know how important it is to care for our residents with the dignity and respect they deserve and this is at the heart of what we do at Ridgemount care home.
Our commitment to advanced dementia training for our staff has helped the Department of Health pass its goal of 3,000 Dignity Champions nationwide.
Our health and social care partners include:
- A GP who is available on request
- A hairdresser visits every week
- A chiropodist visits on request
- A dentist and optician who visit the home
- The district nurse and physiotherapist who visit by arrangement
- Holistic therapist visits can be arranged
Pricing information
Anchor endeavour to be completely transparent about all our charges and fees. For further information please contact us.
How much does it cost?
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What is included in care home fees?
For many people, moving to a care home is a big decision and it can be difficult to know where to start. Care home fees are based on a range of factors, including specific care needs, which can change over time.
Living in an Anchor care home you can be confident that a single fee covers the cost of your personally tailored 24 hour care and support, utility bills and meals, as well as a fantastic range of daily activities. In an Anchor care home our weekly charge includes:
- cost of personal care
- accommodation
- utilities e.g. heating and light
- all resident catering, meals, snacks and drinks
- laundry undertaken on the premises
- television licence, including for person use
- housekeeping services.
The following extra items and services are not covered by the weekly fees, however we can arrange for them to be provided (at an additional cost):
- professional hairdressing
- personal copies of newspapers or magazines
- personal purchases such as stationery, confectionery, toiletries etc.
- clothing, shoes and slippers
- dry cleaning
- private telephone line rental and calls and cable connections.
In the absence of free provision by the NHS, we can also arrange for the following healthcare services to be provided, these will be charged in addition to the weekly fees:
- chiropody
- optometry
- dentistry
- physiotherapy
- other privately arranged healthcare
- care staff accompaniment to regular medical appointments.
No upfront deposit is required at any of Anchor’s care homes to secure a room.
At Anchor we pride ourselves on offering a truly tailored approach to care and therefore need to fully understand your needs to provide you with an accurate fee estimate. Please call us to discuss your specific care needs today. Alternatively we welcome you to visit us to discuss your situation face-to-face.
Want more information on care home fees?
Learning about the different funding options available to you can also help you feel confident in your decisions. Anchor know that securing care home funding can sometimes appear a rather daunting task and so to help we have put together a free guide covering requesting assistance, top up fees and third-party payments.
Care home feesAt Ridgemount we have a caring team of well qualified professionals, passionate about what they do and dedicated to ensuring our residents always feel confident that they can rely on a friendly face and helping hand 24-hours a day.
We encourage visits to Ridgemount so you can meet our team and get a feel of what it would be like to live here. You will be able to look around, meet other residents, find out what goes on and ask any questions you may have. It is important to us that you make the right decision and are happy with your choice of new home.
Robert Oddy
Administrator
I enjoy working in this wonderful, caring home and take pride in being part of the team that offers our residents and their families a welcoming environment and a place they can call home. As part of this team, I strive to ensure that all our residents can continue to have the life they wish in a place that they feel safe and supported.
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Getting here
Ridgemount
The Horseshoe, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2BQ, 0800 0854217
What's happening at Ridgemount
On this day in 1930 Amy Johnson landed at Dawin, Australia and become the first woman to fly from England to Australia #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
So what is better than going down the pub on a nice warm sunny day and having half a pint of shandy #Bansted #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/G0DOCeQ4sO
Three happy customers who won at our prize bingo today #BANSTEAD #RIDGEMOUNT #CAREHOME https://t.co/2YRUZCCNMo
In 1931 Whipsnade zoo opens in Bedfordshire England. And in 1966 the Beatles release "Paperback Writer" #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
Our tomatoes are growing also our hanging baskets look good #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/15VWFFBbLj
Vegetable garden is coming along our marrows are growing nicely #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/8CvALnzwlg
In 1945 on the 22nd may Winston Churchill Resigns as prime minister of England which brings an end of the coalition cabinet formed during the war, there is an election called on the 5th July #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
Busy out in the garden today again we have Roy & Peggy who are keen gardeners #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome . https://t.co/oNkeOif2qz
the making of caterpillars #Bansted #Ridgemount #Carehome. https://t.co/wPdsNTgXFF
On this day in history in 1932 After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland Amelia Earthart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. becoming the 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
Delicious Thusday we made ice cream, then we put it in freezer over night ,then on Friday we got to eat it 😘We had Pink .Brown,& Blue for a change #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome . https://t.co/fDvZNST4OH
On this day in 1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (it lasted for 5 months) also on this day Hubble space Telescope sends its first photographs from space. #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome .
Well a busy day digging in the garden getting it all prepared for the Beans & Peas to be planted in two weeks #Hard #work #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/FTiAAz5nda
Proud to be taking part at Epsom & Ewell Employment Fair #anchor #jobcentre #banstead #thebeeches https://t.co/Y7toMYSFCU
In the vegetable garden this afternoon we planted Dwarf French Beans, Runner Beans, and Garden peas to go with our tomatoes , Marrows, and Rhubarb. #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/xyOFc7T1SN
It was such a nice day we sat in the garden we had tea and biscuits we don puzzles , drawing, talking, and a bit of music #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/TdpZg0BBMd
On this day in 1220 Henry 111 of England laid the foundation stone of a new lady Chapel at Westminster Abby, thus beginning the new Abby-Church which was completed in 1245 #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
A morning of keeping fit with Lynda dancing memories ,#Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome. https://t.co/bIN0MQFZlS
In 1858 the present Royal Opera House in covent Garden, London was opened .In 1981 the birth of Zara Phillips daughter of the princess Royal and Mark Phillips #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
On this day may the 14th in 1779 the classic English horse race the oaks was first run at Epsom racecourse in southern England. In 1894 blackpool Tower first opened to the public that cost 6d #Banstead #Ridemount #Carehome .
This afternoon Nigel Dawson came to give us a talk about the sights and sounds of London . The music went down well the residents was singing the old songs like( my old man said follow the van ) #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
Residents enjoying flower arranging this morning kindly donated by M&S #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome. https://t.co/k0qmfBxuKg
On this day may the 13th 1787 Arthur Phillips set sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia . 1940 Winston Churchill says "I have nothring to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat " in his first speech as Prime Minister to British house of commons #Ridgemout
Elvis Presley had 11 number- ones throughout the decade of the 1960s "Its"Now or Never" was the best-selling single of 1960s and spent 8 weeks at number one #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome
Mobii interactive sitting on blackpool beach having ice creams, then we are singing in the rain trying to open the umbrellas ,and then trying to catch the cup cakes #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/pvPyPHXh4e
The making of cherry turnovers we have rolling, stirring, sieving then putting it all together so the kitchen can cook them for us #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/4zCyIS6nqt
On this day May the 9th In 1887 Buffalo Bills wild west show open,s in London Also Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the north pole on may the 9th 1926 #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome. (just a bit of history on this 9th MAY)
We had lots of fun on the interactive mobii today we chased butterflys uncoverd a forest and found a waterfall in wood #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/Ug11qaiiX9
The making of some lovely butterfly,s #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome. https://t.co/V60wFMqlxy
Been out in the garden picking up sticks, then inside to have a nice hot cup of tea then sandpapering the the sticks smooth, then painting them to make chimes for our garden bells to be added later after they are varnished. #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome . https://t.co/aX0i4uRnOz
Two of our residents having a friendly game of boules #Bansted #Ridgemout #Carehome . https://t.co/kY45cBqzv8
Mobii is entertaining our residents they are walking on the floor and the sheep move around its also making the noise of the sheep #Bansted #Ridgemount #Carehome . https://t.co/SoRcj6vbqs
Our Bridget who is 99 on the 10th august is happily playing a tambourine to the music of the Byrds MR tambourine man #Banstead #Ridgmount #Carehome https://t.co/zaAVrseiHF
May day cocktails being made by residents and tasted by them, also tasted by Lukusz home manager and sally our receptionist ,verdict lovely #Bansted #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/QEkU7WVQn7
CHOD Surrey postcard project well done ladys and gents on your art work #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/XgGqBFKXBo
Surrey Choices came for a visit on Monday , we had a very good game of bingo and fun was had by all #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/Ot1OrJWrlM
Car boot sale . @TheBeaconSch . It was cold wet and windy , but we still managed to raise £62.00. thank you Jeannen our lovely volunteer for braving the elements with us (vivien activities co-ordinate and Lukasz home manager) #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome. https://t.co/LQaPSsxZXw
Busy morning, we have been making fairy cakes we made 48 , We are doing a car boot sale in the morning, We will be at the Beacon school Picquets way Banstead SM7 1AG from 9am till 12 noon Please come and surport us #Banstead #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/pUwcqdgU1l
An enjoyable evening was had at the quiz evening hosted by The Friends of St Raphael Hospice Committee, consisting of Hazel, Diana, Ralph and Jane. Our staff came a gallant second in the quiz. A donation was gratefully received by Kyle of £1,093 #Bansted #Ridgemount #Carehome https://t.co/jX2pykL3Wi