A NEW residential care home in Calcot is set to hold its first open weekend this week.
Friends Place, run by the charity Friends of the Elderly, will offer residential, dementia, and respite care as well as a day care service, when it opens this weekend.
It is run by Friends of the Elderly, which is celebrating its 120th Anniversary this year.
FotE runs and manages care homes and day care services in Hampshire, Essex, Surrey, Bedfordshire, Reading, and Worcestershire.
Alina Gutu, General Manager at the care home said: “The newly opened Friends Place brings not only delivers high-quality care but also creates 30 new jobs to the local area.
“We are extremely happy to be in Calcot and are looking forward to becoming a valued member of the local community.
“We will be hosting our Open Weekend and inviting all our new neighbours, professionals from the medical and care services, members of the local community, prospective residents and their families to visit us and see, first hand, our fantastic facilities and care team in action.”
Activities Coordinator Elisha Hall Jones said: “There will be a wide range of activities taking place including tours of Friends Place which will take in our Cinema Room, Bar, Tea Room and Garden Room, Beauty Salon, beautiful, landscaped gardens and outside seating areas, the comfortable, spacious communal areas, stylish lounges and much more.”
Friends Place, The Chase, Calcot, is hosting its open weekend from 10am-4pm on Saturday, September 13, and from 10am-2pm on Sunday, September 14.
Attendance is free, with no booking required.
