Crecy Care Home
Discover bespoke residential care from a highly trained care team in our welcoming care home.
Crecy Care Home is a specialist mental health care home in Weymouth, providing high-quality residential and respite care for older people living with dementia, and younger adults with complex mental health conditions.
We have an environment and facilities you won’t find at other care homes. From our independent living cottage and specialist mental health unit, through to our dementia care unit, we can support a large range of mental health issues.
We really are a ‘home from home’. Many of our residents have been with us for more than 10 years. As their needs have changed, so has the level and type of care they receive from us.
As well as caring for you, we care about your families too. Our door is always open for a chat, and our residents’ and families’ forum gives you a way to support each other. Plus, your family members are welcome in at any time, for a cuppa, or to join us for a meal.
Social activities
We place great emphasis on social activities and maintaining the type of life you have had at home, whether that is quiet and relaxed or an active lifestyle.
We love to welcome people into Crecy, including musicians and children from the local school. Our keep-fit sessions are also really popular. Our activities coordinators take on board all suggestions and feedback. We even have a residents committee that meet monthly to discuss new activities and trips out.
We are only a short distance from the award winning, Weymouth beach. We make the most of this by popping down to the seaside, and for fish and chips on the harbour is a regular activity we do in the summer months.
Discover your artistic expression in our regular classes, exploring various forms like drawing and painting. We love to showcase our art, infact, we like to put on exhibitions and showcase our residents’ talents.
Dining
At Crecy Care Home you will be served freshly prepared home cooked meals by our team of expert chefs. They ensure all our meals are healthy, nutritionally balanced and, most importantly, locally sourced wherever possible. Meals are served in our superb dining room, but you also have the option for food to be served in your room for a more private dining experience.
Nutrition is an important part of the care we provide. That’s why our catering team take time to get to know your likes and dislikes before putting together a vibrant and varied menu for you to choose from.
Bedrooms
There are 31 single bedrooms for people living at Crecy, across three floors of our main house and 5 rooms in The Cottage. All our rooms have ensuites or washbasins in the room. The rooms without ensuites have accessible bathrooms nearby.
Some of our bedrooms have amazing views over the Radipole Lake RSPB reserve, Weymouth and beyond. Others open directly onto the garden with room for a table and chairs.
Gardens
We love our garden. Most of the bedrooms of the ground floor have direct access to our outside space, with room for a table and chairs.
The secure, enclosed garden has different areas, including a south-facing lawned area, borders, a greenhouse and raised beds planted and maintained by the residents.
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Crecy Care Home features
Specialist mental health care
Spacious garden with plenty of outdoor seating areas
Independent living onsite through our cottage which is a 5 bed self-contained annexe
Delicious home-cooked meals with a 5 star food rating
Weymouth town minutes away with a range of shops, restaurants and parks
All of our ground floor rooms offer direct access to our stunning gardens
We have a tablet for residents to use to video call family regularly
Daily activities and weekly outings
This is the first home Mum has gone into. My first contact regarding my worries about Mum was with the Deputy Manager. Instantly I became less worried. She put my mind at rest on so many issues and questions I had. I found her to be very competent with her knowledge and skills showing a great deal of experience she has. The Deputy Manager always had time for my questions and was extremely efficient with feedback. Having this kind of approachable personality wanting to put my and my family’s mind at rest. Also, the carers are well-mannered and respectable with the residents.
(September 2024)
Mum was a resident of Rochester Care Home for nearly 6 years. I cannot thank the manager and her wonderful team enough for all they did for her while she was there. She could not have been in a better place for the last years of her life. As a family, we have got to know the staff as dear friends who have always greeted us with a cheery smile and ‘gone that extra mile’ for all involved. Mum spent the last two weeks of her life receiving palliative care. She was treated with dignity and compassion. My family have felt very supported by the manager and her staff during this difficult time for which we are truly thankful. We cannot praise Rochester Care Home enough for the work they do.
(September 2024)
As soon as I stepped inside the Nursing Home I sensed a friendly caring atmosphere, and I knew that my husband would be well looked after and in safe hands. The staff could not be more professional and helpful to both my husband and myself and nothing too much bother for them. Every resident has their own room and is encouraged to bring personal belongings to make it their home. I can relax knowing that my husband is being cared for 24/7.
(September 2024)
My family member lived at the care home for a number of years, and I honestly don’t know what we would have done, as a family, without them. They were so supportive of our family as well as providing above and beyond care to my family member. I will always recommend this wonderful home to anyone!
(August 2024)
My grandad has been a resident for three weeks and the positive change in his mental health and wellbeing has been exponential. He feels safe and cared for and I am secure in the fact he is receiving quality care. The staff have been supportive and what could have been a stressful transition has in fact been surprisingly easy. I am grateful to all staff and residents who have made this more a pleasure for my grandad.
(August 2024)
My mum has been a resident for the last 2 and a bit years and during that time I have seen a huge improvement in her overall physical health. She has actually put weight on as she is getting 3 good meals a day unlike when she was living on her own, and she excepts help now when there’s a medical issue and let’s the staff get her the help that is needed medically. Before she went in she would refuse any intervention. The accommodation is very nice, the rooms are adequate for her needs, the garden area is very nice, and she has made friends. The staff are always professional and caring and residents are treated with the utmost dignity, the food is good, and plenty of it. A massive thank you to ALL the staff.
(July 2024)
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Frequently asked questions
Crecy is one of the few specialist facilities in the south-west dedicated to providing mental health care for younger adults 18+ with complex mental health conditions.
The mental health unit, together with the independent living cottage, provides the ideal setting for those who need ongoing care following their discharge from hospital into less secure accommodation, supporting a large range of mental health issues and problems.
When you move in to our home, you have the option to enjoy mealtimes in the communal areas with other residents, or to enjoy some private time in your room. If you live in the cottage, you have your own kitchen to utilise but also have the option to have food cooked by our chefs in the home itself.
Our expert chefs prepare a daily menu with nutritious options for you to choose from based on your likes and dislikes. Our chefs will always ask for feedback, and are more than willing to adapt menus. We are so proud that our kitchen team have received a 5* ‘Very Good’ rating from the Food Standards Agency.
What’s more, our care teams are always on hand to support and encourage you at mealtimes, ensuring you get the nutrition and hydration needed.
Residents in both units enjoy the greatest freedom possible, combined with the highest levels of mental health care provided by highly experienced and trained team.
The Cottage is a self-contained annexe to our main building with its own bedrooms (mostly en-suite), plus a kitchen, wet room and lounge.
It gives its residents a level of independence, particular to each person, with help on hand when they need it. It also provides ideal community rehabilitation tailored to the people living there.
Our bespoke care and support is available for a single weekly fee. That includes care, accommodation, laundry, meals, housekeeping, social outings and more.
That means no additional charges or hidden fees, just consistent, all-inclusive support for a weekly fee.
Funding may be available from your local authority. Firstly, they will check how much help and what kind of care you need: this is the needs assessment. Following on from that, the free financial assessment calculates the total cost of care and how much you’ll need to contribute.
If you don’t want a financial assessment you can choose to pay for your care home yourself – this is called self-funding.
If you would like to view our home then don’t hesitate to give us a call and we would be happy to arrange a no obligation home visit. Alternatively, we have regular coffee mornings where anyone is able to pop in. This is great opportunity to get to know our team and residents.
Once you become a resident at our home, there are no set visiting hours, so your family and friends are free to come and go as much as they want.