Nurse-owned, family-run
Grimston House and St Claire’s are owned and run by Mike and Marcella Permall, both Registered Nurses with more than twenty years in care. Come and see either home for yourself. No appointment needed, but we’d rather have the kettle on.
The owners
Mike and Marcella Permall have run care homes in Folkestone for over twenty years and are in the buildings most days. Both are Registered Nurses, so clinical decisions are taken by people who have done the work themselves.
Rated Good in every area at both homes: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
Registered Nurse in adult nursing and mental health, and a senior lecturer in adult nursing for many years.
Registered Mental Nurse with a Diploma in Care Home Management, overseeing dementia care across both homes.
Not sure which applies? Ring us. We will say honestly whether we are the right home, and if we are not, who might be.
Help with washing, dressing, medication and meals, in a room holding your own furniture and photographs. Television, wash basin and nurse call point at every bedside.
Settled routines, reminiscence sessions and staff who learn a person’s history rather than just their care plan. Overseen by a Registered Mental Nurse.
A week or a fortnight while a family carer takes a break, or a settled place to recover after a spell in hospital. Discharge teams can ring the office direct.
Twenty-one residents, opposite Grimston Gardens and a short walk from the town centre and the Leas. A conservatory that catches the afternoon sun, a well-tended garden, and a lift to every floor.
Registered for thirty-nine beds on Claremont Road. Four lounges, so there’s always somewhere quiet and somewhere sociable, two passenger lifts, and two secluded gardens that wheelchairs get around easily.
From day one the staff were amazing. Happy, friendly and caring. Nothing was too much trouble. It did not matter what time of day I visited, I was always made welcome.
A wonderful team who love my mum. She feels safe and is part of a small family, not a huge institution.
They take time to know each resident, their needs and personality. The staff go over and above to make the atmosphere as homely as possible. They care.
If yours isn’t here, ring the office. Nobody minds a long list of questions.
Visiting
Yes, and more than once if you can. Once at a mealtime and once in the afternoon, because the two feel different. Ring ahead or use the form below and Mike or Marcella will show you round themselves. Nothing is committed by visiting.
Fees
Fee bands and what is included to be confirmed with the owners before this goes live.
Rooms
Please do. A chair, photographs, a familiar bedside table. Rooms feel like someone’s own once their things are in them.
Health & wellbeing
GP, dentist, physiotherapist, chiropodist, optician, hairdresser and aromatherapist all visit both homes regularly. Personal laundry is done on the premises. Bathrooms in both homes are fitted with hoist-assisted baths.
Day to day
Musical mornings, chair exercises, reminiscence sessions, singers and entertainers, aromatherapy, shopping trips, walks to the town centre and the Leas, and outings to places of interest. Nobody is made to join in.
Respite & referrals
Often possible, depending on the day. Social workers and discharge teams can call the office direct.
01303 255775Tell us roughly when suits and which home you’d like to see. Mike or Marcella will ring you back the same day where we can.
Prefer to talk? 01303 255775
rosemerehome@hotmail.com