A warm welcome awaits
Live well in our care
Where staff are friends
beautifully designed rooms
Relax in elegant surroundings
Lavender Oaks Care Home
Carshalton
4 Metcalfe Avenue,
Carshalton SM5 4AQ
(Sat Navs SM5 4AN – Please note the home is only accessible from the Woodmansterne Road end of Metcalfe Avenue)
New resident enquiries 020 3957 5187
All other enquiries 020 3957 5200
Ideally located in a spacious and leafy site with panoramic views of surrounding hills and woodland, Porthaven’s care home, Lavender Oaks, sits proudly on Metcalfe Avenue, off Woodmansterne Road. As well as providing excellent care for the residents of Carshalton, our home is a very popular home for many residents of surrounding villages and towns such as Woodcote, Chipstead and Banstead.
Lavender Oaks provides 24 hour residential, nursing, dementia and respite care for the elderly in an elegant and spacious home incorporating numerous thoughtful and practical features which ensure our home is able to meet the changing needs of its residents.
Porthaven’s expertly trained and professional staff are dedicated to the care, comfort and dignity of all our residents, with special emphasis given to promoting independence, privacy, respect and wellbeing.
Residents benefit from living in a caring environment with generously appointed private bedrooms with en suite wetrooms, and plentiful communal living areas including sitting rooms, restaurants, a café, cinema, hairdressing salon and nail bar, leisure and wellness room and private dining room for special family occasions.
In keeping with our unique and award winning leisure and wellness philosophy, our residents also benefit from our private and secure landscaped garden for peaceful relaxation, gardening and if the weather permits, gentle exercising.
We would be delighted to meet you, show you around and discuss how we can assist you or your loved one.
To arrange a visit, please call our client services manager, Sue Burgess, or if you prefer, simply send us a message.
Activities - Join us!
Below are a selection of upcoming activities at Lavender Oaks. For the full listing, please click here.
Jewish New Year
Monday 6th September 2021
Our residents will be learning the culture of Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year by making and sampling challah bread and experiencing other Jewish traditions.
Afternoon Tea Dance
Tuesday 14th September 2021
Barry Stevens will be singing for us in the bistro where residents can enjoy afternoon tea and then a dance to the much-loved entertainer.
World Alzheimer’s Day
Tuesday 21st September 2021
To celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day, residents will get creative by crafting forget me nots and then sowing forget me not seeds.
Autumn Equinox
Wednesday 22nd September 2021
The creativity will continue to celebrate autumn equinox! We will making autumnal-themed decorations to be displayed around the home.
All this is happening as well as our regular groups. Contact us today on 020 3957 5200 to find out more about these upcoming events and activities or why not suggest an activity yourself!
View the full Lavender Oaks activities listingCurrent coronavirus status of Residents at Lavender Oaks: None
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News & Events at Lavender Oaks
Welcome to our summer 2021 edition of the Lavender Oaks Lowdown
Cupcake Decorating for a Finals Weekend
To celebrate the final of Wimbledon and England getting through to the euros final, our residents spent the morning baking and decorating cupcakes. The aim was to combine both a tennis and football theme with the design and everyone really enjoyed the challenge. We then all enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea sampling the cupcake creations whilst looking forward to watching both of the matches in the cinema and on the television.
Hydration and Nutrition Week at Lavender Oaks
As part of hydration and nutrition awareness week, residents enjoyed participating in a themed week of making mocktails, sampling tropical fruits and trying different drink recipes. The week consisted of Mocktail Monday, Ice Tea Tuesday, Watermelon Wednesday, Tropical Thursday and Fruity Friday to raise awareness of staying hydrated in the warm weather. Everyone enjoyed the […]
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Porthaven Looks to the Future Thanks to New Carbon Neutral Status
In recent years, the topics of climate change, global warming and carbon emissions, amongst others, have been gaining more and more traction, with notable figures such as David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg speaking out about preserving the environment and changing our habits for the better for future generations. At Porthaven, we understand our responsibility and […]
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