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 home manager, Jo Patterson, 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.
AUGUST 2022
Music concert
THURSDAY 4TH AUGUST at 3.00pm
Our residents will be sitting down to watch ‘Everyone Matters’ live in our café. We always look forward to live entertainment and our residents enjoy singing along.
Lavender Bags
MONDAY 8TH AUGUST at 2.00pm
As we begin to say goodbye to the lavender in our garden until next year, our residents will be going out and picking some to make lavender bags.
Book Lover’s Day
TUESDAY 9TH AUGUST at 3.00pm
To mark this national day, our residents will be discussing their favourite novels in a special edition of our monthly Book Club.
Nigel Dawson
FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST at 2.00pm
We welcome Nigel back as he presents one of his fantastic talks in our beautiful cinema room.
World Photography Day
FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST at 3.00pm
Our residents and staff will be coming together to mark this international day by sharing old photographs. We are sure this will be a lovely day of reminiscence.
Adina Smallwood
MONDAY 22ND AUGUST at 2.30pm
We are really looking forward to hosting a garden party complete with entertainment from much-loved singer, Adina Smallwood.
National Sponge Cake Day
TUESDAY 23RD AUGUST at 11.30am
To mark National Sponge Cake Day, our residents will be baking and decorating a Victoria sponge cake. We will then be tasting our creation!
Film in the cinema
THURSDAY 25TH AUGUST at 2.30pm
We will be enjoying an afternoon watching Dragon Heart in our cinema.
Andre Rieu
THURSDAY 25TH AUGUST at 11.30am
Our residents can look forward to an Andre Rieu concert in the mariposas lounge.
John Betjeman
SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST at 11.30am
John will be joining us to host a poetry corner in our bistro.
Summer Bank Holiday
MONDAY 29TH AUGUST at 3.00pm
To make the most of the summer bank holiday, we will be hosting a cheese and wine afternoon in our beautiful garden.
National Whale and Sharks Day
TUESDAY 30TH AUGUST at 2.00pm
We will be trying something a little different to mark this national day and engaging in a virtual reality headset underwater experience.
Throughout the month, we will also be hosting the following regular activities:
Exercise
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY at 10.30am
Our residents can come together and take part in some seated exercise. This ensures all of the benefits that come with exercise from the comfort of a chair.
Flower Arranging
EVERY MONDAY at 11.30am
Join us in the leisure and wellness room to take part in flower arranging. The arrangements will then be displayed around our home for everyone to enjoy.
Scrabble Club
EVERY TUESDAY at 2.00pm
Who will make the highest scoring word? Meet us in the leisure and wellness room to find out!
Rummikub
EVERY FRIDAY at 2.00pm
This classic board game always encourages some healthy competition and reminiscence.
Pampering
EVERY SATURDAY
Join us in the salon to enjoy some pampering at the nail bar.
Church Service
EVERY SUNDAY
We stream a service live from our local church, Church of the Good Shepherd.
Contact us today on 020 3957 5200 to find out more about these upcoming events and activities, or why not suggest an activity yourself!
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