About Us

“A very warm welcome to Digby Manor Residential Care Home, our beautiful residential care home set in the heart of Erdington, Birmingham”

Our Values

Leaving home can be a challenging time and so to ensure the smoothest transition, Digby Manor Residential Care Home boasts an authentic ‘home from home’ experience to help you settle.

By putting quality at the forefront of everything we do for our residents, relatives, advocates, and everyone with an interest in the Home, we aspire to be one of the most respected and successful care providers operating within the independent sector. Our focus is very much on people & their needs, and we aim to ensure that every service user benefits from absolute respect and an enhanced and meaningful lifestyle.

We offer support and a community for people who are lonely and who want to have their every need met in a safe, warm environment, whether that is an ear to listen to, a hot cup of tea or a fluffy fresh towel.

Our dedication to providing the best care depends on attracting and retaining the very best individuals to our team. The staff are the backbone of any care home and we search long and hard to find the most caring individuals to add to our staff.

We are lucky to boast a long-standing permanent workforce who always believe in putting our residents first. We feel that we’ve created a family in both our carers and residents and only believe in employing outstanding individuals who can meet our exceptionally high standards.

What we do

Our Services

We have a passion for interactive activities. With our week’s full program of activities with all staff involved you can be assured of a fun and interactive afternoon, aimed to stimulate the minds of our residents.

We also appreciate that some residents who come in may want to share their favourite pastimes and we are open to new ideas and suggestions. We have a wide collection of puzzles and creative arts and crafts sessions to allow residents to express themselves.

We recognise the need for activities which incorporate the use of hands, as it is critical to keep joints in a good range of motion and for the resident’s dexterity. This helps them with fine movements, such as doing up buttons and in turn promotes independence. We engage the residents in activities that encourage reminiscing, socialising and communication with one another. We understand that every resident is unique and whilst some enjoy group activities others prefer 1:2:1 time with our carers.

We feel that it is important for the residents to go on daily walks (weather permitting) to the local park if they so wish and provide wheelchairs for those less able to walk long distances.

The most important skill that all our staff have is the ability to communicate. All of our staff are encouraged to pay careful attention to what our residents are communicating either verbally or non-verbally throughout their time with us. The residents lead the way, they tell us what they want us to know. Listening to and understanding a resident with Dementia is a key part of treating that individual with the dignity they deserve.

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Every Little Helps

A mobile hairdresser visits in person every Thursday or Friday and attends to any residents who require her expertise. She has been with the home for over 10 years and can create any hairstyle that the resident desires, whilst in the comfort and safety of the care home.

A chiropodist visits the home regularly to attend to the resident’s footcare, in the comfort and safety of the care home. She is a dedicated longstanding chiropodist who prevents, diagnoses and treats abnormal conditions of the feet, as well as helping to relieve pain and treat infections.

Our green-fingered residents can enjoy watching their very own plants grow after they’ve worked hard to prepare the soil and sow the seeds.

We have a wide collection of puzzles as well as creative arts and crafts sessions for residents to express themselves and let their imaginations take over.

We organize trips to the local shops and we feel that it is very important to engage our residents in activities beyond the boundary of the care home. We encourage residents to go out for meals with their families and friends and work together with families to simulate their previous lifestyle. It is important for the residents to feel at home and see Digby Manor as a home from home.

We have two dedicated and trained singers who each sing on a weekly basis to the residents. Louise and Meghan each sing a variety of classic songs so that the residents can reminisce over the ‘good old times’ and enjoy a dance and a twirl!

A qualified masseuse visits weekly to do specialized hand massages and group hand exercises to get the muscles working and encourage group interaction.

Food and Drink

Our catering staff consists of experienced longstanding chefs who offer only the best in nutritional and delicious food, which reflects the individual tastes and dietary needs of our residents. We pride ourselves in adhering to dietary needs, whether they are religious, cultural or medical. All of the food is prepared on-site and comprises fresh local produce, ensuring that all the meals provided are healthy, nutritional and most importantly delicious tasting.

The residents are given gorgeous fresh cakes every day with their afternoon tea, ranging from lemon drizzle to raspberry and coconut cake and we find that the residents relish this 3.30 pm treat. Of course, we also like to offer healthy options such as fresh fruit if they so wish.

Our dining room is spacious, light and offers a chance for the residents to engage in conversation with each other. This is especially true when new residents join the home and offers a platform for other residents to make them feel welcome. We found that food and the social aspect surrounding it is so important in people’s lives and we try to create an atmosphere where friendships are made, as we all know that the best friendships are built over good home cooking.

Not only do our chefs focus on providing nutritious, balanced diets, but they also pay particular attention to specialist needs – whether health-related (such as diabetes) or religious.

We have been fortunate enough due to the diligence of our catering team to be awarded a 5***** rating by the Local Authority for Food and Hygiene.