Abbots Lawn Nursing Home

Abbots Lawn is a 35 bedded nursing home situated in the West of Bognor Regis, a stone’s throw from the seafront, local shops, hairdressers, gardens and Bognor Regis town. The team have a passion for supporting individuals with dementia and who present with what is sometimes referred to as “challenging” behaviour. At Abbots Lawn this behaviour is seen as a communication tool and the ethos of the home is simple, understand the individual and their communication techniques to support them to live their life to the fullest.

A gradual process is ongoing for designing and changing bedroom décor to align with the latest standards and research around dementia bedrooms. As further research informs better design, the home adapts and changes their designs.

Corridors have already undergone this process and are named and colour themed with doors painted in their own individual colours. This colour scheme, along with signage, supports cognitive awareness and orientation for those with dementia.

The home has 2 large lounges (one quiet lounge and a busier main lounge), 2 small sitting areas (activities and visiting corner and a period feature reminiscence lounge) and a dining area that all service users can use. The home is comfortably heated in winter and air conditioned in summer to provide the comfiest of climates.

Externally the home boasts a large naturally turfed garden, complete with a summer house and the “Lawn Stores” and to the rear of the property you can find the small sensory garden where service users are able to grow their own vegetables.

There is a strong activities programme in place which includes twice weekly minibus outings to destinations chosen by the service users, access to the community and leisurely walks into the local town for shopping. In-house activities include things like Bingo, quizzes, festive celebratory parties, arts and crafts and baking.