Welcome To Fairmile Grange Care Home

Christchurch, Dorset

Residential Care
Dementia care
Nursing care
End of life
Respite

"My mission for Fairmile Grange is to deliver exceptional, person-centred care to residents and ensure high standards of support. I am dedicated to making sure residents can live their lives to the fullest.”

About Fairmile Grange

You’ll find us within the ‘care campus’ of Christchurch Hospital, perfectly situated next to the GP surgery and pharmacy. Overlooking a peaceful green space, Fairmile Grange offers a calm and welcoming environment where you can feel safe, comfortable, and truly at home.

With 80 comfortable bedrooms, we provide specialist 24-hour residential, nursing, and dementia care, tailored to meet your individual needs. Our friendly, nurse-led care team is here seven days a week, offering exceptional, personalised support in our fantastic facilities.

Our team truly care

At Fairmile Grange, you’re not just a resident – you’re an individual with your own preferences, routines, and interests. Our compassionate care team takes the time to get to know every resident, making sure every aspect of their day reflects what matters most to them.

Life at Fairmile Grange is as engaging as it is comfortable. Our wellbeing team organises a variety of activities and events, ensuring there’s always something enjoyable to take part in. Whether it’s live entertainment, quizzes and games, or a relaxing pamper session, there’s something for everyone. And we’re always delighted to welcome pets for a visit – because we know they’re family too.

Individual personalised care

Our home provides high-quality care tailored to meet the unique needs of each resident. Offering residential, nursing, palliative, and respite care, our dedicated team ensures that every individual receives the support they require.

Understanding that no two people are the same, our care team creates personalised care plans from day one, which are regularly reviewed to adapt to any changes in need. Our unique approach to care focuses on championing capacity and promoting purpose.

The compassionate and highly qualified care team at Fairmile Grange specialises in elderly care. Selected not only for their skills and experience but also for their kindness, empathy, and dedication, they are committed to making residents feel safe, comfortable, and valued.

Meet the team

Each and every member of the team here at Fairmile Grange plays a vital role in our commitment to providing first class residential, dementia, respite and nursing care.

Sherlyn

Home Manager

Sherlyn has worked in the healthcare sector in the UK since 1999. She originally trained and worked as an Intensive Care Nurse in Malaysia. She was a nursing cadet at school and dreamed of becoming a nurse since she was 13.

Sherlyn is an experienced Care Home Manager and has managed care homes since 2006. Her passion for working with the elderly came from spending time with her grandparents during her childhood, and this was further developed when she had her first job in the UK in a nursing home in London.

Sherlyn says, “I feel very proud and privileged that I am living my dream of being a nurse and helping others every day. My mission for Fairmile Grange is to deliver exceptional, person-centred care to residents and ensure high standards of support. I am dedicated to making sure residents can live their lives to the fullest.”

Karen

Admin Manager

Karen began her career as a receptionist for an estate agency, where she developed a passion for administrative work. Eager to expand her skills, she transitioned to an admin assistant role at Bovington Army Camp, gaining valuable experience over three years.

Her dedication to administrative excellence led her to Poole’s Children’s Social Services, where she served as a Child Protection Admin Officer for 11 years. After taking time to raise her three children, Karen ran her own successful domestic cleaning business for three years, demonstrating her entrepreneurial spirit.

In 2021, Karen joined Fairmile Grange, initially as part of the home support team. Through her commitment, determination, and natural leadership, she progressed to the role of Admin Manager. Her invaluable contributions and strong work ethic make her a vital member of the Fairmile Grange team, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the home.

Jacqui

Regional Relationship Liaison Manager Southern Region

After working for 14 years as a renal nurse specialist, Jacqui changed her career to be around more for her young children. Her wide-ranging experience since then encompasses a number of rewarding positions across a variety of sectors, including team leader for Jobsite; Southern Team manager for Westfield Health; management for a specialist lender helping people rebuild their credit profile and, most recently, moving into the elderly care sector with Barchester, for whom she worked in community awareness and fundraising.

Now, as Regional Relationship Liaison Manager for Allegra Care, she brings her diverse portfolio of skills to the task of supporting the homes and helping the company develop its profile in the elderly care sector.

Jacqueline Smith

Regional Manager South

Working for 11 years as a Social Worker and Team Manager in Adult Services, Jacqueline relished supporting care providers with their safeguarding, quality and compliance requirements. Based on this experience, she then sought a move into working with a residential care provider. Jacqueline approached Allegra Care first, as she felt that the company’s values, care principles and household model aligned very closely with her own vision of what good care should look like. As Regional Manager, her passion for outstanding care is self-evident as she supports homes and colleagues across Hampshire. She also thinks laughter is a great tonic – and her cheeky sense of humour is infectious.

Away from work, Jacqueline enjoys eating out, cinema and horse racing. As a mother of two grown up children, she enjoys spending time with her friends, her family and her two grandchildren.

Insights

Olivia bringing a selection of cheeses for residents to enjoy

Cheese and Wine Fun

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13 Apr 2025

Olga blowing out her candles on her cake

Happy Birthday Olga

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07 Apr 2025

Sandra's Shining Stars

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01 Apr 2025

Fairmile Grange Resident enjoying her flowers

Forget Me Not Florals Brighten the Home

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30 Mar 2025

Such a wonderful afternoon welcoming back the Alpacas from Alpaca Adventure!

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23 Mar 2025

Tickets for the Fairmile Grange virtual trip to Ireland

🍀✈️ Armchair Travel to Ireland at Fairmile Grange! 🇮🇪✨

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17 Mar 2025

Choosing the right care home

If you would like to learn more about our care home, including care home costs or what to expect at Fairmile Grange, our Home Relationship Team is here to guide you. They can also answer any questions you or your family may have, as well as give you a virtual tour of the home.

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As soon as you walk through the door, you feel warmth, care and compassion. The home is spotlessly clean, the rooms are beautiful and the food is amazing.

Lucinda

Partner of Fairmile Grange resident