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Care & nursing homes rebranded after Allegra Care takeover

Hamshire care homes

FOUR Hampshire nursing homes and a care home are to be rebranded after their acquisition earlier this year.

 

Sentinel Healthcare was taken over in April by a joint venture consisting of Allegra Care and the real estate fund manager Moorfield.

 

They will be rebranded as Allegra Care from Wednesday, September 1, with the launch of a new website for the six homes in the Allegra family.

 

The Sentinel portfolio consists of five nursing homes with 200 beds – New Forest in Fritham and Cedar Lawn, Dunwood Manor and Waverley Lodge in and around Romsey, with Fordingbirdge Care Home focused on providing dementia care.

 

Allegra Care chief executive Helen Jones said: “Our vision is to create homelike environments which celebrate capacity, and encourage wellbeing and joy for residents and staff. With the inclusion of the Sentinel Hampshire homes into the Allegra Care family, we’re on the journey of delivering the vision.”

 

The partnership between Allegra Care and Moorfield, which was established in 2020, aims to create an initial £125million portfolio of modern nursing and dementia care homes in “demographically supported” locations in central and southern England.

 

The partnership will seek to acquire existing homes as well as developing new homes.

 

Allegra Care was founded in 2018 and is based in Basingstoke. It is focused on central and southern England including Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Avon, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, West Sussex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Warwickshire.

 

Its first acquisition was St George’s in Weston-Super-Mare, in 2019, followed by the five Hampshire homes this year, and it plans to significantly grow market share in the coming years.

 

Helen Jones has 20 years of experience in the Australian care industry, including developing the model used at Allegra Care.

 

Chief Financial Officer, Michael Davies, was formerly Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at UBS, while Chairman Paul Spence was Deputy Head of Trading at BZW Equities Division, now Barclays Capital. Executive Director Henry Lumby was formerly Head of Retirement Living at Savills.

 

Allegra Care is owned by Seniors Living Group, which was also owns extra care operator Amicala.

Catherine
Sales Manager

Catherine has worked in sales and marketing her whole career, after graduating with a degree in Textile Management she worked in Corporate Workwear for many years. Catherine’s first role in the care sector was working with a disability charity that ran nursing homes and enablement projects for young adults.

Catherine

While her two children were younger, she joined her husband in his estate agency, but was delighted to return to the care sector in 2020 and now cannot imagine doing anything else.

Catherine’s role with Allegra is to support residents and their families as they explore care options. Working with the teams in the individual homes she ensures that during every stage from initial enquiry through to moving in with us every question is answered, and we offer the reassurance needed for the next chapter in our resident’s life. It is important for our residents to remain part of the community in which will have lived for years, often all their lives, so the other part of this role is connecting with local community groups, charities and organisations.

Catherine has said that working for Allegra with their groundbreaking household model means we are offering a home with compassion and care whilst ensuring residents are retaining their independence and quality of life.

Out of work Catherine enjoys baking and gardening The children are older now, but still keep her busy!

Paul Thomas
Regional Manager - Western Region

Paul has joined Allegra Care with 28 years’ experience in the health and social care sector including working in senior leadership roles for the last 18 years; covering operations, business management and quality assurance. Paul has a real passion for person centred care and how that is delivered at the highest level.

Allegra Team Paul Thomas

Paul has worked across a diverse sector over his time in health and social care and brings a wealth of experience to his new role as Regional Manager. Paul believes in integrating real and meaningful values and culture into a service and in doing so, delivering the outcomes for the people we support. Paul goes by the theory of values with no meaning, have no value.

Outside of work, Paul is the father of three boys and a 2nd degree black belt who teaches Judo.