What to look for when choosing a care home

What to look for when choosing a care home

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Welcome to The Dower House Nursing Home, an exceptional home on the outskirts of Winchester, Hampshire, with the relaxed ambience of a country house hotel in beautiful surroundings.

We have a high staff to resident ratio, excellent support teams and modern technology which allows us to deliver first class care whilst enabling you to live as independently as possible.

The majority of our rooms provide views of our beautiful gardens.

Take a look around our website, download our brochure and book your visit to find out more!

What to look for when choosing a care home

What to look for when choosing a care home

Download our free guide

Take a tour of The Dower House

We're very proud of The Dower House and would love to show you what we feel makes it so special.

Our Home

Our Home

The Dower House is the perfect location for later life residential and nursing care. Read more about our ethos and meet the staff committed to delivering excellence in all areas.

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Our Care

Our Care

Our resident’s wellbeing is our priority. Find out more about the care choices available to you. Read our residents stories to hear their personal experiences of life at The Dower House.

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Life at The Dower House Care Home (Winchester)

Life at
The Dower House

Discover what life is really like at The Dower House, including the facilities, activities and entertainment that ensure you enjoy a rich and fulfilling life with us.

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Exciting refurbishments to improve our home

Author: Sara Stagg

We're embarking on some work to carry out some much needed refurbishments to our home - so please excuse the mess/noise if you visit us soon!

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"A beautiful environment"

"Thank you for all your care of my mother. It was a beautiful environment for her to spend the last few months of her life. "

Ms P.

"Faultless team without exceptuion"

"Thank you for my most recuperative visit imaginable . . .your team without exception was faultless and made such a difference to my stay"

Mrs H.

"I greatly appreciated the help and encouragement given to Mother"

"Thank you for your wonderful care of my Mother over the past few years. I greatly appreciated all the help and encouragement you gave her, particularly in the lockdown period when you helped her enjoy our craft zoom meetings."

R.S.

"The care received was amongst the best"

""The Dower House and all of you were more than we could have hoped for. The care Dad received by you all in such a beautiful home was amongst the best. The constant and complete care meant the world to our family, and to Dad, right through to his end of life.""

J.L & family

"A heartfelt thank you to you all for the tender and thoughtful care"

"A heartfelt thank you to you all for the tender and thoughtful care that you gave Mummy throughout the 6 years she was at The Dower House. It was so comforting for me and my brother to know that she was so happy with her surroundings and with all of you"

H. & M.

"Comfortable and loving care"

"Every time we visited Mum it was so obvious that she was comfortable and lovingly looked after. That made an enormous difference to Mum but was also very comforting for all of us."

Mr C.

"Thank you for the kindness shown to me over the last 7 years"

"Thank you for your gentle & loving care given to my dear friend and also my partner whilst they were with you. Thank you also for the kindness shown to me over the last 7 years, it has been much appreciated"

Ms G.

"Words cannot begin to convey how grateful we are"

"Words cannot begin to convey how grateful we are for delivering our very frail little bird, Mrs M, so carefully through the revolving door of life to the other side"

H. and M.

"I can not fault my stay with you in any way"

"I can not fault my stay with you in any way. You were so kind and caring and have contributed to my speedy recovery. "

Mrs P.