Garth House Nursing Home

Garth House is a registered care home providing residential and nursing care

for up to forty-two older people. It is now part of the Caring Homes group.

The company operates numerous homes across the United Kingdom.

The home offers nursing, palliative and convalescent care as well as long and

short term care. There are some exceptions that allow provision of services to

people between the age of sixty and sixty-five who have significant physical

disabilities or whose mental capacity is failing.

The home is within walking distance of Dorking Town centre. Originally an

elegant three story Victorian Manor House, Garth House was converted for use

as a nursing home some fifty years ago. Further extensions were added in the

1990s. Caring homes Ltd took over the management of the home two years

ago.

Garth House has plenty of communal space; there is a good-sized sitting room,

a small quiet area, a large garden room and two dining areas. Most of the

bedrooms are for single occupancy and have ensuite facilities. Outside there is

well-maintained garden to the side and rear of the home. There is a car

parking area at the front of the home. 

The weekly fees, at the time of this visit, ranged between £750 and £1000.

Additional charges are made for items such as private physiotherapy, personal

newspapers and personal telephone calls.

A copy of the latest inspection report is available in the home or directly from

the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).

Further information about the home can be obtained directly from the

registered manager, Mrs Janet Starr.