At home on hospice with wife

What is palliative care?

As we get older and reach the last years and months of our life, the hope is that we will receive th...

Dementia Care

The three main stages of dementia, and help with recognising them.

Dementia covers a group of symptoms that include memory loss, confusion and needing help with daily ...

Wellbeing

What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia?

If you have a family member or friend who is affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s, here we offer a br...

Wellbeing Manager Kim Butters with resident at Encore care home Fairmile Grange in Christchurch.

Fairmile Grange celebrates being shortlisted for Care Home Awards 2023

Our Wellbeing team at Fairmile Grange in Christchurch are celebrating after being shortlisted at the...

Residents, relatives and staff help to put up the Christmas decorations at Encore Care Homes Fairmile Grange.

Relatives decorate Fairmile Grange care home for Christmas with residents

Children and their families helped to put up Christmas decorations to turn Fairmile Grange into a wi...

Fairmile Grange resident blowing out candles on her birthday cake for her 100th birthday

Christchurch care home resident one of the last to receive 100th birthday card from the Queen

A Fairmile Grange care home resident in Christchurch is one of the last people in the UK to receive ...

Encore care homes resident in a wheelchair holding a union jack hat

Residents across Encore Care Homes enjoy toasting the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Our residents had a wonderful time playing games and raising a toast to the Queen to mark the Platin...

Garden games at Encore care home Fairmile Grange in Christchurch.

Enjoy spooky crafts and live music at Christchurch care home’s autumn open day

We are throwing the doors open at our Christchurch care home, Fairmile Grange this weekend for our s...

Residents at Encore Care Homes Fairmile Grange in Christchurch celebrated the opening of their new bar The Merry Fairmilers after money was raised from a sponsored silence by Kim Butters, Wellbeing Manager

Encore Care Home residents clink glasses at in-house bar after sponsored silence fundraiser

Care home residents at Fairmile Grange in Christchurch can enjoy a drink from their own fully-stocke...