THE partners of residents at Royal Star & Garter’s three Homes have spoken about the importance of being able to spend time with their loved ones, whenever they want to, ahead of Valentine’s Day.
The charity has a proud history of caring for couples who have spent a lifetime with each other and can remain together in older age. It helps couples stay in its three Homes, but this is only possible if both require nursing or dementia care.
Royal Star & Garter’s Homes, in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe, also have residents whose partners do not require the same level of care and live elsewhere. In these instances, staff go out of their way to support the couples to spend time together as much as possible.
Director of care and wellbeing Shirley Hall said: “We do everything we can to keep couples together and partners can visit as often as they wish, spending time with their loved one, joining them for meals and enjoying activities together.
“After a lifetime of love and happiness together, couples don’t want to be separated, so we welcome partners and encourage them to visit as often as they want. Our Home is their home and they are part of the Royal Star & Garter family.”