Dauntsey House Ltd

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All About Us
About our Home

Dauntsey House has been established as a retirement home for over forty years. This house of character is set in attractive sheltered gardens in the very pleasant village of West Lavington, six miles south of Devizes, Wiltshire.

Dauntsey House has 21 bedrooms, one which has an en-suite there are 3 bathrooms on the ground floor and 2 on the 1st floor. There are toilets accessible to all on each floor. On the Ground Floor there is a cosy lounge, a dining room and a quiet, naturally lit conservatory.

Philosophy of Care

One

To provide a secure, stable and comfortable environment whilst providing a standard of individual mental and physical care which ensures that each Resident is as happy and contented as possible.

Two

To ensure that the dignity of each Resident is maintained at all times.

Three

To stimulate and maintain physical and mental activities by setting realistic targets and encouraging Residents to participate in the decision making in an attempt to reach these targets.

Four

To enhance the quality of life by providing a safe, secure, comfortable and supportive environment.

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To ensure each Resident’s right to personal choice is maintained especially in relation to clothes, diet and activities

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To encourage Residents to care for themselves where they are willing and able, and to regularly update Care Plans to take account of this.

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To ensure that each Resident is treated as an individual and that others respect his or her dignity, irrespective of any disability or frailty.

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To maintain each Resident’s right to privacy by ensuring all staff knock before entering a room.

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To maintain each Resident’s right to be consulted in any proposed changes to daily living arrangements and to encourage their participation in making suggestions and decision making.

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To maintain each Resident’s right of choice of family practitioner, dentist, optician, chiropodist etc. where possible.

Eleven

To ensure each Resident has the right to socialise with the community at large by encouraging them to invite family, friends and acquaintances into our care home.

Twelve

To maintain each Resident’s right to have their political, religious, sexual beliefs and emotional needs accepted and respected.

Our History

Alderman William Dauntsey originally endowed Dauntsey House’s site in the 16th Century as a Grammar School for boys, patronised by The Company of Mercers in London.

By a Will dated 10 March 1542, Dauntesey gave the Mercers’ Company lands in London so that they could build a schoolhouse for a grammar school at West Lavington and also support seven poor persons in an almshouse.

After several centuries the original building was rebuilt in 1860 together with the adjacent almshouses and these, along with the vicarage opposite All Saints Church, formed the core of the village.