What Abbeyfield Ewell is About
The PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY is to provide friendly homes where older people, who might otherwise live on their own, may each have a secure room to furnish and arrange as they wish.
Home cooked meals are taken together in the dining room served by the Housekeeper. Residents are free to use the sitting room and garden and come and go as they please in daytime. The Housekeeper, who shops and cooks, keeps a watchful eye over any changes in a Resident’s condition.
Everyone is connected to a call system so that aid can be summoned in an emergency. Entry phones are fitted in each room allowing residents to admit or exclude callers at the front door.
Maintenance of the friendly, easy atmosphere is aided by careful selection of applicants, communal meals and the House Committee volunteers who arrange special events, and befriend the Residents.
Charges for the rooms vary according to facilities; all are reasonably priced and include all meals, heating, electricity, hot water, laundry council tax, water rates and insurance for fittings but not for personal possessions. .Residents may have their own personal phone. A concessionary TV licence is currently provided.
Selection of residents is made by a committee on the basis of the application form subsequent to the interview, medical report and assurance of the support of a named relative or friend. See the bottom of the page for contact details
The Society is not a profit making organisations and is registered as a charity with the Registrar of Industrial and Provident Societies. We are affiliated to the national Abbeyfield Society. We benefit from access to a limited range of centrally supplied services but we are independent and run our own affairs
Spotting those who would Benefit
If you know of any older person who is considering a move to get away from loneliness and the worries of running their own home, we would ask you to suggest Abbeyfield to them as a potential solution. They would be very welcome to by visit the house and to be shown around, in which case please please ask them to contact our office Manager: Abbeyfield Ewell Society Ltd, Wendover House, 266 Chessington Road, West Ewell, Epsom, Surrey KT19 9XF Tel. 020 8393 0881
One of two houses from which to choose - click on the names to view details of each house - Grove Cottage or Wendover House
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