The quality of life is as important to an individual towards the end of their years as it is at any other point. While we could list the facilities available in our houses this wouldn't actually tell you what you need to know about what happens when you become an Abbeyfield resident. Instead, therefore, we will rely on our best advertisement - our residents - to tell you what they think:

I think Abbeyfield is just great, I like it here - wish I came here earlier.

I just love it here, everything is great, I love the outings, art class, and now the Movement to Music class.

I have been here for eight years, and I could not get better looked after, and the food is good.

It is not easy to change from one's own home to a form of communal living but Abbeyfield makes the transition as easy as possible.

When I open the front door I have it all: good friends to share a meal with, a room to call my own and the wonderful feeling that this, at last, is home.

When I came here I found real care and concern - it's like having a family again

My wife is confined to a wheelchair. I was finding it difficult to manage the house and look after Eileen. Abbeyfield was the answer to our prayers.

Abbeyfield is very good. We all can live our own life here. We choose what we want to do and when to do it.

They said I could bring anything I wanted with me when I moved to Abbeyfield, so I brought my plants.

Before moving to Abbeyfield I felt very alone and afraid of what the future might bring. I had no one. Thanks to the generosity of people I've never met I now have new friends and someone on hand to help me if I fall. It's good to know there are still people who care.

Affordable to all - volunteers, staff and older people working together tackling loneliness and frailty, helping people remain as active and independent as they wish, even if they become frail or disabled.

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