'Incredibly important'-specialist care unit for adults with complex needs to open in Preston's Dovehaven Lodge
“We’re proud to be investing in Preston” says the care provider prepared open a specialist adult care unit in the city.
A well established care home in Preston is preparing to open a new specialist unit specifically for adults with complex needs.
Care provider Dovehaven is preparing to open its new Rowan Unit at Dovehaven Lodge in Preston, with an open day taking place on June 10 to give local people, professionals and families the chance to find out more about the service.
The Rowan Unit is a specialist 18-bed service designed to support adults with complex needs, including brain injuries, neurological conditions, enduring mental health conditions and behavioural support needs.
It has been developed to meet the growing need for high-quality complex care in Preston and the surrounding area, providing a compassionate and person-centred environment for people who need more specialist support.
The unit forms part of Dovehaven Lodge’s wider commitment to offering a broad range of care, including general nursing care, residential dementia care, dementia nursing care, male-only specialist dementia care, advanced nursing support, respite care, palliative care and end-of-life support.
The open day, taking place at the carehome’s site on Ingol Lane, Fulwood, will offer visitors the opportunity to meet the team, tour the environment and learn more about the specialist support the Rowan Unit will provide.
Sally McNeill, Home Manager at Dovehaven Lodge said: “We’re really proud to be opening the Rowan Unit here in Preston. This is a specialist service that has been carefully developed to meet a very real need in our community, and it reflects the kind of care we believe people deserve - skilled, compassionate and genuinely person-centred. We’re looking forward to welcoming people to our open day and sharing more about what this means for Dovehaven and for local families.”
Jenny Davies, CEO at Dovehaven, said: “The opening of the Rowan Unit is an incredibly important moment for us. We know how much pressure there is on families searching for specialist complex care, and we’re delighted to be able to offer a service that combines clinical expertise with warmth, dignity and real understanding. We’re proud to be investing in Preston and in care that makes a meaningful difference to people’s lives.”
People are warmly invited to attend the open day at 12pm on Wednesday, June10 to meet the team and find out more about the Rowan Unit and the support it will offer.
If you'd like to attend please email [email protected].
Dovehaven Care Homes is a family-owned care provider with 23 homes across the North West, offering residential, nursing, dementia and specialist health care.
For more than 40 years, Dovehaven has focused on compassionate, person-centred support that helps residents live with dignity, connection and comfort.
Dovehaven Lodge, the care prorvider’s Preston nursing home, opened in 2020.