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What to bring when moving into a care home
18 September 2026
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Hollybrook House01460 000 000
Residential and respite care in Somerset
A care home that still feels like home
Hollybrook House is a 38 bedroom residential and respite home on the edge of Ashcombe, where people keep their routines, their friends and their say in how each day goes.
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Rated Good by CQC (example)Respite stays from one weekFamily run since 1998
For families
Looking for a care home
Come and see the home, meet the team and have lunch with us. No forms first.
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For professionals
Discharge and social work teams
Current vacancies, the needs we can meet and a direct line to the manager.
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Care at Hollybrook
Long term residential care
Help with personal care, medication and daily life, in a room that is yours.
Respite stays
A break for a carer or a stay after hospital, from one week upwards.
Early stage dementia
Familiar routines and a small team who get to know each person well.
Day care
Lunch, activities and company, and home again by teatime.
A day at Hollybrook
Morning
Up when you like
Breakfast is served until eleven. There is no set time to be up and dressed.
Midday
Lunch together
Cooked here every day, with a choice at every meal and room for family to join.
Afternoon
Something to do
Gardening, music, a trip out, or a quiet read. Always a choice, never a timetable.
Evening
Settled for the night
Supper, a chat and help to bed, with staff awake and on hand all night.
Free tools
See all tools →What will care cost?
An honest estimate of weekly fees before you pick up the phone.
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Who pays for care?
What the council may fund, and what families usually pay themselves.
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Care home checklist
What to look for, and what to ask, when you visit any care home.
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Advice and news
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Respite
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Life here
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Come and see Hollybrook
Visits are relaxed and take about an hour. Bring whoever you like, and stay for lunch.
Book a visitCall 01460 000 000