News & Events
Pet Therapy Takes Flight with Chicks at The Fleet Care Home
In an effort to infuse a little extra cheer and companionship into daily life, The Fleet Care Home, Dartmouth recently welcomed nine adorable new residents – baby chicks!
Sainsbury’s Dartmouth Brings Blooms of Joy to The Fleet Care Home
In a heartwarming display of community support, Sainsbury’s Dartmouth has once again extended a generous hand to The Fleet Care Home, gifting them with an abundance of stunning
A Valentine’s Celebration Full of Love
On Valentine’s Day at The Fleet Care Home, we welcomed in the loved ones of our residents for a fizz and nibbles afternoon. Our residents spent the morning
Darmouth Dawdle
The Fleet Care Home had a beautiful start 2024, the weather has been lovely, especially for the weekly Darmouth Dawdle. The idea of Darmouth Dawdle is to enjoy
Visit to Stoke Fleming Christmas Fayre
On December 9th, The Fleet Care Home in Dartmouth took some of our residents down to Stoke Lodge Hotel, for their yearly Stoke Fleming Christmas Fayre. It was
What is Respite Care?
Respite care in the UK refers to a temporary form of care provided to individuals who may require assistance due to age, illness, disability or other medical factors
Halloween Party at The Fleet
At The Fleet Care Home, we hosted a Halloween party this year, after a request from some of our residents wanting to celebrate Halloween. What a sensational event
An Incredible Morning with Drum Devon
On the 2nd of October 2023, The Fleet Care Home welcomed James from Drum Devon for an incredible morning of music therapy, supporting the personal and social wellbeing
The Fleet Community Project
Supporting One Another At our care home in Devon, we often have Coffee mornings and fundraisers that we invite our local community to join. Recently, we decided to
A Trip to Gardentime
As always with a great British summer, sunny days are never guaranteed, so when we are graced with sunshine, we go to great efforts to plan outdoor activities
A Visit From Lakemoor Alpacas
We had a fantastic time recently when Lakemoor Alpacas visited the residents, relatives and staff here at The Fleet Care Home in Dartmouth. We spent a good few hours
A Fantastic Fizz Boat Trip
At The Fleet Care Home, we are very lucky to be located in the seaside town of Dartmouth and we often can be seen with many of our
Celebrating VE Day At The Fleet
On Monday 8th May, The Fleet celebrated VE day with all of its residents. Our laundry housekeeper Nick came in with some of his wartime memorabilia and very
Egg-citing Hatchings
We have just taken delivery of 7 duck eggs at The Fleet Care Home in Dartmouth. There was so much excitement around the home as both residents and
Residents Get Musical
Every 2nd Thursday of the month, residents and staff at The Fleet Care Home are blessed to have a performance from Patrick Jervis – Entertainer and today was a delight!
Come to The Fleet’s Open Day
Whether you’ve considering care for yourself or a loved one, The Fleet Care Home in Dartmouth offers the very best in residential, dementia, nursing and respite care in
Celebrating Mo’s 100th Birthday
Saturday 14th January was no ordinary day, It was the day we celebrated our Mo’s 100th Birthday!
Donating to Dartmouth Community Chest
Over the previous few weeks, the team at The Fleet Care Home have been collecting nonperishable goods to donate to a local charity. We had Dawn from Dartmouth Community
Painting Session in The Café Area
Today marks the 1st day of Autumn so we thought what better than to do an autumnal arts & crafts session painting the different coloured leaves that we
Live Entertainment In The Garden
We have been blessed with some incredible weather over the last few months and today the sun was out again to welcome back to The Fleet our friend,
Making Boats For The Royal Regatta
Residents at The Fleet enjoyed one of our arts & crafts sessions last week. One of the activities involved creating colourful miniature boats from scratch that can float
Resident’s Family Donates Interactive Table
Today was an exciting day at The Fleet, as we received an interactive table for residents to use and enjoy. The interactive table was donated by a family
The Opening of Our New Nursing Units
The Fleet Care Home continues to develop into the care home of choice for Dartmouth and surrounding areas. Having recently been graded in May 2022 by the Care Quality
Celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee
The Fleet had a ball celebrating the Queen’s 70 year reign by throwing a patriotic themed garden party. Everyone was in high spirits and it was great to
CQC Inspection Success at The Fleet Care Home
The team at The Fleet Care Home in Dartmouth recently had an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are delighted to share that they were
Celebrating our 2nd Birthday
We are delighted to be celebrating our 2nd Birthday since The Fleet Care Home opened back in April 2020. All we have known is caring for our residents
Residents Enjoy a Visit to our Hairdressers
This week, residents of The Fleet Care Home have treated themselves to a visit to our beautiful Hairdressing Salon. Safe in the hands of our wonderful beauty team,
Meet Our Home Manager, Damon
We are thrilled to welcome the new year in with a new Home Manager here at The Fleet. Meet Damon. Damon started his working career in sales/account management
Mr and Mrs Claus have arrived at The Fleet
As Christmas Eve draws to a close and the residents are cosied up in bed, Mr and Mrs Claus have just arrived to work their busiest shift of
Tracy Slaughter, Captain’s Termly Award
On the 14th of December, our dedicated Administrator Tracy Slaughter received a well-earned Captains Termly Award presented by the Captain of Britannia Royal Naval College. The Fleet Care
Stop The Pressure Day
On the 18th of November, the residents and devoted staff members at The Fleet Care Home raised awareness on Stop the Pressure Day. Stop the Pressure Day is
Breast Cancer Awareness Day
On Tuesday the 22nd of October our residents, visitors and the team at The Fleet Care Home organised an Afternoon Tea in the Cove Bistro to raise money
10-mile walk for Alzheimer’s Society
On Sunday the 19th of September four of our dedicated team members at The Fleet Care Home walked a staggering 10 miles round Dartmouth taking in the castle,