Swallow Wood Care Home, Doncaster

Our dedicated staff combines professionalism with a real interest in each individual and their personal stories. Resident’s hobbies and interests are encouraged at the home and supported, where possible.

Rated 9.7/10 (carehome.co.uk reviews, July 2019)

100% of residents satisfied with the overall standard of the home (Latest Your Care Rating, 2018)

What makes Swallow Wood special?

• We have a professional team of qualified nurses and care staff to make sure your care needs are met
• 24-hour personal care that’s tailored to meet all your mental and physical health needs
• Regular entertainment provided from live singers to musical bingo
• Beautiful secure gardens for residents and visitors to enjoy
• We offer open visiting, children and pets welcome
• Day trips out for residents, from garden centres and country parks to even the zoo.

"Very kind and caring staff who go beyond the call of duty to ensure my sister is well cared for. Everyone is very friendly to me as well. They all feel like old friends. The atmosphere is fantastic." Independent review on carehome.co.uk

Where are we?

Swallow Wood is in Mexborough, Doncaster in South Yorkshire. We’re situated on Wath Road and approximately half a mile from Mexborough town centre where there are transport links to Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

Doncaster centre is a 10-minute train ride away whilst the famous Meadowhall shopping centre is 15 minutes away by train. We also have three local GP surgeries.

Activities, Trips and Events

Our activity coordinators work hard to keep a full events calendar for our residents.

Activities include outside entertainment coming into the home, singing, quizzes, bingo, animal visits, individual one on one time, church services plus personal support from our Chaplains.

We try and arrange as many outings for the residents as possible. This could be a few hours at the local garden centre, to a stroll around a country park or even the zoo. Whatever our resident’s personal requests are we try our best to make happen.

We have many themed events throughout the year to celebrate the seasons. These vary from 'Living Eggs' at Easter, which involves watching baby chicks hatch, a Summer Fete in our beautiful gardens with donkey rides for the little ones and a travelling pantomime at Christmas.

Chaplaincy and Pastoral Support

Swallow Wood is supported by two dedicated chaplains, Gail Hall and Neil Elsom. Both offer pastoral support to all, whatever their beliefs. Gail and Neil are in the home on a Monday and Thursday, providing a church service every Monday.

Our chaplains are for people of all faiths or none at all. So no matter what your personal beliefs, our chaplaincy service is available to everyone who needs it.

Seize the Day

Funded through charitable support, MHA prides itself on being able to offer unique and memorable opportunities and activities for residents to quite literally help them 'seize the day'.

One of our residents had always wanted to fly in a helicopter. After being given the all-clear by the medical staff we were able to arrange this for him. On the day it was a complete surprise as he was taken to the local airfield where he enjoyed a flight in a hummingbird helicopter. The smile on his face was priceless and he hasn’t stopped talking about it since.

Visit us for an afternoon

If you would like to experience living at Swallow Wood, we would love to invite you for lunch and spend an afternoon with us. It’s the very best way to really get a feel for our friendly caring home and decide if we are right for you.