Four Devon homes, one family

A care home should feel like home — because it still is one.

South West Care is a small, family-run group of four residential homes across Devon. Not a chain — four houses where the team know your relative by name, and the garden is part of every day.

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CQC “Good” · Adelaide LodgeSpeak to us: 01404 42921

A Devon care home behind a summer meadow of wild daisies at golden hour

Our homes

Four homes, each with its own character

We’re not a chain of identical buildings. Each of our Devon homes has grown its own feel over the years — but the same family runs all four, so the standard of care carries across every one.

A rendered Devon house with a summer garden

Adelaide Lodge

CQC Good

The home our group grew around. A settled, unhurried house where residents keep their own routines and the garden is part of daily life.

Rated Good by the CQC · 18 January 2020

A warm home lounge with a bay window and fireplace

Magnolia House

A warm, characterful home with comfortable shared rooms and quiet corners — the kind of place a visiting family recognises as somewhere their relative belongs.

CQC rating confirmed on enquiry

A tended cottage garden with roses and lavender

Netherhayes

A traditional Devon house with generous grounds, where mealtimes, gardening and the small rituals of the day carry on much as they always have.

CQC rating confirmed on enquiry

A resident's bedside with family photographs and flowers

Sunningdale House

A friendly home with a strong sense of community, close attention from a settled team, and an events calendar that keeps every week feeling like life, not a schedule.

CQC rating confirmed on enquiry

Photography shown is representative of our homes and gardens. We’d arrange a photography day to capture each home for the finished site.

A carer and resident sharing a cup of tea at a kitchen table

Why families choose us

Care that starts with knowing the person

The difference in a small, family-run home is simple: the people looking after your relative have the time to actually know them.

Known by name

Small homes and a settled team mean the people caring for your relative actually know them — their history, their preferences, the small things that make a day feel like their own.

Their own routine, kept

We build care around the person, not the timetable. Familiar mealtimes, a favourite chair, a walk in the garden — the ordinary rhythms that keep someone feeling like themselves.

Garden and grounds

Our butterfly isn't decoration — outdoor life runs through these homes. Planting, sitting out, watching the seasons turn is part of how residents spend their days, weather allowing.

Family, always welcome

Visiting is open and unfussy. We'd rather you dropped in for a cup of tea than booked a slot — a home stays a home when the people who love someone are part of it.

The exact CQC-registered care types at each home — residential, nursing, dementia or respite — would be confirmed on a short discovery call and shown accurately per home.

Life & facilities

Home comforts, kept familiar

Our homes are houses, not wards — bay windows, real fireplaces, gardens to sit out in, and a room your relative can make their own.

Comfortable rooms

Rooms residents can make their own, with their own furniture and photographs. We'd confirm room types and availability at each home when you enquire.

Shared living spaces

Lounges and dining rooms sized like a home rather than a ward — places to gather, and quiet corners for when you'd rather not.

Gardens to enjoy

Accessible gardens and grounds that residents help tend, with somewhere sheltered to sit out on a bright Devon afternoon.

A calendar of life

Regular events, visits and seasonal celebrations — the group has always run an active events calendar, so there's usually something on.

A home lounge with wingback chairs, a fireplace and afternoon tea

A resident's bedside with family photographs and garden flowers

The difference

A small group, on purpose

We’ve stayed small because it’s the only way to keep care personal. Here’s what that means in practice.

Comparison of a large care-home chain and South West Care
	A large chain	South West Care
Scale	One of dozens of homes run to a central template	Four Devon homes, run by the same family who answer the phone
Who cares for your relative	Rotating agency staff you may not meet twice	A settled team who learn your relative’s name and routine
Visiting	Booked slots and sign-in desks	Open visiting — drop in for a cup of tea
Daily life	Activities to a schedule	Gardens, events and familiar routines kept going

“From the first visit it felt like a home, not an institution. The team know Mum — her name, her tea, the way she likes her chair by the window. That is worth everything.”

Daughter of a resident

Come and see for yourself

The best way to know a home is to walk in. Arrange a visit — no appointment pressure, just a look around and a cup of tea.

Arrange a visit Call 01404 42921