Yarnton Residential and Nursing Home in Kidlington, Oxfordshire
 

One of Sanctuary Care’s four homes in Oxfordshire, we provide residential, dementia, nursing and palliative end of life care. Our registered nurses can support with everything from rehabilitation following a stroke to caring for people with neurodegenerative conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease. 

Yarnton is a home for life with a team who can meet changing and increasing support needs for residents. We can provide nursing interventions for those with progressive and/or life-limiting and terminal conditions.

We also offer short stay and long term pre-bookable respite care packages, giving older people caring for loved ones, and children looking after elderly parents in our Oxford community, a well-earned carer break.

• Our main lounges overlook our landscaped gardens
• Spacious bedrooms with en-suite walk-in showers.
• Ground floor rooms have their own access to our gardens
• Providing home-cooked meals in our dining rooms, or bedrooms if residents prefer
• Landscaped gardens with raised beds and wheelchair-friendly pathways 
   

Over the past few months, so many of the team have been popping in on their days off, supporting with activities or doing a spot of gardening or music therapy. 

We had a fantastic VE Day party last year, as well as a two-month ‘virtual’ summer cruise. In the heart of the home, we re-created holiday hotspots from across the globe, with themed cuisine and activities.

Children from the neighbouring school often join us for arts and crafts or to treat us a sneak preview of a choral performance. 

A mobile hairdresser also visits for appointments in our hairdressing salon.

Other popular visitors are creatures that come in for animal therapy sessions. For those with greater palliative care needs, who are more frail or with late-stage dementia, these visits can take place at their bedside if this is more comfortable.

We even have a gardening club, where we grow a range of bedding plants, which we sell to the community around Oxfordshire. The club is run and managed by our residents, giving them a real sense of pride and purpose. 

We have also encouraged visitors and relatives to bring their well-behaved pets to see us as part of daily life. Spending time with animals can bring back such fond memories. This is wonderful for our residents who live with Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia and different types of dementia or memory loss.

We also support our residents to stay connected to their family members and friends over video calls using the home’s iPad. With our support, many of our senior residents are really enjoying becoming more tech-savvy in their older age!

We have our own minibus for trips out. Previously, we have loved visiting garden centres and museums across Oxford, including Woodstock and Blenheim, Millets Farm in Frilford and The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary in Stadhampton.

Another popular spot to visit is the car museum in Bourton-on-the-Water.

Call our home today on 01865 566 028 or complete our Yarnton enquiry form below for more information on how to book respite care in Oxfordshire.

Visit our Paying for Care page for information on how to pay for care at Yarnton Residential and Nursing Home.

It is usual for residents in care homes to contribute to the cost of their own care. Some people have the resources to pay for this in full, whilst others make means-tested contributions.

Our weekly fees are individual to each of our residents and are subject to a pre-admission assessment, which is required to understand the level of care and support needed. 

Yarnton Residential and Nursing Home - Weekly Charges per Person (2025)

*May be in the region of 30% more - depending on your care needs and the type of room that's right for you.