Mull Hall Care Home in Invergordon

Mull Hall Care Home is surrounded by beautiful gardens. It offers outstanding views across Invergordon, Cromarty Firth and The Black Isle. With its wonderful facilities too, Mull Hall has it all.

You’ll find us at the heart of Barbaraville – just 10 minutes from Invergordon. Here, our dedicated team delivers person-centred residential, dementia, respite and palliative care for people during their senior years.

It’s a warm and supportive environment where our staff and residents are like extended family to one another.

What facilities does Mull Hall residential home offer?

42 single bedrooms – a comfortable space for you or your loved one to relax in. Each features en-suite bathroom facilities.
Spacious lounge and dining areas – where we gather to socialise, take part in activities and enjoy hearty home-cooked meals.
Hairdressing salon – residents can enjoy regular haircuts, manicures and pedicures. Our gentlemen residents can also get beard and facial trims.
Stunning gardens – it’s a lovely spot to sit and take in all the picturesque scenery our Highlands location has to offer. Wheelchair-accessible pathways enable everyone to enjoy the space too.
- We also have a heated garden house – perfect for those crisp winter days.

Life at our Barbaraville care home

Here, at Sanctuary Care, we have an undeniable passion for enriching lives. We go above and beyond to ensure everyone is happy and fulfilled. We get to know our residents – including what they like and dislike.

Our residents are free to spend their time doing what they enjoy most – and we’re here to support them along the way. However, our dedicated activities coordinators always have something engaging planned, which can include:

Gentle exercise sessions to help us stay active.
Reminiscence and sensory activities, which are especially beneficial for residents receiving dementia care.
Singing along as a group to our favourite songs
Baking mornings – whether we’re trying new recipes or old favourites!
Trips out in our minibus – to the lovely beaches and villages across Easter Ross.
- With many of our residents having grown up in Invergordon’s surrounding villages, these visits allow residents with dementia and memory loss to reminisce.
Ferry rides across to Cromarty Firth from Nigg.

Proudly not-for-profit

We’re proud to be a not-for-profit care provider. What does this mean? All our surplus income goes into making the care we deliver even better. It’s reinvested into our care home, staff and residents.

Our closely-knit team has lots of experience caring for people living with dementia and related conditions. Trained nurse, Lorna has managed the home for eight years, while deputy manager, Steph has been with us for 18 years.

They work closely with Ross-shire’s community nurses who come to the care home to provide nursing support. And they’re here to support the families of our residents too.

Meet Lorna, our Manager at Mull Hall

Lorna McDonald is the Home Manager at Mull Hall Care Home, bringing over 20 years of experience in health and social care. She began her journey in 2004 after deciding to make a complete career change from working in call centres, driven by a desire to pursue a more meaningful and people-focused role. While initially interested in midwifery, Lorna chose to study general nursing and took on a bank role as a care assistant to gain experience, quickly discovering a passion for working with older adults.

After qualifying as a nurse in 2008, Lorna built her experience within a local hospital’s day hospital service, specialising in the care of older people. Her role involved assessing patients’ needs and supporting them to access the right services, alongside working within the blood transfusion team. She also worked as a bank nurse on a rehabilitation ward before moving into a staff nurse role within a nursing home. In 2013, she joined Mull Hall as Deputy Manager and went on to become Home Manager in 2017.

Lorna has been part of Mull Hall since 2013 and joined Sanctuary Care in 2020. She values the strong support network within the organisation and appreciates having access to the resources needed to deliver high-quality care. As a natural people person, she takes great pride in building meaningful relationships with residents and their families, creating a warm, welcoming, and family-like atmosphere within the home. She is also passionate about leading and supporting her team, helping them to grow and develop in their roles.

Her passion for care was shaped during her nursing training, where she recognised the importance of supporting individuals who need compassion and understanding. This continues to drive her commitment to ensuring residents feel valued, cared for, and supported every day.

Outside of work, Lorna enjoys spending time with family and friends and has recently developed a keen interest in health, exercise, and well-being. She describes herself as sociable and maintains a spiritual outlook on life.

Lorna’s advice for families searching for a care home is to read reviews and gather honest feedback from those who experience daily life in the home. She recommends using resources such as carehome.co.uk and Care Inspectorate reports but believes that direct feedback from residents’ families offers some of the most genuine and meaningful insight when making a decision.