Person centred care homes for
Whitgift Care provides a broad range of services from residential care within the retirement community to sheltered housing and full patient-centred care in our nursing care homes.
Our assisted living program ensures a better quality of life for the elderly and retired, resulting in our residents finding their own sense of joy, purpose, and belonging from retirement and beyond.
Private person-centred care homes in South Croydon supporting the elderly retirement community by providing patient-centred care, and affordable residential and nursing care, on a short or long-term basis.
Wilhelmina House
Residential care • Respite care • End of life care
A purpose-built modern care home, with a large and beautifully tended walled garden, primarily for those who need personal care.
Whitgift House
Nursing care • Respite care • End of life care
Set in the beautiful grounds of Whitgift School, Whitgift House offers round-the-clock nursing and weekly GP visits, giving full nursing care.
“Everyone I have met at Whitgift House is extremely kind, patient and friendly. I enjoy my time here enormously. Lunches are excellent. Activities are great.”
Resident
We provide residential care for people who would struggle to live on their own and nursing care for residents who need round-the-clock attention from trained health care professionals. Our end-of-life care helps residents to live as well, as fully and as comfortably as possible.
Residents in our retirement living settings live independently but in the safety and security of gated sheltered housing – where help and companionship are always on hand if needed.
Whitgift House Apartments
A caring retirement community of sheltered accommodation nestled on the grounds of Whitgift School, for those who need only a helping hand with supported independent living.
Whitgift Almshouses
Our welcoming residential retirement home in the heart of Croydon, where residents live under their own care inside the walls of the historic Whitgift Almshouses sheltered housing complex.
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Latest news and announcements
✨ Happy Birthday, Mavis! ✨We raised our glasses to celebrate Mavis's forever 18th birthday, and what a fabulous day it was! 🥂🎂A huge thank you to Mikey JC for a fantastic performance, filling the room with classic jazz favourites from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Michael Bublé, Dean Martin, and many more.The dance floor was buzzing all afternoon, and Mavis was showing everyone how it's done! 💃 Your energy, enthusiasm, and dance moves are an inspiration to us all. ❤️Good music, good friends, good community spirit, and plenty of laughter. What more could we ask for?Happy Birthday, Mavis. Keep dancing, keep smiling, and keep showing us all how to stay forever young! ❤️🎂🥂
Happy Gin and Tonic Day! Wilhelmina House residents enjoyed tasting Gin, there was Gordon Dry, Bombay Sapphire or 0.0% Pink Gin. We ended having a sing along after listening to facts and the history of the drink. Karla enjoyed a red wine while others had lemonade
Our services
| Whitgift House South Croydon | Wilhelmina House Park Hill | Whitgift Almshouses Central Croydon |
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| Chiropodist** | |||
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| Viewing appointments | Timed | Drop-in | Timed |
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The official page for John Whitgift Foundation, a leading education and care charity in Croydon.
Some of you know us as the schools. Some of you know us as the care homes. Some of you know us as the almshouses in the heart of Croydon. We’re all three and have been providing education and care since 1596.Our Impact Report shares our recent achievements, what's changed, and what we're planning next.You can read it here → johnwhitgiftfoundation.org/about-us/the-foundation/
Find out more about life at Wilhelmina House while enjoying a bun and a brew in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. This Friday from 1:45pm at Park Hill Rise in Croydon.Join residents and staff for a cuppa and a cake at Wilhelmina House to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.📅 Friday 9 October🕛 1:45pm to 3:30pm📍Wilhelmina House, Park Hill Rise, CR0 5JFIn addition to raising money for an important cause, this is a chance to see what's on offer at Wilhelmina House and chat with residents and staff.No need to RSVP. We will look forward to seeing you 🧁
If you're joining one of our Almshouses tours tomorrow, part of the Open House Festival, we would love to see your photos. Do tag us so we can see this historic building through your eyes, and maybe share a fact you learned, too 💡
