Person centred care homes for
the elderly in South Croydon.

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.

Whitgift Arch

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.

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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

Croquet Match – Whitgift Care vs Age UK B team

It was a cold but dry September day, thankfully Age UK B team came with high hopes of a first victory full of laughter, while the Whitgift Care residents were feeling quietly positive. A perfect start by WH and it was only after the interval of double Danish did we see a fight back by…

Croquet returns with the Whitgift Care residents vs Whitgift Care Wardens match

Summary by Robert Harrison The weather was good, and the pitch was running fast. A match that seemed to show that the Wardens are in sync with the residents.  After 6 games the match was tied 30-30. Whitgift Care Wardens a team that lived on luck, some very powerful hitting from Steve nice style, good coaching…

Celebrating 40 years of volunteers’ week

We are celebrating 40 years of Volunteers Week and put the spotlight on two of our Whitgift Care volunteers, Jill & Ian Proctor, who both volunteer for us at Whitgift House and are core members of the Whitgift Care family. We decided to ask them a few questions about their experiences as volunteers. What do…

Our services

Whitgift House
South Croydon
Wilhelmina House
Park Hill
Whitgift Almshouses
Central Croydon
Care
Sheltered living
Residential care
Nursing care
End of life care
Respite care*
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