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
4 Mar 2025
By Ian Sanderson, Activity Co-ordinator, Whitgift House Today is Ash Wednesday. As a member of the activity team my role is to make residents aware of the chapel services, then facilitate a visit from the priest for those residents that can not attend a chapel service. While arranging those visits it is important to get…
18 Sep 2024
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…
1 Aug 2024
We are celebrating in style this Summer at Whitgift Care. Make sure you have our garden parties and coffee mornings dates in your diary. Download the Summer edition of the Whitgift Whisperer here.
Our services
| Whitgift House South Croydon | Wilhelmina House Park Hill | Whitgift Almshouses Central Croydon |
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| Sheltered living | |||
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| End of life care | |||
| Respite care* | |||
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| Chapel | |||
| Assisted baths | |||
| Guest parking | Limited | Limited | |
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| Dedicated GP | |||
| Hairdresser** | |||
| Chiropodist** | |||
| Daily activities | |||
| Viewing appointments | Timed | Drop-in | Timed |
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