Quality care in a place you can call home

At Care UK’s Bickerton House care home in Bracknell and Parsons Grange care home in Shinfield, we deliver high quality residential, nursing, dementia and short-term care.

As the UK’s most awarded large care provider, Care UK delivers high quality care that’s all about enabling you to enjoy the lifestyle you want. We support you to be who you’ve always been, or who you want to be, shaping your care and lifestyle to suit your interests, needs and preferences.

More like family

Our teams receive the latest training in all aspects of care. Our partnership with the Association for Dementia Studies at Worcester University means we stay up to date with the latest dementia care approaches, and a Dementia Champion in each home supports all colleagues to deliver high quality care.

Above all, our teams are passionate about supporting you to live life to the full. There’s a variety of activities, entertainment and outings to enjoy every day at Bickerton House and Parsons Grange. So, whether you’d like to continue enjoying a lifelong hobby, discover a new interest, make new friends or simply look forward to being pampered, Bickerton House and Parsons Grange has everything you need.

Relax in luxurious surroundings

Bickerton House and Parsons Grange are stunning purpose-built homes offering a wealth of superb facilities, including a hair salon, cinema, pub and café. And if it’s peace and quiet you’re after, we have plenty of comfy lounges and restful alcoves where you can relax with a favourite book. Each en-suite bedroom is beautifully furnished, with our ground floor rooms enjoying private patios. If you’re a gardener or simply love the outdoors, we have lovely gardens to explore too.

Trust us to care

At Care UK, we’ve been delivering high quality, person-centred care for over 40 years. What’s more, we have more ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’-rated homes than any other provider. That’s why over 8,000 families across the country trust us to care for their older loved one.

To find out more about care at Bickerton House and Parsons Grange please call us on 0330 173 5589 or visit careuk.com/berkshire

Caversham hairdressers could become a Polish restaurant

A FORMER hairdressers in Caversham could soon be serving Polish food if an application to covert the venue is approved, writes James Aldridge, Local democracy reporter Reading Borough Council has received an application for an alcohol licence for the former Hair Studio on Hemdean Road.

No planning application has been submitted for the conversion of the site, which has been a salon since approval was given to turn the former house into a studio in June 1992.

The restaurant will be called Pasibrzueszek Polish Cousin Restaurant, and if the licence is granted, alcohol can be sold on the premises from 11am to 11pm from Tuesday to Sunday.

The application has been submitted to Reading Borough Council’s licensing department, and comments can be made by emailing licensing@reading. gov.uk.

The closing date for submissions is Tuesday, May 2.