Peter and Diana Andrews are the first to move into a new state-of-the-art luxury care home Glenburnie Lodge Care Community in Wenvoe. The couple ran their own chain of chemists in South Wales before selling to Lloyds Pharmacies, and they then bought a run-down farmhouse and 22-acres at Hensol and transformed it into Llanerch Vineyard, the best-known vineyard in Wales. They sold the vineyard in 2006.
As the first residents, the Andrews, were invited to perform the official opening of the Glenburnie Lodge Care Community in Wenvoe. The event marked the culmination of three years of planning, a multi-million-pound investment and a step-change in the approach to latter years living. Glenburnie offers residential, dementia and 24-hour nursing care delivered by an experienced team, enhanced with high-end hotel-style services including fine dining and a meaningful programme of daily events and fun and stimulating activities.
The home features 70 fully furnished ensuite rooms all with balcony or patio access to beautifully tended communal gardens. The focal point is the café style coffee lounge and bar alongside communal lounges, gym, hair and beauty salon, cinema, and dining rooms. Peter and Diana, now both in their eighties, said they were delighted to be asked to perform the official opening.
“The facilities are excellent,” said Peter. “But no matter how good the facilities are, it’s the people that matter and we have found that the people here, whatever their role, are a.