A care home situated in Haywards Heath has been acknowledged as one of the area’s leading providers of residential care.

Summerlands has been included in the list of the Top 20 Care Homes in South East England by carehome.co.uk, a website designed to help families assess and choose care services.

This honour is based entirely on unprompted feedback from existing residents, their relatives, and people connected to residents.

Amanda Hopkins, reviews manager at carehome.co.uk, said the team at Summerlands deserved congratulations for attaining this significant acknowledgement, which demonstrated the outstanding quality of care provided to residents. She noted that with more than 400,000 reviews of care homes now published on carehome.co.uk, families could access genuine opinions about the quality of care, facilities and support offered by various establishments across the nation. She added that finding suitable care for a loved one required considerable time and emotional effort. Prospective residents were not simply choosing a building but were selecting a home where their relative would live, receive support and feel safe, which represented an enormous decision.

This demonstrates why personal accounts from those with direct experience are so valuable.

The organisation expressed hope that these accolades, generated from feedback supplied by residents and their families, provided comfort and dependable guidance during difficult times.

Summerlands was recognised for the standard of care, support and overall experience delivered.

Deborah Cresswell, co-founder and operations manager at Summerlands, said the people who lived there regarded Summerlands as their genuine home and were pleased to receive this honour. She noted that being acknowledged as a leading establishment had helped boost staff morale and had enabled team members to feel appreciated and respected for their consistent dedication to residents and their families.

Summerlands was selected from among more than 2,635 care homes operating in the South East region.

This achievement highlights growing expectations for high-quality care services, in a context where approximately twenty percent of the UK population is now aged sixty-five or over.