Priory Group, the UK’s leading independent provider of mental healthcare, is bringing its expertise to Lincolnshire for the first time with the opening of Abbey Court, a care home for older people.

Abbey Court, in Bourne, is a purpose built nursing home with beds for 88 residents needing nursing or dementia nursing care. The home will be under the leadership of experienced manager Peter Barlow and will create up to 60 jobs in the area.

Care will be provided in single, en-suite accommodation finished to the highest standard. There will also be a choice of lounges and dining areas and a secure, enclosed landscaped garden.

The dementia unit will reflect the very latest research in dementia care, focussing on a person’s abilities. Dementia-signposting will assist with orientation and a reminiscence room is planned.

All residents will have access to carefully planned activities and a wide range of professionals including a hairdresser, chiropodist, optician and GP.

Sharon Butler, managing director of Priory Group Care Homes Division said: “We are making significant investments in older people’s services over the next few years. Abbey Court has been well received by healthcare professionals, particularly in light of the nursing and dementia nursing services it provides for the local community in Bourne.

“The experience the Priory Group has in mental health, complex and long term care transfers very well into older people’s services. People are now living longer and have more complex needs and associated health issues that we have the experience to care for. We are building on our already strong and established areas of expertise and offering an even more comprehensive range of facilities for service users.”

Philip Scott, Chief Executive of The Priory Group, said: “The ageing population in Lincolnshire means there is increasingly a need for high quality care homes. This has presented a perfect opportunity for The Priory to open its first facility in the county.”

The Priory Group now plans to rapidly increase its portfolio of care homes for older people with further new builds in England and Northern Ireland.

For more information on Abbey Court call 0854 2 774679.



The Priory Group is the UK’s leading independent provider of acute mental health services, secure and step-down services, specialist education, complex care and neuro-rehabilitation services, working in partnership with the public and independent sectors.
Priory's acute psychiatric hospitals offer a comprehensive range of successful, evidence-based inpatient, outpatient and day patient treatment programmes and therapy services for a wide variety of mental health issues, including depression, addictions, eating disorders and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
Priory Secure Services is a specialist provider of secure mental health services working in partnership with the NHS.
Priory's complex care hospitals and neuro-rehabilitation centres treat people with enduring mental and physical illnesses, restricted mobility and challenging behaviours that are often the result of organic, degenerative or neurological problems and whose needs cannot be met in conventional environments. Priory's neuro-rehabilitation centres care for people with a wide range of acquired or progressive neurological disorders, including brain injuries and illness, spinal injuries, brain haemorrhages and stroke.
Priory Education Services is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education and care for children and young people aged four to 35 with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) and specific learning difficulties associated with dyslexia.
The Priory Group is developing a range of high quality care homes offering long-term, short-term and respite nursing care for older people who are physically frail or suffering with dementia related disorders.