Accessible holiday accomodation

Snibbbo
Snibbbo Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
edited July 2024 in Everyday life
I am retired and I am a full time carer for my wife Gill who is a below-the-knee amputee and has expressive dysphasia after 4 strokes. Which is why I am writing this for her. We have been using the excellent "adapted" rooms at Premier Inn which are perfect for our needs. The rooms with the "wheel-in-showers" (not the disabled rooms with bathtubs)

I am now looking for Coastal or National Park holiday accommodation in England or Wales that has a wet room and three bedrooms. I currently pay £2800 for two weeks in a quality/activity care home to give me my annual RESPITE break. My enquiry is primarily for 2018 but perhaps for this year's Autumn school break also.

Any ideas or suggestions?

About me = enhanced DBS check and volunteer for Healthwatch, Bipolar UK and Different Strokes. Leisure and charity cyclist.

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  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
    Hi @Snibbbo welcome to the community! You might like to look at the Accommable website.
  • Snibbbo
    Snibbbo Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
    Thanks Sam

    I am newly aquainted with Accommable just this week but have booked two rooms at Premier Inn for October. I can cancel and select a self-catering alternative if I can find somewhere - but at least I have back-up. Thanks again
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
    Do all Premier Inns have these accessible rooms or is it just selected ones @Snibbbo ?
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
    I was just having a quick look at found the accessibility info for Premier Inns.
  • Deb_bwr
    Deb_bwr Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    Hi, I would highly recommend Seastar Holiday Cottage in Deal, Kent. Right on the coast, this area of East Kent is relatively flat. Search Seastar Holiday Cottage on Facebook or www.kingsholidaycottages.co.uk
  • sned101
    sned101 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    Jerusalem Farm, Calderdale West Yorkshire. See Calderdale MBC website.
  • Blue Frog
    Blue Frog Online Community Member Posts: 352 Empowering
    There are some gorgeous holiday cottages reviewed on the Euan's Guide website https://www.euansguide.com/
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
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  • Snibbbo
    Snibbbo Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
    My reply to Sam_scope May 26 is that not all Premier Inns have "Adapted" rooms. Some have one disabled room and one adapted room. There is a big difference in specification. The disabled room has a bathtub with chrome grab rails where the Adapted Room is double the size and has wheel-in shower facilities and the plastic wheel-in chair is there in the wet room. All the newly-built ones have THREE adapted rooms and the older ones are undergoing re-furbs to the new spec. The only way to be sure is to phone reception at the Premier Inn you have in mind. Not easy as local STD numbers are not published and hard to find. Head office will put you through though - and then ask for the local number
  • Snibbbo
    Snibbbo Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
    Many thanks to Deb_bwr, Sned101, Blue Frog and LholtonLee - and sorry for the delay. I am not in the habbit of checking in with the community just yet. And still finding my way around. I shall faithfully check out all the LINKS and many thanks once more.
  • Blue Frog
    Blue Frog Online Community Member Posts: 352 Empowering
    Hope you find somewhere nice.
    We are off to Center Parcs very soon - so excited  :)
  • Snibbbo
    Snibbbo Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
    I did consider Centre Parcs. When my wife was mobile we went to Sherwood, Elveden and Center Parcs Paris.Their adapted challets seem really well equipped - have a great time

    Don't you think that Elveden sounds like a location from Tolkien : )

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