Situated in the town of Mytchett, Marula Lodge is home to 42 residents across 4 specialised communities; each designed to support residents with varying complex care and neurological needs, whilst providing them with a comfortable, safe home.
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Facilities
Marula Lodge is divided into four separate communities, each with a dedicated team of experienced nurses and health care assistants.
Recognising that some residents benefit from single-sex settings, as well as a mixed community, Marula Lodge offers both male-only and female-only communities. Across all our services, our high staff to resident ratio ensures that the most complex of needs are readily met.
Following assessment, our residents are allocated rooms in the community setting that will best suit their care needs and overall wellbeing.
Our home has lovely garden spaces allowing residents to spend time outside with the staff or with their visitors. Where residents wish to do so, they can get involved with caring for the garden.
We encourage residents to personalise and decorate their bedroom, which are spacious and all with ensuite bathrooms.
Marula Lodge also has comfortable living and dining rooms for residents to spend time communally as they wish, in addition to quieter spaces to meet with visitors or to have reflection or quiet time.
Activities
Every day brings a new opportunity to create meaningful experiences. We design our activities with care - intended to inspire, engage, and foster genuine connections among our residents.
Working closely with Nordoff and Robbins, the UK's largest music therapy charity with over 60 years of experience, we bring the transformative power of music into our community. Bespoke sessions allow residents to enjoy music's calming and uplifting effects, nurturing emotional expression and creating warm, heartfelt interactions.
We are equally proud of our close ties with the National Activity Providers Association, which underline our commitment to a life filled with purpose and joy. In partnership with them, we craft stimulating programmes that blend creativity with compassionate care, ensuring that every moment matters.
Each resident is seen, valued, and encouraged to engage fully with life. Our approach is about celebrating small victories and building an environment where genuine connections can flourish daily.
Dorothy Lain
General Manager
Our General Manager at Marula Lodge is Dorothy Lain, she is supported by a clinical manager and supporting clinical team.
Dorothy is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years experience in nursing and management in the NHS, charity and private sector. She is passionate about ensuring residents have the best quality of life and the resident is the centre of everything that we do. Dorothy’s role is to implement ideas from staff, residents and relatives to provide excellent safe care. She ensures that her staff enjoy coming to work and provides a supportive and open culture within the service.
"It was my first time here, it was very welcoming and I'm looking forward to coming back and playing a small part in the team."
Visiting Marula Lodge
We look forward to welcoming you to Marula Lodge.
Our reception is staffed from Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm.
Family and friends may telephone us at any time, day or night, to enquire about residents’ wellbeing.
When visiting, on arrival, please ring the doorbell. If no-one is at the reception desk, or it is outside of office hours, one of the team will meet you at the door. Please be patient if you do not get an immediate response, as it is likely staff are busy with residents.
Join the team
If you have a passion for helping people with complex needs live enriching lives, and would like to know more about working at Cornerstone – get in touch.
We are always keen to hear from like-minded professionals.