Pembroke Apartments · the environment
A different environment for recovery.
Spacious, self-contained apartments in the centre of Reading, minutes from the Royal Berkshire Hospital — your own front door and living space, with an assessed level of care and support arranged around you. Boutique in the truest sense: deliberately small, personal and calm.
Photography of the individual apartments is being commissioned — come and see them properly in the meantime.
Care & support
Flexible, assessed support — present whenever needed, discreet when not.
Assessed care and support
Personal care, medication support, mobility assistance and help with daily living — arranged at the level assessment shows is needed, and stepped back as independence returns.
24-hour reassurance
A care team on site around the clock, with discreet call points in every apartment and night-time cover.
Structured recovery goals
Person-centred goals aligned with discharge, occupational therapy and reablement plans — agreed on arrival and reviewed as confidence returns.
Visiting clinics
GP visits arranged with local practices, plus visiting chiropody and hairdressing — recovery is never interrupted by errands.
Self-contained apartments
A front door of your own — considerably closer to normal life than to an institutional placement.
Spacious self-contained apartments
Your own front door, living space and bathroom — considerably closer to normal independent living than a traditional institutional placement.
A space made your own
Photographs, a favourite throw, your own armchair — every apartment is yours to arrange for the length of your stay.
Quiet lounges & family room
Company when you want it, privacy when you don’t — elegant shared spaces a few steps from your own.
Dining & nutrition
Appetite is the first thing illness takes — and the first thing our kitchen restores.
Chef-prepared restorative menus
Protein-forward, dietitian-reviewed cooking that restores appetite as well as strength. Preferences are honoured daily.
Dine together or in your apartment
Eat sociably in the dining room or privately in your own space — the choice, like the routine, is entirely yours.
Gardens & outdoors
Fresh air, taken beautifully, is part of the prescription.
Landscaped private gardens
Level, looped paths with generous seating — walking practice, disguised as pleasure.
Covered garden terrace
Fresh air in all weathers, a few steps from the lounge.
Apartment specification & accessibility
The details that decide whether an apartment suits a recovery — stated plainly. Professionals are welcome to verify everything on a visit.
Access
Step-free access throughout, with lift access to every apartment floor.
Bathrooms
Private bathrooms with level-access showers, grab rails and non-slip flooring.
Kitchens
A kitchenette in every apartment — practising cooking and making your own tea is part of recovery.
Doorways & circulation
Wheelchair- and frame-friendly doorways and turning space in every apartment.
Equipment
Profiling beds, raised seating and toileting aids arranged to match the assessment; hoist provision is agreed case-by-case before arrival.
Call points
Discreet call points in every room, answered around the clock.
Everyday practicalities
The questions families actually ask, answered plainly — and confirmed in writing before any stay begins.
Care, your choice
Transitional care, and personal care arranged through Pembroke, always come from our registered team; for every other stay, keep your own care provider, use ours, or stay without care entirely.
Housekeeping & laundry
Weekly housekeeping and linen service included; more frequent help arranged whenever you want it.
Bills, simply
Heating, water and Wi-Fi are covered within your agreed weekly rate — anything outside it is agreed with you in writing first.
Cook, or be cooked for
Every apartment has a kitchenette; the dining room serves chef-prepared meals whenever you would rather not cook. Most guests do a little of both.
Couples welcome
The apartments are self-contained, so partners can stay together — raise it at assessment and we will always consider it.
Stays that fit
From a single week of respite to a few months whilst home adaptations are completed — the length of stay follows the plan, not the other way round.
Visiting, unrestricted
Your front door is your own: family and friends are welcome whenever you wish, and there is parking a short, level walk from the entrance.
Two settings, one pathway
Pembroke Lodge
Residential & respite care
Round-the-clock reassurance in the main house — for planned respite, and for guests whose assessment shows a residential setting suits them best.
Alexandra Lodge & the Pembroke Apartments
Transitional & independent living
Spacious, self-contained apartments — your own front door, with an assessed level of care and support arranged around you.
Every guest joins the same Hospital to Home pathway — assessment simply decides which setting, and which level of flexible support, is right.
Transitional care, and any personal care arranged through Pembroke, always come from our own CQC-registered service. For every other stay the choice is entirely yours: bring a care provider you already know, use ours, or stay without care and simply live independently.
Paying for a stay
One inclusive weekly rate, agreed in writing before you arrive — your apartment, the assessed level of care and support, and chef-prepared dining. Anything outside it is agreed with you in writing first, and indicative weekly rates are shared openly on request, before any commitment, so you can compare options calmly.
Funding routes we work with
- Self-funded stays — one inclusive weekly rate
- Local authority funding, including interim placements
- NHS Continuing Healthcare
- Private medical insurers — post-operative packages
We help with the applications too — ask, and we will talk you through what your situation allows. Eligibility decisions always rest with the assessing authority.