Welcome
Access Lodge is located on Southview a Parkdean holiday resort in Skegness. We cater for those with limited mobility and most wheelchair users (sadly not suitable for all wheelchairs, please check door widths prior to booking) will suit small family young and old (and in between!) Will also suit those who are visually impaired.
We accept assisted and guide dogs. Will consider toy/small breeds.
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Two car parking next to the lodge
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Ramped access to back door with threshold ramp.
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Open living/dining area with electric riser recliner chair.
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Freeview TV & DVD player and a selection of board games. Free WIFI
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Fully fitted kitchen with talking microwave if requested, washing machine, dishwasher & lowered cooking area, full size fridge and freezer, side opening electric cooker. Electric hand blender for those on blended food. Selection of drinking cups / plates & feeding spoons. Easy tilting kettle.
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Bedroom 1 - Profiling bed with or without bumpers + chair bed (opens to full size single)
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Overhead hoist & mobile hoist
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Sleep system on request
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Wet room with comfort toilet / shower seat / grab rails / tilting shower chair/commode
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Bedroom 2 - Two full size single electric beds (**Beds can be moved round to make access for a wheelchair on request, but only suited to those who can self transfer) There is a transfer banana board
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Side bed steady or bed rail on request
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Can provide a travel cot if required
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Family bathroom with full size bath and over shower (rising bath seat available on request for those who need that extra help in and out the bath)
The faces behind Access Lodge!
Phil and I have been together since 1996 and married in 2007.
Although Phil’s background is in the decorating trade, I went into the care sector working for the NHS looking after adults with disabilities and challenging behaviour. I then went onto the private sector working in a children’s home, then eventually went to work in a Special School for children with physical and medical needs.
While working at the school, I started doing respite care for children with disabilities at weekends and during school holidays and now these children have become young adults and are still part of our family 19 years later! Phil has also been by my side every step of the way embracing each young person I care for.
We have adapted our own home to accommodate our extended family with a ceiling track hoist, ramp and open spaces as these things make it so much easier and more comfortable for the young person staying. I then had the idea of having a holiday place as I found it more difficult to take the young people away overnight as they got older and bigger. So when I wanted to buy somewhere to help with holidays, Phil didn’t batter an eye! It took a couple of years to find a place we thought would work and within budget. We purchased the lodge, and between us, worked every spare weekend for a year adapting it, and this is the result!!
I decided to leave the school so I can concentrate on Access Lodge as well as continue to offer respite for the young people who have become part of our family.
I will meet you on your first day to hand over the keys and show you around and I have met some lovely guests through renting it out, and continue to meet many new families. I have listened to previous guests about any changes that need doing or any further equipment that may be of some use next time, or for someone else that may benefit from, I seem to see something every time I go out! From a new DVD or game to a coffee machine!! the list as they say, is never ending!!!....
Thank you to all those who have stayed at Access Lodge, returned to Access Lodge, and are booked to stay for the first time. I hope you find the place with everything you need for an enjoyable stay.
