Waterleigh Nursing Home

When caring becomes a lifeline, and connection is the greatest gift.
In a nursing home shadowed by dementia and loss, two lives—carer and patient—find unexpected hope, proving that even the smallest moments can change everything.

In this poignant novel, Ms Erin Flynn is a dedicated young carer navigating the challenges of her own family life while working in a nursing home. When Sarah Graham, a transgender patient diagnosed with early onset dementia, is admitted for permanent care, Erin discovers a unique connection that transcends their circumstances. Together, they reveal that even in the final stages of life, human connection and purpose remain vital.

Set against the backdrop of a modern care home, this story draws on the author’s ten years of firsthand experience, offering an authentic and compassionate look at the complexities of caregiving. Though the outcome is inevitable and bittersweet, Waterleigh Nursing Home reminds us that life—and hope—endure. Because of where it is set, there can be no happy ending. What happens is logical and unavoidable. Yet life continues.
Written with the author’s ten year’s experience of working in a modern care home, he brings his observation and understanding to offer a new type of discernment and appreciation of what carers undergo.