Independent living
Garden cottage
Your own front door, a shaded veranda and a garden bed to plant as you like.
From N1,650,000 a month, all inclusive
2 free now
Senior living on the lagoon, Victoria Island
Your own front door,good company,and care close by.
Forty-two cottages, apartments and care suites set in four acres of garden by the water, with nurses on duty day and night and a dining hall that cooks like home.
An illustrated 3D model of Evermore Village sits here: a round green island on a lagoon with garden cottages around a path, the dining hall and clinic, a bandstand on the green, a lily pond, palm and flame trees. You can change the season and fly the camera to six stops on the tour. Under reduced motion or low-data mode a drawn picture of the village is shown instead.
The whole village, dry season
Take the tour
March and April bring the flame trees into bloom. Mornings on the green start early, before the heat, and the lily pond is at its best.
Welcome
A village, not a ward
Evermore opened in 2014 when Dr Funmilayo Adebayo-Cole could not find a place in Lagos where her own mother would be happy. She wanted somewhere with a garden, proper Nigerian food, a nurse who knew her mother's name and a room full of her own things.
Twelve years on, 86 people live here. Some come for the company and the peace of mind, some because a husband or wife needs more care than can be given at home, some for a few weeks after a hospital stay. All of them have their own front door.
The Evermore family
86
residents today
14
nurses and carers on each day
4
acres of garden
12
years by the lagoon
Four ways to live here
Choose the home that fits this season of life
Every residence includes meals, laundry, cleaning, utilities with full power backup, activities and a nurse on call. Care is added as it is needed, never before.
Independent living
Lagoon apartment
Bright rooms in the main house with a balcony over the lagoon and dining a lift ride away.
From N1,250,000 a month, all inclusive
3 free now
Daily support with dressing
Assisted suite
A suite in the care wing with a carer a call button away, day and night.
From N2,100,000 a month, all inclusive
1 free now
For residents living with dementia
Memory care suite
A quieter wing with its own garden loop, familiar routines and a team trained in dementia care.
From N2,650,000 a month, all inclusive
1 free now
A day at Evermore
Follow the sun across a usual day
Nothing on the timetable is compulsory. Many residents choose one or two things a day, and some choose none.
Breakfast
Akara, pap, bread and eggs, or porridge, in the dining hall or brought to your door.
Gentle exercise
Chair yoga or a walk around the green with our physio.
Clubs
Gardening, book club, Ludo and draughts, painting or the sewing circle.
Lunch
The main meal of the day, with a choice of two dishes and a light plate.
Rest and visitors
Quiet time in the cottages, tea on the veranda, grandchildren in the garden.
Choir and music
Hymns, highlife and old favourites in the music room.
Supper
Pepper soup, moi moi, yam porridge or something lighter.
Evening
A film, Nollywood classics or a quiet game before bed.
Care, honestly
Someone always comes
We care for people as they are. We do not promise outcomes. We promise that when the bell rings, day or night, someone you know will answer it.
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Nurses day and night
Registered nurses on every shift, with carers trained in-house and refreshed every quarter.
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A visiting doctor
Twice a week, and on call. Most residents keep their own family doctor too.
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Physiotherapy on site
Sessions in our therapy room or by the pool, often covered by your HMO.
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Medicines managed
Stored safely, given on time and checked with your pharmacist and family.
Dining
Cooking like home, for eighty-six homes
Our cooks are from all over Nigeria and cook the way your mother did, with dieticians checking salt, sugar and texture for anyone who needs it.
Families say
Notes on the board
Mummy has her own garden again. She tells me off for not visiting enough, which is how I know she is happy.
The night nurse called me at two in the morning to say Papa had a fall and was fine, and what they had done. That call is why we chose this place.
I came for three weeks after my hip operation and stayed for the choir. Two years now.
Plan ahead
Tools for families
Fees calculator
Choose a residence, care level and extras and see the monthly total.
Respite stays
A few nights to a few weeks, while family travel or after a hospital stay.
Village map
Find the cottages, the clinic, the pool and the shortest shaded routes.
How to join
Five steps, a checklist of documents and the care assessment.
Visit
Come for lunch, any day
Visits are free and take about ninety minutes: a walk round the gardens, a look inside a cottage and a suite, a chat with the head of care, and lunch in the dining hall. Bring whoever will help decide.
5 Lagoon Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos (example address). Parking inside the gate and a golf buggy from the car park for anyone who would rather not walk.
Village news
From the notice board
Wellbeing
Looking after older skin and lungs in harmattan
Simple habits our nurses use every December.
Village life
The Evermore choir goes on tour
Three churches, one school hall and a very long bus ride.
For families
Having the conversation with a parent
How to start talking about a move, and what to avoid.
Come for lunch and see for yourself
Most families decide after one visit. Walk the gardens, meet the nurses, sit in a cottage and stay for lunch in the dining hall. It is free, and there is no pressure.