The Meadow

Since mum moved to the Meadows we have been so impressed with the care and kindness the staff show her on a daily basis and she is now settling into life there. The facilities are excellent and Mum loves the food thanks to the wonderful chef and catering team. There are activities and chaplain visits weekly and we are always welcome to visit Mum or take her out locally. We have found the communication with the Manager and administration team to be prompt and highly professional. I would highly recommend this beautiful home and caring staff to anyone considering a residential setting.

My mother spent the last two and a half years at The Meadow. She was the type of person who never wanted to go into a home and was a fussy eater, she had been a chef. To my surprise, she became extremely happy, thereafter, a very short while and continued to be so until she recently died, at 98. I cannot praise the home too much. From the excellent management to all the caring staff. It relieved me of my worries because The Meadow provides such excellent care. I cannot thank all the staff enough.

We feel blessed to have found this little pocket of calm for my father.

Thank you for all your kindness during this very stressful time.

When we were allowed inside, The Meadows was always kept very clean and had been decorated and refurbished recently.

The care home is in a very quiet, green location with space for parking. It is a restful and welcoming place to visit.

A friend of ours, we are Power of Attorney for her, has been a resident of The Meadow since February 2014. In all the years, she has been looked after beautifully by the care team and auxiliary staff and has always been happy and contented. She is a very private and religious person, and although spending most days in her room by choice, she enjoys the Friday church services. Personally, we know her to be strong-willed, exacerbated since the early onset of dementia, however, the staff have handled her condition sensitively and most appropriately. As her immediate family and relatives live abroad, we very much appreciate the dedication of the management team, and everyone else at The Meadow, in making our task so much easier, no task or request is too much, always friendly and helpful.

My husband went into the Meadow in June 2020 and in November 2020 for respite care and then became a permanent resident there in the New Year of 2021. When I visit him, he appears orientated and calm and looks well cared for. He enjoys the food and apparently asks for 'seconds', which in itself is a good recommendation. I think that when the summer comes, he will be very happy to walk in the garden or to sit in the conservatory. My observation of the staff is that they are extremely caring and helpful. They allow the resident to be themselves and act from that premise. I am very happy that he resides in The Meadow.

Since the Lockdown, all staff have continued to show an outstanding level of professionalism, positivity and dedication to the residents. Mum is relaxed and well cared for, and clearly feels safe. The staff have gone to great lengths to ensure visits can continue if at all possible. I am extremely grateful to all staff at The Meadow for looking after my mum so beautifully.

Could not recommend The Meadow more highly. It is extremely well-run and managed with caring and affectionate staff who have often gone out of their way to ensure that my relative, who arrived with early Alzheimer’s, could continue living her life, going out into the community, as fully as possible. This included regularly arranging paying off her bills at local cafes so she could still continue to visit them after she was no longer able to manage her money. The Meadow have brought me such peace of mind and, during lockdown, they did their best to give relatives updates and facilitate contact via phone calls and online means with myself and my relative’s friends. Also, it’s setting in a green space and with it’s safe enclosed garden area, is a real asset for residents who cannot leave the premises. I am deeply grateful to the management team, the care team and auxiliary staff including in catering and maintenance, and to the administrative team - always friendly and helpful.

I only needed to visit The Meadow once to know that it was absolutely the right place for my sister. The staff were kind and friendly and have since proven to be extremely efficient in carrying out their duties. I am very happy that my sister was able to get a place in this lovely care home.

My mother has Alzheimer’s and has been a resident at The Meadow for two years. It is well-organised and friendly. Most staff have worked there a long time and it appears to be a family atmosphere where staff work well together. The home is bright, tidy, clean and well-maintained with a lovely garden and set in a pleasant green, calm estate. There is a decent level of activities although sadly, but necessarily, these have reduced due to Covid’s visitor restrictions. Personal care is good; my mother is clean and groomed, the food is of a good standard, and her medical needs are met (the home has a close relationship with the GPs). MHA’s general reaction to the Covid situation has been admirable. They were pro-active in sorting out PPE and in-house testing, and continue to be committed and rigorous in their response to an extremely challenging time. This has further assured me that my mother is in a caring and responsible environment. Any concerns I do have are addressed promptly.

Thank you to all at The Meadow, my mum could not be in better, safer or more caring hands.

The location is great and the gardens are a quiet sanctuary to sit in. The staff are professional and caring and do a great of job looking after the needs of the people in their care. The environment is relaxed, clean and homely. Various activities are laid on which those more able can participate in, such as musical sing-along sessions for enjoyment and upliftment.

The Meadow is an excellent care home with extremely compassionate and highly competent staff who treat residents with dignity and respect. It is very well-led. The home is extremely well maintained and scrupulously clean. It has great facilities, including a really wonderful garden. Together with other family members and friends we have visited regularly over the past 18 months and have, without exception, found the Meadow to be a remarkably happy place with a real feeling of safety. The response to Covid-19 has been impressive and highly effective. We could not be more happy with the care that our mother is receiving (which is extensive given complex needs). Moreover, we could not imagine our mother feeling more safe or content in any other setting (and we make this comment after keeping Mum in her own home with live-in carers for as long as we could and then in another care home prior to her moving to the Meadow). We are very grateful and would highly recommend The Meadow.

All in all, we are very confident that The Meadow is the best place for my sister to be.

Mum moved into The Meadow six months ago and for the first time in the past couple of years, I feel that with the increasingly rapid progression of her Mixed Dementia with Alzheimer's, she is safe, stimulated, and cared for. The Meadow is really beautifully decorated and very clean and has a lovely garden. The staff are superb and at any given time when I call, whoever I speak to seems to have up to the minute information on Mum and can tell me what I need to know. The three-month review was a revelation in that it was apparent that the team really do get my Mum. Lockdown has been hard for everyone but The Meadow has managed Covid 19 very effectively to protect the residents, staff and also families. We can now visit outdoors again which has been lovely both in terms of seeing Mum but also seeing the smiling faces of the staff who offer very practical advice and support when needed.

Came to see my mother-in-law today. The standard of care is excellent as always, as has been the response to COVID, and is delivered with a high degree of humanity and warmth, and, as a son-in-law and an NHS consultant physician, I couldn't recommend The Meadow more.

My Mum has advanced dementia and has lived at The Meadow for the last 14 months. I feel quite emotional describing the care mum has received since her arrival, it is really exceptional and especially through the challenges of the last 4 months. Mum settled in so well from the beginning and has been comfortable and content throughout her time here. Carers are expert and genuinely compassionate, this is a home where staff are always busy, if not attending to residents needs, they are sitting with them, providing company. Management is excellent, any concerns are dealt with immediately and communication is very good, including coordinating care and health issues with GPs and third party providers. I am so relieved that our mum is being cared for so well, in such a great setting at this stage in her life and endlessly grateful to all the staff who work so hard to make this happen.

I am very impressed with the way The Meadow has handled the Covid Crisis. Great care has been taken to ensure the safety of the residents and when it became possible for friends to visit, proper arrangements were made. It is very good that relatives and friends receive regular updates. The staff are very attentive and caring. The building is well maintained and always very clean. My friends who are residents enjoy the food and always praise the staff.