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Residents are encouraged to live an active life where possible and to pursue personal hobbies and activities. The priority is for freedom of choice in a homely and comfortable atmosphere.
The home has completed a six-bed extension, and refurbished the whole building, and...
Care Provided by Hollybank Rest Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 23 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Stairlift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Day care is provided at a rate of £100 per day.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Hollybank Rest Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Hollybank Rest Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Good to Know
Owner
- hollybank rest home ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Michelle Hand (Registered Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2023
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (21)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (1)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (19)
Visiting
- No restrictions on visiting. CVisits are booked on the online booking system, visits can be booked by email or phone call.
Parking
- Limited parking at the front of the home, there is parking available near by.
Hollybank Rest Home Reviews (71)
Hollybank Rest Home has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.760) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Hollybank Rest Home has 71 reviews.
Very safe and caring environment. Staff are extremely polite, cheerful and respectful. They value the dignity of the resident and are welcoming to visitors.
We really enjoy our work and are always looking for new ways to make the days fun and interactive.
Its good to know our efforts are acknowledged and appreciated.
We consider ourselves very blessed to be able to support some of the most wonderful people in our community.
My aunt was a resident at Hollybank Rest Home and, sadly, passed away there. Whilst there, the care and support to not only my aunt but to my family and me was exemplary. Since she died, the Manager has kept in touch with me and continued to support me, going over and above the call of duty. It was as much a loss to lose Hollybank as it was to lose my aunt. It meant so much to me to know I could keep in touch with the manager and the team, and I am still in touch to this day. I promote Hollybank at every opportunity and am pleased to see that family friends are now staying at Hollybank, I cannot speak highly enough of the manager. Nothing is too much trouble and she ensures that Hollybank is a real home from home for the resident, and the families.
During the particularly difficult time over the last two years, and now when my mum is on her way out, the manager has lead her amazing team superbly well. Her careful decision making and attention to detail make you feel in very safe hands. I live far away and it's a relief to be able to trust my mum's welfare, comfort and safety is being so well managed.
My mother had been a resident for six years and during that time her care has been exemplary. I have been supported by management and staff and can't thank them all enough. Mum's dementia doesn't always make her easy to deal with but she is always cared for with kindness and dignity.
The home's approach in navigating a route through COVID has been spot-on, in my opinion. There has been a sensible blend of meeting the emotional needs of residents and their loved ones, and keeping residents shielded from the threat of infection.
My mum has fully embraced life at Hollybank Rest Home and is very happy there. She is also clearly very well cared for. Before going into care, her attitude was very much 'shoot me before putting me in one of those care homes'! We have been delighted to see just how much her attitude has changed as a result of first-rate care with the all-important personal touch.
Many thanks to the wonderful staff and management at Hollybank.
Thank you for letting us care for someone so precious.
My mum has been a resident since November 2019 at Hollybank. The care manager who runs this home has been outstanding with all procedures in protecting all residents, kept us up to speed with all progress and a pleasure to deal with, outstanding is really an understatement for how she runs things. I know my mum is safe, well cared for which is a great peace of mind for me.
Mum always said that it was the best decision she ever made to move to Hollybank. All she wanted was to be cared for and that’s exactly what they did. She loved them all and they became an extended family.
During Covid we had video calls set up for every Friday at 11 am which was a lifeline for both Mum and me. She was safe, well cared for and happy which was a comfort to me.
During Mum's last few days staff sat with her when I wasn’t around, even through the night so she wasn’t alone.
The manager and staff were there not only for Mum but for me too during those last few days and even there celebrating my Mum's life at her funeral. You are all amazing and have a gift.
Thank you everyone at Hollybank.
Thank you for your kind words Carolyn. Your mum made the brave decision to move back to Hampshire and we were lucky enough to be the home you chose. Your mum was always checking the staff where OK, even when she was not perhaps feeling too well herself, kind caring and selfless is how we will all...
My granny, a fiercely independent lady of very sound mind, had to make the move into a care home a few years ago due to her failing physical health. She was in her late 90s. After a false start in another home that didn't live up to her (normal) standards of cleanliness and comfort, she moved to Hollybanks and she thoroughly enjoyed every moment there! The team made her feel so welcome, allowing her to dress her room with everything which was important to her and made her feel completely at home. She was superbly looked after by the team, all of them making the effort to spend time with her, listening to her stories, spoiling her with her meal choices and generally helping her to live her final years with the fun, respect and dignity she deserved (until 101!). After living on her own for many years since the death of my grandfather, the attention and affection she experienced at Hollybanks made her time there a very special one. We can't thank them enough.
Your Granny was indeed fiercely independent and of sound mind and from that she leaves us with amazing lasting memories or "Veraism's" as we call them. She certainly enjoyed life even in lockdown she kept her spirits high and knew more about what was going on outside the home than we...
The manager was wonderful throughout the pandemic keeping everybody, staff included, free from the virus which was a huge achievement and I thank her so much.
Thank you.
The manager and her team are the best. One night as the manager came to say goodbye on her way home, Granny said she fancied a pancake, so the manager took off her coat and made Granny her pancake. 1 very quickly become 23+ as all the residents, having smelt them, decided they wanted one too! Nothing was too much trouble and everything was done with a smile and love.
A wonderful home.
Thank you for all you did for our amazing Granny.
We were blessed by a wonderful lady who had such a young outlook and an amazing sense of humour!
We miss her very much.
The management and staff of this home are outstanding, in that the care and safety of their residents come above all else, including the staffs' own families. Throughout 2020 and now well into 2021, they have all worked so well together to not only successfully safeguard the people that we have put into their care, but also give their cares enormous warmth and friendship. And they have no doubt given up much in their lives to do this - I think few many homes can truly say that.
Thank you so much for all your (and the rest of your family) It must be so hard, frustrating and upsetting being in Australia not knowing when you can travel again.
You have literally been on hand and anything we needed was there within days.
Between us remarkably we have supported each...
My dear Grandma has lived at Hollybank for 3 years and she couldn’t have been better loved and cared for by the manager and her wonderful team. Throughout Covid, with none of our family able to visit, they have kept her and all the other residents happy, healthy, stimulated and above all, safe. This was at the expense of themselves and their families and we are extremely grateful to every one of them for their care and kindness. Hollybank is a lovely home away from home and I wouldn’t wish for my Grandma to be anywhere else.
Thank you Lisa, your words are very kind and I am certain the team will appreciate it.
I can sleep well at night and the care home is a real team effort.
It indeed has been a very tough 15 months but we remained covid-19 free throughout the pandemic a testament to the team's hard work.
The team had to make huge sacrifices to ensure residents are cared for and supported, keeping the residents safe was...
Hollybank Rest Home has everything you need for a happy life, when I became a resident here in September I was greeted by the manager and staff with great kindness which made me feel at home right away. The decor is very tasteful, a lovely lounge with every comfort, you have a choice of meals which are very tasteful and medication is always attended to. The carers are so helpful and nothing is ever too much trouble.
I am glad you feel you were made welcome from the outset, and see Hollybank as "home",
here is to a great 2021.
Mum has been at Hollybank for two years and we feel very lucky to have found such a lovely home for her. She has a lovely room which was decorated for her and was taken on a shopping trip to pick curtains and cushions. There are lots of activities to do, lovely homemade food, birthdays and special occasions are always celebrated and lots of fun and laughter. During lockdown 2020 the home has been exceptional in keeping everyone safe, with the residents safety always coming first. The manager and staff are always available to help and nothing is too much trouble, myself and the rest of my family would highly recommend Hollybank.
Hollybank staff are caring and considerate and they make residents feel at home and well looked after. The food is good. The management has proven itself to be outstanding in the current Covid-19 crisis and is professional and responsive at all times. I do not feel my mother could be in better hands.
My mother has always been treated with the utmost care and consideration. She has blossomed under the loving attendance afforded her. She has been given special food to tempt her when she has been unwell, and nothing that we ask of the staff to do for my mother is too much trouble. Every member of the staff is kind and thoughtful. The manager has always replied to my emails promptly, even when off duty. She has done everything in her power to make my mother feel happy and loved. I cannot speak more highly of her care.
The Home itself is always clean and feels cheerful and welcoming.
My family and I feel very thankful that we have chosen Hollybank for our mother to spend her last days there.
As we all live at a distance from our mother, we have had to place our trust completely in the manager and her team at Hollybank. This carehome really is a home from home which provides comfortable, personalised care for every resident. The managers professionalism, dedication, decision-making, kindness and communication with relatives throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been impeccable. We could not have made a better decision when we entrusted the care of our mother to the wonderful staff at Hollybank. Thank you.
Mum has been living at Hollybank Rest Home for the last two years and she has been extremely happy there. The staff are very friendly and kind and treat mum how we would ourselves. Mum has a very pretty room which is always clean and tidy and there is a wonderful homely atmosphere throughout Hollybank and all the rooms are light and airy. There is a very pretty garden with plenty of seats and beautiful hanging baskets in the summer. The food is good and always nicely presented with flowers on the tables and the staff help with feeding when it's needed. There are a number of activities for the residents and Mum particularly likes a good song and dance and they all join in and really enjoy themselves. My sister and I have been immensely impressed with the love and kindness mum has received whilst she's lived at Hollybank but above all, we both have total peace of mind, which is worth a great deal. I honestly don't think we could have found a better home from home for our dear mum.
We are very lucky to have your mum with us and I have to say brings a smile to many a face.
These past four months have been testing and trying for everyone but we have all collectively pulled together and so thank you and the family for your continued support.
Rachael.
Hollybank provides a wonderful safe and caring environment for all residents. The staff are friendly and extremely helpful, nothing is too much trouble. The level of care is amazing and Mum has thrived and is so happy here which is the most important thing. I would also add that the support given to family members is above and beyond, particularly in the current situation of COVID where it is very hard not being able to visit our loved ones. The daily activities are imaginative and fun, the food is lovely, the environment is spotlessly clean and the facilities are brilliant. We are so blessed that we found somewhere so wonderful for our lovely to Mum stay. Thank you, everyone, at Hollybank for all that you do.
Rachael
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 12 June 2018Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
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- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
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