Derwent Residential Care Home

The staff have been incredibly kind, caring, and compassionate, and from the very beginning they have made us feel completely at ease. We have no doubt at all that we have chosen the right place, as the level of care and attention given is consistently reassuring. Communication has been excellent throughout; we are always kept well informed about everything and any questions we have are answered promptly and clearly. Knowing that Herbert is in such capable and considerate hands gives us great peace of mind, and we genuinely could not ask for more.

Staff always friendly and helpful, waylaying any worry and nothing is to much trouble. Home is always clean and tidy and a happy atmosphere .

The team will liaise with me if something needs to be discussed or if she is needing something.

It is nice to see her so well settled in and looked ater

The staff are wonderful, always cheerful, upbeat, and genuinely accommodating. The admin and management team are highly professional, and I've never once felt I made the wrong decision placing my dad here. It's been a reassuring and positive experience throughout.

My wife has been living at Derwent for nearly 5 weeks, and I am extremely pleased with the staff and the environment. Everyone is helpful and caring, and the house (or two houses in one!) and grounds are very pleasant. Also, her room is lovely, and I am very relieved that Derwent is now my wife's home. My only criticism is that so far, I haven't been aware of much in the way of activities there. Overall, I would rather give 5 stars than 4 but perhaps 4 and a half would be more accurate. Value for money is a difficult thing to assess for a layperson, but compared to other residential homes, I would say Derwent is good value for money.

Denise

The whole environment is warm and welcoming

My mother has been a resident here for the past two years, and although she is progressing with her dementia, the care home manager and his staff have been very understanding and caring both with my mum and us as a family, always keeping us updated on what's going on. I know she is well looked after here

The staff are caring, patient and supportive both to mum and myself. Easy to talk to and I feel they listen or take on board any concerns. The one issue can be food, but mum has complained less lately. Mum is always clean and appears well cared for and any health issues are dealt with promptly. Lovely family atmosphere but more activities would be good.

Right from the very day my mother entered the care home, the staff have been amazing. Nothing is to much trouble. The facilities are excellent and spotless. Whilst she suffers with her memory she is always talking to at least one member of staff and getting about with her zimmer. Our small family have just celebrated her 90th at the care home and we were even allowed to bring in my daughter's new cocker spaniel puppy, which put a big smile on my mother face. I can't thank them enough for making her life bearable.

Good caring/friendly care staff, all get on well with my mum, and provide her a good family atmosphere. Clean environment, good food and a nice spacious room. Helpful and understanding management team. I feel my mum is being looked after well, following her move to Derwent in November 2024. After the initial move and some initial confusion on her part, she now appears to have settled and is accepting of the new environment

The care home look after my nan really well they go above and beyond for her. The staff are really friendly could do with a activity person so that the residents have something to look forward to, other than that it's a lovely home, nice atmosphere and the residents seem happy.

My mum absolutely loves it here. She has been here couple of years now and has made couple of friends. She is finally safe. The staff are amazing and friendly and so helpful. Only thing I would recommend is more activities. Staff always go above and beyond to he caring and kind and helpful.

We moved my mother to Derwent Residential Care Home and the staff and management helped us through what was a difficult transition. They were kind, honest and professional and treated us as family, and my mother with care and dignity at a very stressful time. Sadly my mother died only 3 weeks after she arrived at Derwent but in those 3 weeks, she was well looked after.

I cannot recommend this place any more the staff are amazing my Nan was looked after and loved by all staff they made her feel like family. I visited every day they always welcomed me in and answered any questions I had, the manager is such a lovely man he went above and beyond to make nans last days as comfortable as possible. I will always remember all the staff and will always be in their debt for how amazing and caring they all are, thank you again and I will still pop in and see you all and say hello to the residents who I also became close to,

I cannot fault the care at Derwent. My mum loves all the staff and it’s a very safe environment. They are all exceptionally good at what they do and have plenty of care and understanding for my mum who is nonverbal. My only negatives are that mum sometimes doesn’t get up until 11 am and has her breakfast then and about an hour later will have her lunch. The only other downfall is they do not have enough activities at present, but there is a new manager who hopefully will bring this in place. Very impressed with the communications by the new manager to us as a family to keep us updated at all times.

The care home always looks clean and tidy and staff are all friendly and helpful.

Ever since I have been a resident my care has been second to none. The management and staff are so caring and nothing is ever too much trouble and always ready to listen to you if you need them. I would thoroughly recommend this home to anyone without question.

From the first time of seeing the home we were put at ease, the home is lovely and clean, no smells and the staff are lovely. Very spacious and well set out. The kitchen is lovely and clean and the meals smell lovely. We saw two homes before Derwent and they were disgusting. I can actually sleep at night knowing they are in good hands.