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Care Provided by Woodlands
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 40 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)
- Smoking not permitted
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Our care home fees are based on the care needs of each resident and their choice of room within our home. We have varying levels of care provision and different types of room, based on the size, outlook and facilities.
All inclusive pricing - Our care fees include all accommodation and household bills, personal care, all meals, snacks and non-alcoholic refreshments, and the cleaning and laundry service. Extra services can be purchased as required, such as telephone, hairdressing and chiropody. Our rooms are unfurnished, we welcome you to bring your familiar and favourite furniture.
We are a not for profit organisation which means any surplus we make in income is invested back into our properties to improve the quality of life of our residents. Sussex Housing & Care has been supporting older people to live brighter lives since 1946.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Woodlands for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Woodlands 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
Group / Owner
- Sussex Housing & Care
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Louise Walker(Care Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2013
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (20)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (10)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (20)
- Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (10)
Visiting
- Visitors welcome to the care home, come for a hot drink, enjoy lunch or join in with an activity. Many options for places to visit the residents including, communal lounge or dining room, a welcoming day room or their own private bedroom.
Parking
- Free onsite parking.
Woodlands Reviews (82)
Woodlands has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.539) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Woodlands has 82 reviews.
An excellent home providing good care facilities. Professional and caring staff who are always attentive to residents. Good communication from management.
Thank you for your review. We put residents at the heart of everything we do and it's great that you see this, along with our good communication and facilities.
He was unwell after a fall but with great care had now bounced back.
Thank you to all Woodlands staff for your great care.
Thank you for your review, it's great to hear your dad is feeling better and our care team have helped him.
My wife and myself came to the Christmas party. Everybody enjoyed the singing and the buffet was very good as well.
Thanks for joining us at our Christmas Party, everyone had a great time and it was lovely to see residents and their families celebrating together.
Happy with staff, food and activities.
Thank you for your review. We're pleased your mum is settling in well to Woodlands.
Dad is very happy in the home, we had a lovely Xmas Party with the entertainment and food. The residents really enjoyed it as the staff are so attentive.
Thank you for coming to our Christmas party, we love having a great time and bringing a smile to residents' faces!
We recently celebrated my mother's birthday at the home, and they put on a small gathering for her family with drinks and a cake in the new cafe area, which has been made much more comfortable and inviting with hot drinks available at all times.
Thank you for your review. We love celebrating our resident's birthdays, and it was another big milestone for your mother! Thank you for your feedback on our new cafe area; it's proving to be a real success for our residents, their visitors and our staff.
Such a warm and caring home for my mum. The carers take time to get to know the residents and what makes their day better. Management are always available should you need them and the nursing team is always excellent. The activities for the residents are very well thought out and appropriate theming them to the seasons and events throughout the year.
Thank you for your excellent review. Getting to know each resident individually is important to us and we love creating activities that interest our residents. Thank you for your feedback about our care team - we agree, they are amazing!
Everything about Woodlands was excellent until my cousin suffered a fall and her behaviour and personality changed. Sadly Woodlands found they were no longer equipped to meet her new needs and the trees had to move to a home that could provide for these new needs.
Thank you for your review. We are pleased that your cousin enjoyed her time at Woodlands, and flower arranging was a favourite activity of hers. We are a dementia-friendly care home, and many of our residents live well with dementia in our community, however, we are not a registered dementia home,...
Mum moved in back in May and was very unsettled for a while. The staff have gone above and beyond to help her settle in. Everyone is friendly and cannot do enough for her. The daily activities are a good distraction for her. I cannot praise the Woodlands Staff enough.
Thank you for your 5* review, we are pleased our fantastic team were able to help settle your mum into life at Woodlands and she's enjoying the activities.
Mum has been living at Woodlands for just over two years now, having moved there with Dad, who sadly passed away in December 2020. The staff are all very caring and nice, and Mum has never complained since she's been in the home. The staff go out of their way to provide lots of different activities for the residents, and Mum really enjoys the entertainers that go in regularly. During the pandemic, despite many care homes going into complete lockdown, Woodlands adapted one of their rooms to enable pre-booked visits which were really important for the resident's well-being. You would have to go a long way to find a better place for care.
Thank you for your brilliant review and for sharing an insight into what it's like to have a loved one living at Woodlands. We agree, our staff team are fantastic! It's lovely your mum enjoys the variety of activities and entertainment.
We could not have found a better care home than Woodlands. This was reinforced recently by paramedics visiting Mum who said they go to many care homes, but Woodlands is one of the best! It was a huge decision for Mum to move from assisted living to a care home but it was the right one. Mum is treated with kindness, compassion and respect by everyone. She has settled in so well and enjoys her new life which makes her and us very happy. Despite the immense pressure care homes are under now, Woodlands staff are amazing and do a wonderful job. Thank you all, we are very grateful.
Thank you for your incredible 5-star review of Woodlands. We agree, our team are fantastic and we're proud of the service we give our residents and families. Thank you.
Mum is happy and well looked after. Although standards are not yet back to how they were pre-pandemic, I am sure they will improve in the next few months. The staff are very friendly and efficient.
Thanks for your review, we're happy your mum is being well looked after and you find our team friendly and efficient. Our care home manager will be in touch to meet with you to catch up.
My mum lived with me for two years and I cared for her but it was time that we both needed more help with her care. In the two months that she came to Woodlands, she has settled very quickly and already feels like it is her home. All the staff have been wonderful, caring, kind and respectful. We feel very lucky to find a care home like Woodlands that can provide all the support and care that my mum and I so needed due to her advancing years, fragility and health issues. My mum has capacity and she constantly praises the care she and the other residents are given. I would highly recommend Woodlands to anyone who needs a wonderful caring home for their loved ones.
Your review is fantastic, thank you for sharing your feelings about Woodlands and our team. We're so pleased to be able to enrich your mum's life and support you too.
I've just attended a Macmillan coffee morning at Woodlands - a fun and inclusive event. It was a pleasure to witness first-hand how my dad's life is being enriched and to meet so many of the lovely staff and see their friendly and caring interactions with the residents. Dad is healthy and happy and has settled in well to the Woodlands community.
Thank you for your brilliant review and we're delighted you enjoyed our Macmillan event and your dad is settling in well at Woodlands.
Can't fault Woodlands.
A 5* review, thank you! We're pleased you are happy with Woodlands and your friend is enjoying living there.
My mother arrived at Woodlands initially for one month's respite in early May 2022. Understandably, she took a little time to settle in but she soon did so. She has not had company for a long time and enjoys chatting with other residents and staff who are all so caring and attentive.
We're so pleased your mother is settled at Woodlands and is enjoying everyone's company, it makes such a difference to have engaging activities and people to socialise with. Thank you for your review.
My mother spent a week at Woodlands for respite care. I visited her a couple of times that week and found the staff very pleasant and helpful. Everyone knew who my mother was and I was impressed with the facilities and the care she received. Mum also spoke very highly about the kindness and support she received from the staff.
Thank you for your review, we're pleased you and your mother found our team to be helpful and kind during your mother's stay.
I was unsure about staying at Woodlands for a week and on arrival was very anxious about how I would manage, especially as my room was on the first floor and I would have to use the lift. I need not have worried as the staff were helpful, kind and supportive. I was able to sit outside on a patio in the afternoons - lovely and several day rooms to use in the mornings where one could be quiet and write letters etc. My overall impression was of a well-run home, well-ordered meal times and really kind staff.
It's great to hear first-hand about how you found your stay at Woodlands. We're pleased you settled and enjoyed our variety of communal rooms and garden, as well as our kind staff. Thank you for sharing your review.
As a visitor, everything about the care home is good. I am not so sure about the opinion of a resident with Alzheimer's and have no interest in anything other than going back home! Very difficult for the staff to deal with.
Thank you for your review. As you know, we are a dementia-friendly care home (rather than dementia registered) and we do all we can to accommodate and support residents to live well with dementia.
The staff are consistently friendly, polite and approachable. Activities and meals are second to none. My client would highly recommend Woodlands to others.
Thanks for your kind review, we're very pleased your client is so happy at Woodlands.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 05 December 2019Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- 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.
Bed Vacancies
2 Bed Vacancies
Posted: 06 July 2026Vacancies available for short or longer term care.Please contact Care Home Manager for availability.
News (2) & Events (0)
- 06 Jul 2026
Care home residents, students and local communities came together in a celebration of creativity, connection and football at a series of vibrant ‘Palette to Pitch’ events hosted by Sussex Housing...
- 10 Dec 2024
Are you looking to get away this winter, but need to know your loved one is in safe hands? Or perhaps they'd like more people to chat to, support with...
There are no upcoming events for Woodlands.
Awards / Recognitions (3)
- 05 Sep 2018Recipient: Sussex Housing & Care
- 17 Nov 2016Recipient: Woodlands
- 01 Nov 2016Recipient: Sussex Housing & Care
Meet the Team (4)

I started working in care in 2010 and worked my way from Care Assistant, through senior care roles, Deputy Manager to finally becomming the Care Home Manager.
I am passionate about my work. I enjoy the variety of work and meeting new people and supporting them at time when they need help and reassurance. I absolutely love bringing energy and creativity to every activity and watch how residents’ faces light up.
Residents are at the very centre of our Woodlands family. Everything I do is with their wellbeing and happiness in mind. Each member of our team is dedicated to giving the best care and making a positive difference to residents’ lives every day.
Woodlands has a very homely and friendly atmosphere, together we're one warm and friendly community.

"I joined in April 2024. My journey in the care field started in 2017, beginning with my BTEC in Nursing, which equipped me with a strong foundation for my career. Following comprehensive training in various hospital settings, including emergency, intensive care, and palliative care, I transitioned to roles in care homes. Starting as a support worker and progressing to assistant general manager back in Spain, I discovered genuine fulfilment in this environment.
Since relocating to the UK, I've served as a Senior Carer whilst qualifying as a Biomedical Scientist. What draws me most to working with older people is the profound sense of gratitude they express when receiving care and support. Witnessing their appreciation fuels my passion for this work every day.
In my role, I support the manager and team to make sure our residents receive the highest standard of care possible. I'm dedicated to providing compassionate support and assistance and fostering a sense of security and comfort for residents in our care."

I joined the Woodlands catering team in 2024 and I love seeing the joy of people eating my food and the benefits it brings to them.
It's great to see residents together in the dining room, socialising over my dishes and benefitting from a variety of homecooked dishes and a nutritious, well-balanced menu.

Hi, I'm Liz, I am the care home administrator at Woodlands and am often the first point of contact when you call or visit our home. I enjoy liaising with residents and their families and helping to make sure new residents settle in well. I often show people around the home, answering questions and making the transition to moving to Woodlands as smooth as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.
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