Southlands Place is a bright, modern, home-from-home with excellent facilities.J M(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The food is very good and my partner's well-being has improved since he moved in.A B(Partner of Resident/Service User)
The staff are so friendly and helpful. They really go out of their way and pay attention to detail.A B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Southlands Place is a bright, modern, home-from-home with excellent facilities.J M(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The food is very good and my partner's well-being has improved since he moved in.A B(Partner of Resident/Service User)
The staff are so friendly and helpful. They really go out of their way and pay attention to detail.A B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Located in a quiet residential area in Bexhill-on-Sea, Southlands Place provides residential, dementia and nursing care on a permanent and respite basis.
Residents at the East Sussex care home can enjoy quality facilities including a café, cinema room and hair and beauty salon. There is also a bespoke pub, ‘The Bluebell Inn’, where residents can enjoy a drink with loved ones. Each bedroom is designed and furnished to a high standard...
Care Provided by Southlands Place
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 72 Service Users
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
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
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
- Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1,595
- Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1,595
- Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1,845
- Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1,845
- RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1,745
- RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1,743
- RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1,845
- RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1,845
care and support required by each individual. Premium rooms normally require an additional charge.
• All care and support including a monthly review of care plans
• All meals, snacks and drinks freshly prepared every day by our chef
• In-house café with homemade cakes, and a variety of speciality teas and coffees
• Use of in-house cinema
• Access to landscaped gardens
• Activities and lifestyle programme
• All utilities and other accommodation costs
• Housekeeping and laundry services
• WiFi internet access
appointments not covered by the NHS, toiletries, newspapers or magazines, any over the counter
medications that a GP wouldn’t normally prescribe such as paracetamol and indigestion relief, and any
other privately arranged healthcare. Should you require an escort to hospital appointments, we may apply
an agreed hourly charge for this service.
Contact Southlands Place 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)
Support you may be entitled to
- If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group/Owner
- Care UK
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Fiona Yurteri (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 60+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (72)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (72)
Visiting
- Open visiting policy at Southlands Place, so friends and family may visit residents at the times which are convenient for them. Beautiful coastal location.
Southlands Place Reviews (97)
Southlands Place has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.739) out of 10, based on 37 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Southlands Place has 97 reviews.
Amazing, kind staff, all of them. Meals are excellent.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and for your positive words about our home and the team at Southlands Place. Your comments will be shared with the team.
Since moving to another home she has a dedicated wheelchair and is up and joining in with other residents. The change in her is remarkable.
To cap it all, I have still not received the deposit I paid. My dealings with the finance department have been a nightmare, emails are ignored or the statements that it will be sorted or the finance team will be in touch are just not true.
All my worries were completely unfounded. Southlands Place is a bright, modern, home-from-home with excellent facilities. The staff are amazing and cared for Dad as if he were part of their own family.
The staff were always on hand to give me updates on my dad's condition, and if I wasn’t there, they phoned me with updates.
Unfortunately, my dad’s condition deteriorated as is expected with dementia, but throughout his final days, the staff cared for both Dad and our family with the utmost care, respect, sensitivity and compassion until he passed.
I must give a special mention and our utmost thanks to three particular members of staff, as without your care, my dad and our family would not have coped with this stressful and emotional time.
Thank you for taking the time to share your review of Southlands Place and for your kind comments. We aim to offer a warm, caring community where all residents are cared for as if by family and that all family members feel supported. Thank you for your kind words and recognition of the team; we are...
Overall happy. The cooks could be better - more traditional food. It would be nice for the lounge fireplace to be on. The nurse is very kind and helpful.
Many thanks for your positive review Tom. Your comments will be fed back to the rest of the team and we welcome any suggestions you may have.
The staff are so friendly and helpful. They really go out of their way and pay attention to detail. The rooms are spacious and immaculately clean. There is always a lovely variety of organised activities on offer. It's a lovely, calm and relaxing atmosphere here.
Thank you for your review and positive comments regarding Southlands Place and our team, who work hard to ensure those living in our community receive the best care and can get involved in the activities should they wish. It is a pleasure to care for your Mum and see her smile; that is what we strive as a team to accomplish. Your feedback will be passed on to the team.
Many thanks to all of you.
We would like to thank you for your words of kindness which are very much appreciated. It means a lot to us that you feel your mum is well cared for at Southlands Place and it is a pleasure to be able to care for her and make your time with your mum special. We strive for personalised-centred care...
The incredible care and compassion that was shown to my dad and mum whilst in your care was second to none. They felt happy and safe at Southlands and were always treated with utmost care and respect. We cannot thank you enough for giving my dad the best care during his final weeks. ‘Thank you’ are only two small words, but your kindness has meant the world to us all.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a touching and heartfelt review! Your parents were a pleasure to care for and we really hope we made your dad’s last weeks as peaceful as possible. The care and services we deliver as a team to our residents and their families is extremely important to us and to hear your comments is much appreciated. Your feedback will be shared with the team.
She could no longer cope at home and after a spell in hospital, it was decided that she should come to Southlands Place.
The care and attention that the staff gave Mum was excellent.
Nothing was too much trouble.
The nurses were dedicated and very kind.
Mum commented on how much she enjoyed the variety of food that was served.
Sadly, Mum passed away a few weeks ago.
Thank you to all staff for supporting Mum and me.
I would highly recommend Southlands Place.
We look forward to your visit in the near future. I will pass on your kind words to the team.
My 96-year-old dad has been at Southlands Place for four weeks now. My sister and I have only the highest praise for his care and support as he is now no longer safe to live at home independently on his own. The staff, from the care manager, deputy, reception, housekeepers, catering staff and especially the wonderful, cheerful, friendly carers are a credit to the home. We have never seen anything to complain about - today on his 96th birthday - nothing was too much trouble - we had lunch in a beautifully decorated balloon-filled room with a superb meal, prosecco and special birthday care - it made his day.
Ceri, we are so pleased to read your wonderful comments about the care your dad is receiving at Southlands Place. We loved celebrating his birthday with you and are so glad we made it so special for him. I will pass your feedback on to the rest of the team.
I am happy with the care of my husband. Also happy with the staff. More musical entertainment would make my husband happier.
Many thanks for your positive review Monica. Your wonderful comments have been passed on to the team. We feel that musical activities are beneficial and we ensure our residents are able to enjoy them but we are still open to new ideas.
My brother was "fast-tracked" from the hospital to Southlands Place at the end of December, with a prognosis of six months. Unfortunately, he passed away after three months, but during that time, he received excellent care and kindness from the staff. Thank you for making his last days as comfortable and pain-free as possible.
Thank you Janet for your kind words and recognition of the team at Southlands Place. We are really sorry for your loss and we are glad we made your brother’s last months as peaceful as possible. Your comments will be passed on to the team.
I have been at Southlands Place for seven months and have been happy here. All the staff are very kind and caring towards the residents. We are all treated with dignity and respect.
Sheila, thank you for your kind words; it means so much to the team to hear that you feel supported and cared for while at Southlands Place. It is a pleasure to be able to have you as part of our home. We enjoy our chats with you.
I am very happy with the care my mother has received. Her food was pureed as she couldn't swallow solids and fortified drinks were provided. The staff are friendly and nothing is too much trouble. I have recommended Southlands Place to a number of friends.
We are so pleased to read your wonderful comments about the care your mother received, which are very much appreciated. All comments will be passed on to the team, and thank you again for the review.
I'm sure Mum has no real understanding of the events of this spring, but now there's an obvious ring of care around Mum in her current environment. The meds, dehydration and nutritional issues have been dealt with, and to be selfish, I've finally had the head space to comprehend recent events.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review during this difficult time. We are glad to read your comments about the care your mother is receiving at Southlands Place and that we have managed to support her in sorting out the previous issues mentioned. It is lovely to see that your mother has...
Lovely surroundings.
Thank you, Irene; on behalf of the Southlands team, we would like to thank you for your wonderful feedback.
My mother needed time to recover from 3-weeks in hospital following an injury and rebuild her confidence to be able to return home. From the moment we first looked around, the staff at Southlands Place have been brilliant. They have looked after my mum and kept me updated on her progress during her stay when needed. I have been able to regularly visit any time of the week, which was helpful as I had to travel from London or Brighton. The room that she had was very well appointed, airy and clean. The other spaces are also very good and helped to encourage my mum to get out and about and talk to other residents. Mum is now home, and the staff have been great at helping me to make sure she has gone back to her house with appropriate support around her. Southlands is a lovely, friendly environment, and I am very happy to recommend.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a fantastic review, Natalie! We're happy to hear that your mother enjoyed her time at Southlands Place and received such great care. I will pass on your kind comments to the whole team.
Mum was transferred from hospital to Southlands just over a month ago for initially a month's respite care; she now doesn't want to go home! On arrival at the home, the family were all concerned about how Mum would adjust to such a big change. However, the friendliness and welcome from the staff soon put us all at our ease. The care and attention to detail of Mum's individual needs have been respected and surpassed. Our experience to date is that this is a home where staff are prepared to go the extra mile to ensure the happiness and safety of their service users, and where any questions and concerns of the family have been met with professionalism and empathy. We were, as a family, dreading Mum being in a home. However, the change we have seen in the short time she has been at Southlands has been remarkable; she is eating a lot healthier, engaging with other residents, and in her own words, "is happier now than she has been in a very long time".
Many thanks for your positive review. Your wonderful comments have been passed on to the team, who will be delighted to hear your feedback.
As nominated next of kin, over the last 4-weeks, I have been regularly visiting a friend of mine at Southlands Place. The strength of this home lies with the staff who work there. Cheerfully going the extra mile is the norm. For example, the barrier of my friend's severely impaired hearing was overcome imaginatively by staff using the mobile notes dictation facility that allows you to instantly read on the screen exactly what is being said. Magic. There always seems to be someone knowledgeable available to answer the phone; this had been a nightmare problem in her two previous hospital settings. There is such a lovely can do atmosphere at Southlands Place. The building is modern, the standard of cleanliness is high. No, there isn't even a whiff of any unpleasant odours. There is a very clear understanding of the need to include residents in all discussions about their care/future provision and to respect their choices. Liaison with outside agencies is superb.
Many thanks for your positive review. Your wonderful comments have been passed on to the team, who will be delighted to hear your feedback.
As a coeliac and diabetic as well as other physical issues, I was concerned about whether or not I would be ‘safe’. I needn’t have worried as the care staff and catering staff did everything to make me feel secure and well cared for, even setting up separate storage and preparation of my food and temperature-sensitive medication.
I am only 65, and their youngest temporary resident, with most being post 80, so a lot of the activities are geared towards this age range, so saying the residents made me very welcome. We had some great conversations and one lady, at 91, my mother's age, is still as bright and ‘with it’ as people my own age!
I use an electric wheelchair and am quite able to manage my own medications, which they allowed me to do, for which I was grateful. Having my own fridge for personal treats as well as my own toaster was wonderful.
My mother who is 93 has been a resident of Southland's for coming up to a year. She is extremely content, the level of care from all staff members is excellent, as they will all go the extra mile to ensure her stay is as pleasant as possible. When my time comes I would be more than happy to spend it there.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 06 January 2025- Caring Good
- Effective Good
- Responsive Good
- Safe Good
- Well-led Good
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
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Meet the Team (1)
I have been at Southlands Place for over four years and am proud to have been promoted from Deputy Manager to Home Manager in that time.
As a registered general nurse, I started out my career at Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, working in the intensive care unit, specialising in brain trauma and injury, supporting patients with Neurological deficits. From there, I transferred my skills to working with residents living with dementia. I have previously managed Nursing Homes and supported the needs of a diverse range of residents.
It is important to me that our residents receive the care and respect that they deserve and that they see this as their home and family. Every day, my team and I want to make a difference to our residents’ lives, seeing a smile on their face and laughing makes everything worthwhile. I have an amazing team around me, and it is important to me that my team are supported in their roles to assist our residents, as well as giving them the opportunity to develop and learn new skills, as this is what has helped me throughout my career.
I hope to welcome you to Southlands Place soon, I’d be delighted to show you around. Best wishes, Fiona.
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