
The staff are encouraging and respectful of her wishes and needs.A L(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The staff could not have been kinder, more compassionate and caring,Wendy B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)


The staff are encouraging and respectful of her wishes and needs.A L(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The staff could not have been kinder, more compassionate and caring,Wendy B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)


Home Meadow is located in Toft, a quiet village in West Cambridgeshire and has views across the countryside. The home offers a relaxing and peaceful environment, with many rooms having views over the grounds and beyond. The gardens are stocked with trees, shrubs, roses and bedding plants that provide year-round colour and interest, whilst large windows flood the rooms with light. There are also secluded courtyard gardens that provide a...
Care Provided by Home Meadow
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 49 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
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Home Meadow for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Home Meadow 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
- Healthcare Homes Group Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Noby Jacob(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2016
- Number of floors: 1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (49)
Home Meadow Reviews (83)
Home Meadow has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.388) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Home Meadow has 83 reviews.
A new manager has recently taken over and things have improved greatly. She is very caring, listens to your concerns and had made life much more comfortable for my 91 years old partner with vascular dementia.
My dad says the food provided is good and he always gets his second helping if he likes something served, particularly. All the staff are very caring and go out of their way to help him and me and to accommodate his special needs. The most important thing to me is they really take excellent care of him he is safe and happy at Home Meadow.
Home Meadow is very friendly and family orientated. My Mum was very happy and well looked after here. We were able to visit any time. All the staff were friendly and very efficient. Everywhere was clean and well organised. The residents have lots of activities and entertainments. The staff treat them as their own.
Since being in Home Meadow he has been to A&E many times which is concerning us as to how this is being run, staff turnover is 60 to 70%.
This care home seems to cover up all the time and we feel lied to all the time. He is never taken out on trips and has to sit in a chair all day as he has lost the use of his legs and eyesight. His belongings are taken from his room on a weekly basis even though we ask to keep his door locked.
Our overall opinion is that if you are thinking of sending a loved one here you should think again.
2/10 is our rating for this care home and needs lots of improvement.
They asked us to take our first review down with promises of improvements. Unfortunately, this one stays.
The staff at Home Meadow are wonderful. They genuinely care and do everything they can to make the residents feel like they are part of a family home. I couldn't have hoped for a better environment for my 90-year-old Mother to be in, she has been there for 6 months.
Christmas is a special time at Home Meadow and the build-up has been amazing. There are Christmas trees and decorations everywhere and there have been countless entertainers and extra activities. Christmas Day was lovely and all the staff who were working were either dressed as Santa or one of his/her elves or were bedecked with tinsel. Each resident was given a gift from the home, it is the only gift my Mother commented on! The food was fantastic with every trimming you could think of, the chefs at Home Meadow are truly brilliant.
Whilst Christmas has been made really special for the residents the most important thing about Home Meadow is that the quality of care and the facilities is top notch every day.
The home in general and all the staff care for us all. They are always ready to help any time of the day. If you are feeling down they will always find something to cheer you up. This is any time of the day or night. Help and care is always available. Not a thing is too much trouble for the staff, they will always help any time of the day or night. For this I will always thank them. Thank you all.
Mum became a resident at the home in 2016. The manager was there to greet us and welcome us. Mum was helped and made to feel extremely comfortable by the staff who all came in to introduce themselves. The staff became special to Mum as their care and love were brilliant. It made Mum's days very happy. The respect and dignity shown by all in the last few days were especially thoughtful and professional, taking every consideration for Mum, giving her dignity to the end.
A very inviting and friendly home. Kind and caring staff. Good level of activities. My mum likes it second to being at home.
Happy with the home and care my mother-in-law receives. She seems to enjoy the activities.
Good caring staff. Clean, warm environment, good food, plenty of activities.
Home Meadow is a rural care home in very pleasant surroundings. The Home is comfortable and welcoming. The staff are extremely caring and relatives are always given access and kept informed. There are regular activities, including visits by pupils at a local school and a play group which meets at the Home every week. Food is freshly cooked on the premises and cakes are made for afternoon snacks. Staff work long hours but remain dedicated and cheerful.
My mother moved into 'Home Meadow' for a month after being discharged from hospital following a fall in which she broke her arm. My mother had been living in her own home for 50 years, but she was so poorly when she came out of hospital we, the family, wanted her nearer Cambridge, hence Home Meadow in Toft, as this was the easier for us to visit. However, her recovery at Home Meadow was so good that after a month she moved nearer to her home, so she is now close to her friends as well as her family. All the staff at Home Meadow from the Managers to the Carers to the Cleaners are warm, kind, helpful and endlessly patient. It's a very pleasant home in a pretty environment. There is an Activities Manager who organises all the activities; there is a visiting hairdresser, chiropodist and district nurse all of whom tended to our mum. And the food was excellent - my mum gained so much weight in during her time there. My overriding memory will be the kindness and compassion of the staff- they do an amazing job and I am eternally grateful to them for that.
I would say that I am very pleased with the level of care my mother receives at Home Meadow. All the staff are excellent but I would like to make a special mention to the Activities Coordinator, who keeps them all entertained and arranges weekly singalong sessions and other seasonal activities. The home is clean and there is a pleasant atmosphere. They can arrange things like hair dressing (mum has hers done once a week). All in all I am very pleased with Home Meadow.
My mother has been very well looked after during her time at Home Meadow. She loves having a bath and enjoys all the entertainment.
I'm happy with the home, everyone is very caring.
I'm very happy with the home, all the staff are wonderful, especially the activities man, he is a very jolly and happy man, and is always willing to help. The meals are very good, and I feel very safe.
Although we have not had a review yet, and dad has been unsettled the staff and management have been so kind, caring and reassuring to us as a family during this difficult time. The care staff keep us updated all the time either over the telephone or face to face when we visit. We feel dad is getting great care here.
My mother has been a resident at Home Meadow since August 2015, for the first couple of months she was not participating and was obviously not particularly happy. However with the care and compassion of the staff she is now a completely different person. It was wonderful today to see her singing along with the staff, laughing and clapping and really enjoying herself. Her appetite has improved and she is looking so well. This is all down to the staff!
Very pleased we picked Home Meadow for dad. Staff and management are very kind and polite. Activity chap fantastic lots going on and food is of a very high standard.
Very good carers, food is of a high quality, very nutritional. Great activities. Would highly recommend and I will be back for another "stay" soon. Thank you to all at Home Meadow.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 14 September 2023Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- 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
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (3) & Events (0)
- 13 Nov 2024
At Healthcare Homes, we believe in the power of nature and community to uplift and enhance the lives of our residents and service users. This year’s InBloom 2024 competition brought...
- 14 Oct 2024
On Friday, 6th September 2024, Healthcare Homes had the privilege of supporting the Rob George Foundation (RGF) at their annual golf day, hosted by Colchester Golf Club. The day was...
- 14 Oct 2024
On Friday, 6th September 2024, Healthcare Homes had the privilege of supporting the Rob George Foundation (RGF) at their annual golf day, hosted by Colchester Golf Club. The day was...
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Awards / Recognitions (11)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Healthcare Homes Group Ltd
- 31 Jan 2025Recipient: Healthcare Homes Group Ltd
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: Healthcare Homes Group Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Home Meadow.
Meet the Team (4)

I am a Registered Nurse with an NVQ Level 5 and have completed mentorship training. I enjoy the new environment and meeting new people, as it allows me to learn and share knowledge. I enrich the residents' lives by spending time and getting to know them.

I enjoy organising activities in the home because it allows me to use my creative talents in artwork, cooking, dancing and flower arranging. Communication is key, and I love when residents come to talk with me or ask for support with activities they enjoy. I have over a year of frontline care experience, which I bring to my role at Home Meadow.

I enjoy spending time with the residents and keeping them happy each day. I am always glad to help with anything they need, whether that is changing a battery, fixing heating issues, decorating, or doing general maintenance to make their rooms feel homely. With 19 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer in Dubai and Bahrain, I bring strong practical skills to Home Meadow, along with ongoing Healthcare Homes training, fire marshal training and water hygiene monitoring to help keep the home safe and running smoothly.

I enjoy that no two days are the same in the Care Home, and I always strive to go above and beyond to make residents' time as comfortable as possible. I hold an NVQ Level 3 qualification.
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