Home Meadow

Comberton Road, Toft, Cambridge CB23 2RY
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9.5 80 Reviews
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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 quiet sun-trap where residents can sit sheltered from the wind and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere.

This warm, bright and welcoming home offers both residential care and a day care centre. The home comprises four attractive wings, namely Snowdrop, Primrose, Fuchsia, and Bluebell. Each wing has its own lounge and dining area as well as kitchen and bathroom facilities. Bedrooms are spacious, well-furnished and decorated to a high standard and residents are encouraged to bring items of their own furniture and possessions to complement those already provided, and to make their room feel personal and individual.

Care staff are trained to the highest standards and chosen not only for their skills, but also for their warmth, friendliness and caring attitude. Staff are available constantly to provide professional care that respects the rights and dignity of the individual.

Residents are regularly assessed to ensure their needs are met. Appointments can be made with a visiting optician, dentist, and chiropodist. Home Meadow also has an in-house hairdressing salon that provides all the usual services plus manicures and hand massages.

Catering staff provide delicious meals and snacks throughout the day and special diets can be catered for.
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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 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 What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1470
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1470
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1520
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1520

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Home Meadow to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Home Meadow to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Contact Home Meadow to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Good to Know

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 (80)

9.5

Home Meadow has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.485) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
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Review from William C (Son of Resident) published on 20 April 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5
Today 30/3/2018 at 06.30 we got a phone call to say Dad was on his way to A&E again. This time for stitches to his face. Fell out of bed apparently. His bed is less than one foot off the ground and nothing to bang his face on!
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.
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Review from Debbie J (Daughter of Resident) published on 28 December 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.

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Review from Guy M S (Resident) published on 23 November 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Theresa H (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 June 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Nicholas M (Son of Resident) published on 4 May 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A very inviting and friendly home. Kind and caring staff. Good level of activities. My mum likes it second to being at home.
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Review from S S (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 2 May 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Happy with the home and care my mother-in-law receives. She seems to enjoy the activities.
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Review from Matthew M (Son of Resident) published on 28 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Good caring staff. Clean, warm environment, good food, plenty of activities.
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Review from Elizabeth D (Sister of Resident) published on 20 April 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Jane F (Daughter of Resident) published on 2 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Alan D (Son of Resident) published on 7 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Ann B (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 March 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My mother has been very well looked after during her time at Home Meadow. She loves having a bath and enjoys all the entertainment.
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Review from Betty (Resident) published on 14 March 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I'm happy with the home, everyone is very caring.
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Review from Dinah (Resident) published on 9 March 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Karen (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from Karen J (Daughter of Resident) published on 1 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
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!
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Review from Bill (Son of Resident) published on 20 January 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from K B (Resident) published on 20 January 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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.
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Review from K T (Daughter of Resident) published on 20 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
- Caring
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- Friendly and helpful
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I would have liked to have seen more activities for dementia residents.
There may well have been some engaging and stimulating activities on days when we were not visiting.
Excellent meals and snacks provided.
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Review from K B (Wife of Resident) published on 18 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My husband admitted for care in mid August suffering from vascular dementia. After eight weeks of a happy residing he developed night time anxiety, needing one to one care. During the following four weeks of similar behaviour,n the staff and management were full of support in every way possible and
he was moved to a nursing home. The support of the staff and management for the family also was of the highest quality. Thank you to all of them.
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Review from Trudie P (Friend of Resident) published on 16 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The activities organiser goes the extra mile. Organising tea parties etc.
Food is always nice and plenty of it, with cakes mid afternoon, and tea and coffee readily available.
Residents are clean - the home is clean and fresh.
Outings and trips every Wednesday.
Chaplain/Church available for those
who wish. Family and friendly.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.485)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.485) out of 10 for Home Meadow is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.485 for Home Meadow is calculated as follows: ( (93 Excellents x 5) + (62 Goods x 4) + (12 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 167 Ratings = 4.485
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Home Meadow is based on 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 49 registered maximum number of service users is 9.8, which has been reached with 13 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 14 Sep 2023

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Requires improvement
  • Well-led Good
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Awards / Recognitions (10)

Meet the Team (4)

Noby

Noby Jacob

Job Title: Home Manager

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.

Sree

Sree Lekshmi

Job Title: Activities Coordinator Joined: 2025

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.

Vivyn

Vivyn Thomas

Job Title: Maintenance Operative Joined: 2024

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.

Helen

Helen Hensman

Job Title: Administrator Joined: 2024

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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