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Making the most of scenic surroundings and a homely interior, carers deliver a service that respects privacy and dignity, while being up-to-date with current regulatory requirements and with strong links to related health professionals.
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Care Provided by Willow House
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 30 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
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Stairlift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Fees are based on individual requirements and room choice.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Willow House for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Willow House 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
- Centrum Care Homes
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Janice Federer (Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 60+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2008
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (30)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (1)
Visiting
- The team warmly invite you to visit any of their homes. Meet their team, explore the environment, and experience their warm and welcoming community.
Parking
- Free on-site parking is available for residents, visitors, and staff, including accessible spaces near the main entrance for easy access.
Willow House Reviews (27)
Willow House has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.843) out of 10, based on 24 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Willow House has 27 reviews.
Willow House is a warm, friendly, welcoming, bright and clean home. I have so much respect for the manager and the team that she has put together. They manage to do a very difficult job with good grace and good humour. I am very grateful for the care my mother receives.
Thank you for the lovely compliments. I am so glad your Mum is happy. She is a pleasure to care for and we love having her as part of the family at Willow House.
Willow House has been very attentive to my brother. He needs a great deal of care and attention and they are always looking for ways to improve his circumstances. There are regular video meetings with the management and it is nice to be able to see and hear what other relations have to say.
Thank you for your feedback, the team really appreciate it. We are delighted to be able to look after your brother.
This is an excellent care home. They are caring, attentive and supportive. During my mother's time there her health has improved. There are many opportunities for socialising which is important to her. They are flexible in supporting individual needs. The atmosphere at the home is very friendly and the gardens are beautiful which is also very important to my mother.
Thank you Hilary for your wonderful feedback. We are so pleased to hear your mother's health is improving since she moved into Willow House. The team are really appreciate of your positive comments, particularly around the atmosphere and beautiful gardens.
Willow House, South Brent is a wonderful care home with lovely caring staff. Always made to feel welcome when visiting. The genuine kindness they show to all the residents is very comforting. The thing that strikes me most is how clean the care home is and my Mother's bedroom is immaculate so too all the common areas. A beautiful garden to enjoy weather permitting. So lucky my mum is there.
Thank you, Cherry, for your complimentary words about the Home and the staff. I'm really glad that your Mum is so happy here. We strive to make a happy home for all of our residents and their family members when they visit.
Though there were a few initial concerns with this care home. I have to say it is one of the best I have seen. It is a lovely building set in the most beautiful grounds. It really is a home from home. The staff were marvellous with my difficult mother and went above and beyond the call of duty at times. Unfortunately mum passed away here, but I am pleased she had the care I could not give her full-time. A big thank you to all the staff.
Willow House itself is a beautiful home, with wonderful green gardens and lovely views. Most remarkable for me though are the truly wonderful management and staff. My mum is very kindly yet efficiently cared for and is as happy as she could possibly be, given that she cannot be in her own home any longer. The staff are extremely kind and thoughtful, both towards my mum and towards us all as a family. We are always made welcome when visiting and there is a strong family and community feeling in the home. The food is good and tailored to individual residents. I am always kept up to date with any medical and general changes about Mum. I couldn't recommend Willow House and the amazing team of staff more highly; there is such a strong ethos of seeking the best possible care for residents at all times. Communication with families has been excellent during the Covid crisis too.
How the home responded to us when lockdown happened and my Mum was in end of life care was so very helpful. The management is rigorous in choosing staff that genuinely care about the residents and bring love and humour to their work and as a result, the atmosphere in the home is welcoming and homely. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 12 April 2019Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledRequires improvement
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.
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Meet the Team (2)

Prior to starting Centrum Care Homes, Mehul and Tushar successfully, and continue, to lead by example in excellence in domiciliary care. Rated outstanding with the CQC and continue to provide outstanding care in the Reading area.
Mehul worked in the City within Investment Banking and Finance, working for leading Global Investment banks. Within a short period of time, Mehul was given the opportunity and responsibility of managing the bank's extensive European Property portfolio as well as advising multinationals on their mergers and acquisitions strategy.
Mehul has a passion for operational excellence, working with the team to ensure that the system and processes are in place to deliver and evidence quality care. Mehul works alongside the team to ensure that the team is meeting CQC standards, and operational sustainability and has a key eye for detail.
Prior to launching Bluebird Care, Tushar worked at Mars Inc, working in a variety of management roles in IT, Commercial, Sales and Marketing. He was responsible for the management of Mars' European Advertising and Media Agency relationships.
Tushar has a passion for bringing creative ideas to fruition to better the quality of life of our residents and team alike. Tushar works alongside the team to support business development. Working in partnership with the councils, CCGs and local charities, Tushar works in identifying challenges and putting in place sustainable and innovative long-term solutions.
Tushar is also passionate about developing a culture of quality and excellence within the workforce.

Janice is originally from South Africa and has extensive care experience, including managing a retirement home for Catholic nuns with frail care, mid-care, and 24 Life Right cottages. Since moving to the UK nearly five years ago, she has worked in live-in care and progressed into management roles.
As Manager at Willow House, Janice leads by example, ensuring residents, staff, and families feel happy, safe, and supported. She is passionate about creating a welcoming, comfortable, and engaging home, where residents receive the best possible care and enjoy meaningful activities and conversation.
Outside of work, Janice enjoys outdoor pursuits, having previously completed numerous road cycling races and now enjoys golf while staying active and connected to the outdoors.
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