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Care homes from The Orders of St John Care Trust are well respected in Lincolnshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire where the voluntary sector charity has a strong presence after seeing healthy growth since it...
Care Provided by Marden Court
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 28 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
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
These services are: Personal care, accommodation,
utilities, use of communal areas, meals, drinks and
snacks, laundry (excluding dry cleaning),
housekeeping, maintenance and activities run by the
home.
physiotherapy, occupational therapy, opticians, hairdressing,
medications, toiletries, clothing, newspapers/magazines.
During your stay, you may need to purchase additional goods
and services. If they are able to provide such goods and
services, they will tell you how much these goods and services
will cost and they expect that you will pay for these goods and
services at the time you request them.
They can accompany loved ones to private appointments,
however the fee attached to this is £21 per hour. Where private taxi
services are used for transportation to appointments the cost should
be paid for by yourself.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Marden Court for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Marden Court 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
- The Orders of St John Care Trust
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Victoria Wallis (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (28)
Marden Court Reviews (66)
Marden Court has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.416) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Marden Court has 66 reviews.
I am quite happy living at Marden Court.
I have been here for four months and have found the home extremely pleasant, carers excellent and the food varied and well presented.
I am happy living here. The service is very good.
Very pleased with the level of care and attention from all the staff and carers at Marden Court. They made a difficult time much easier and we felt we were leaving my dad somewhere he would be well looked after. The welcome for family and friends was always warm and friendly and coming for lunch was a great idea. Thanks to the manager and her team for everything!.
The support given to my mother is outstanding. All the staff greet my mother with a smile and treat her needs and wishes with respect. It is a real home from home, I could not ask for more.
Mum has been in Marden Court for a year now which, to begin with, was a bit challenging for mum but she has now settled in very well. The staff look after mum well but sometimes she refuses help so they do their best they can with her.
Very good and helpful. If I want to know or need anything, very helpful. There is always someone here to help with any questions, they are always answered. Dad is always clean and tidy.
My mum passed away January 10th after being ill since December. The care and compassion through the last difficult days was just so good. They were also thoughtful to me as the last few days were very traumatic for me.
Their care helped make a very sad time a little easier and nothing was too much trouble. An amazing care team.
The care and support mum received was consistently high with regular reviews that we as family always attended and during which mum’s care needs and general well-being was openly discussed and all aspects explored.
As mum’s health took a significant decline in recent months the staff displayed such kindness and very special care with respect and dignity.
Marden Court was, in our mum’s words, her ‘home’ where she built many friendships.
As a family, we always felt welcomed, whether sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, we’ve all enjoyed our visits to Great Nanny’s house.
It became a big part of our family life, a place where many memories were made.
Marden Court is a well-maintained care home, with reasonably appointed rooms, lounges, common areas and dining room. The outdoor space is appealing and a pleasant place to enjoy the sunshine. Staff are very professional, friendly and go out of their way to try and meet the needs of residents. Looking after the elderly, many with dementia is a tough challenge, but staff demonstrate a caring approach, showing empathy and try and treat residents as individuals.
Staff are very well trained as demonstrated one day when I was visiting - an emergency occurred, and all staff responded immediately and had the incident under control within about a minute. Impressive reaction and a positive outcome. Although my preference would have been to have my mother live in her flat, circumstances dictated otherwise, but Marden Court is a most satisfactory alternative.
As soon as I got here, I was made to feel at home. This is the second time I have been here and I hope to use Marden Court again. I've had a good laugh here. I'll say again, the staff are tops.
100 per cent.
This is a fantastic care home. Clean and well run with excellent, friendly staff. Small with a very 'personal' atmosphere. Today, as usual, we were made welcome and found Mum happy and content with her surroundings.
When visiting, nothing is too much trouble for the staff. Superb facility.
Marden Court is a friendly Care Home providing individual care for residents with limited physical or mental capacity. As a volunteer and church minister I have only had tea and cakes but the lunches smell good. I know from residents I have spoken to that they enjoy the food and individual requirements are catered for. There is a lovely garden, recently planted out and has the addition of colourful garden furniture. The lounge has recently been decorated and has seating appropriate to the needs of the residents. A very enjoyable morning was had recently with a visit from a Ukulele player.
It's a very good home, my sister is very well looked after. It's very clean and as far as I know the food is very good.
I have been at the home for 4.5 years and am very happy.
Most of the time it is a friendly, happy place, especially when they have music and activities on. Also they have animals here at a farm, which our grandchildren love and the fun day.
Extremely caring, helpful staff. Very friendly atmosphere. Staff go to great lengths to help and involve residents.
My mother seems to be happy and safe in the care home. The staff are helpful and approachable.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 07 December 2023Good
- 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
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Awards / Recognitions (9)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Marden Court.
Meet the Team (4)

Dean has worked with The Orders of St John Care Trust for almost 14 years, during which time he has had the pleasure of managing several of our services across the organisation. He brings with me over 10 years of management experience and a deep passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care, as well as a Level 7 qualification in senior leadership.
In addition to his role at Marden Court, Dean also manages Athelstan House in Malmesbury, and serves as a Peripatetic Operations Manager.
His ethos and vision is to ensure that residents living at Marden Court experience a positive environment, with a team who are happy to develop opportunities and good relationships with the local community.

Jackie Pringle is the Administration Assistant at Marden Court. Although she had never worked in a Residential Care Home before joining the Trust, she managed a Domiciliary Care, a Handyman, Gardening Services and a Befriender project for older people in their own homes for 10 years. She has a BTEC in Business and Finance and has a background in the banking industry. She was jointly nominated in the Employee Awards in 2018. Jackie enjoys the interaction with Residents, Visitors and colleagues and likes to help make a difference to people and has a good sense of humour. In her spare time, Jackie enjoys relaxing with her family and her grandchildren.

Kirsty has 20 years’ experience in Care before leaving work to have her 2 children, but wanted to return to this field of work. She started as a Housekeeper at Marden Court in 2014 and became Head Housekeeper in 2015. She has achieved her NVQ Level 2 in Housekeeping, Level 3 in Leadership and Management and is currently completing her Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support Services which will be completed in November 2020. She is a Manual Handling trainer and an Assistant Fire Marshall. Kirsty won Hospitality of the Year Award in 2019 at the OSJCT staff awards. She really enjoys her job and seeing the relationships between herself and the Housekeeping team build with the Residents. Kirsty enjoys relaxing with her partner and her children.

Peter is the Handyman at the Orders of St John Care Trust, Marden Court in Wiltshire and has spent his working career involved in design, construction and management.
He is a time-served mechanical engineer, spent a number of years designing and installing commercial catering projects, has been a project manager and has run his own computer repair business. The skills developed enable Peter to carry out an extensive range of construction and repairs around the care home and manage external contractors effectively.
Peter enjoys all aspects of the Handyman role and gets great satisfaction helping people and providing the residents with innovative facilities to improve their daily lives.
In his spare time Peter enjoys wood and metalwork and more recently, glass fusing. More relaxing pursuits include reading crime/thriller novels and visiting historic buildings.
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