Highbarrow

Toothill Road, Uttoxeter ST14 8JT
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  • Highbarrow, Uttoxeter
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Care Provided by Highbarrow

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 37 Service Users

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)
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Stairlift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1100
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1100
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1100
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1100

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

Funding Types Accepted

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

Good to Know

Owner

  • Sunplee Ltd

Person in Charge

  • Alina Zavoianu (Registered manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Last Refurbishment: 2023
  • Number of floors: 1

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (35)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (1)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (15)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (1)

Parking

  • Free Parking

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Highbarrow Reviews (6)

8.4

Highbarrow has a Review Score of 8.4 (8.395) out of 10, based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Highbarrow has 6 reviews.

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Review from Cath C (Daughter of Resident) published on 28 July 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mum has been at Highbarrow for over 4 years now. In that time she has received excellent care, & I never need worry about anything for her. The staff are amazing, & treat the residents like family.


My mum has come out of her shell, & now visits the lounge area daily, enjoying the company of staff

& residents, & all of the entertainment provided. It's lovely to see photos & videos of her joining in, be it singing along with the various singers they have in, stroking the animals that visit, or sitting outside in the sun enjoying an ice-cream. She smiles so much more, & seems genuinely happy herself.


When I go to visit mum, she is always presentable & has the added pleasure of receiving a weekly hair wash & blow-dry on-site, & having her nails painted (something she has always had done). It all helps her to feel "normal" despite not being in her own home.


Sounds cheesy, but I love it there for her, & I'm so happy we found Highbarrow as her forever home.

Reply from Alina Zavoianu, Registered Manager at Highbarrow
Thank you so much for your lovely review and kind words about Highbarrow. It truly means the world to us to hear how happy and well-cared-for your mum feels in her home with us.
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Review from Jane P (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 November 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I had visited 10 residential homes unannounced to enquire about care for my father who has a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and mobility problems. I walked out of 9 feeling hopeless but the 10th, Highbarrow felt right. The residents were enjoying an activity and there was laughter coming from one of the lounges.
My dad has been at Highbarrow for 3 months. He is treated with dignity, compassion and respect. There is always plenty of staff on duty and dad sense of humour is still intact. The home is extremely well led by the Manager who leads by example. The home is very clean at whatever time I visit. Thank you for taking such great care of our loved ones.
Reply from Alina Zavlianu, Registered Manager at Highbarrow
Thank you so much for your words, much appreciated by all of us. And welcome to Highbarrow family.
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Review from Susan M (Niece of Resident) published on 19 June 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All of our family are extremely happy with the care our family member is receiving at Highbarrow. The staff are caring and attentive, the lady in charge is always friendly and approachable. The activities lady is exceptionally good and the art which the residents have made looks really lovely and brightens
the bare walls up. Our family member is very happy and settled there, he can at times be very difficult to manage and took a long time to settle in however they are now well-used to him and his mood swings, and these are becoming far less frequent. He is being looked after properly and much better than when he lived at home. His general health is usually good and he has benefitted greatly from all the social activities he has taken part in, particularly since prior to moving into Highbarrow he socialised with no one at all. The staff have helped improve his self-confidence and he has come out of his shell.
My only small complaint is that visitors don't receive refreshments.
Reply from Alina Zavoianu, Registered Manager at Highbarrow
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, means a lot for Highbrarrow team and is very much appreciated.
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Review from Keith J (Son of Resident) published on 1 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mum was in Highbarrow for nearly 5 years. She was in her nineties with Alzheimer's and dementia. The staff looked after her very well which made Mum very happy. She was always smiling or singing when I went to visit. It was the caring attitude that got Mum through a bad case of pneumonia and gave her
an extra year. I will always be grateful for that. Thank you.
Reply from Jamie Thomas, Registered Manager at Highbarrow
Thank you for your feedback Keith, it was a pleasure to care for your mother here at Highbarrow.
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Review from Andrew S (Son of Resident) published on 30 August 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother was looked after by some of the nicest people we dealt with through such a hard time.
Mum had CJD and the staff at Highbarrow did everything they could to learn about the illness what they needed to do to make mums time as stress-free as could be.
They gave her a bath that had not been given
to her by the hospital or her carers (her feet were so bad she had nails about an inch over the end of her toe) the staff organised a chiropodist to call in to ensure she was sorted there. then she had a hairdresser call. She was so happy and pleased.
The meals are cooked on site fresh ingredients cooked to a very high quality.
The team were amazing so nice so friendly and so caring.
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Review from Robert P (Son of Resident) published on 5 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our Mother spent almost eighteen months at High Barrow, and although her Alzheimer’s Disease made her behaviour challenging at times, we were impressed by the standard of care delivered. Besides good professional care, an element of real concern and compassion was apparent. This attitude also applied
to family and friends who visited. We are so grateful for Highbarrow’s contribution to Mum’s last days.
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Current Review Score: 8.4 (8.395)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.4 (8.395) out of 10 for Highbarrow is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 2 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.4 out of 5 from 2 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 5.000 for Highbarrow is calculated as follows: ( (24 Excellents x 5) ) ÷ 24 Ratings = 5
  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 3.395 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Highbarrow is based on 2 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 = 3.125
    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 37 registered maximum number of service users is 7.4. 2 Positive Reviews ÷ 7.4 = 0.27
  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: 4 Mar 2020

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Frequently Asked Questions about Highbarrow

What types of Care is Highbarrow registered for?

Older Person Care, Dementia, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability & Visual / Hearing Impairment are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

How many Rooms does Highbarrow have?

There are 35 Single Rooms and 1 Couple/Companion Room.

What are the Facilities & Services at Highbarrow?

Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Stairlift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room & Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Highbarrow to the centre of Uttoxeter?

1.2 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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