
I were more than impressed with the standards set by Lower MeadowMark K(Husband of Resident/Service User)



I were more than impressed with the standards set by Lower MeadowMark K(Husband of Resident/Service User)



Lower Meadow is a 69 capacity Stratford-upon-Avon care home that takes a versatile and modern approach to personal care needs, adhering to tailored provision and supporting an active and interesting lifestyle.
The home is part of family-run, care provider Runwood Homes, which is highly regarded in the sector for the difference made to the lives of older and vulnerable people.
Care Provided by Lower Meadow
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 69 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
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The only extra our residents may need to pay for is hairdressing, chiropody or if they wish to order news papers, magazines etc.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Lower Meadow for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Lower 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
- Runwood Homes Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Rachel Walker(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (69)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (69)
Visiting
- Upon arriving at the home, please press the buzzer on the intercom. A member of staff will greet you shortly. The home kindly request that you sign the guestbook upon both arrival and departure. This helps maintain an accurate record of who is in the building. In the event of an emergency, please follow the designated safety protocols provided. Your cooperation ensures everyone's safety.
Parking
- The home includes dedicated parking spaces.
Lower Meadow Reviews (63)
Lower Meadow has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.749) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Lower Meadow has 63 reviews.
Despite the traumas of Alzheimer’s my wife could not be in a better environment and we are happy that she could not be receiving better care elsewhere.
Thank you so much for your insightful review. We take pride in having the best possible environment we can provide to our residents, and we are so appreciative to hear how satisfied you are with your wife's care.
Lovely care home mom has become so much more social in the last six weeks she has been with you. Staff from the cleaners to management are very friendly. The rooms are lovely very happy that mom is with you.
It is a pleasure having your mum stay with us. Thank you for your positive words, Lower Meadow staff love to hear how our residents are living well and becoming more social.
My sister's health and mental wellbeing have improved enormously since she first came to Lower Meadow. She is better now than in the last 10-years. Thank you.
The staff are extremely kind and caring and respond with sensitivity to any questions or concerns our family may have. My mother is very content in Lower Meadows and speaks very highly of all the staff that care for her.
What a great team.
Thank you.
Generally, I am fairly happy with the level of care, although, I feel that there should be more carers. It can take a while for a response when we call on the room bell. Staff are very lovely. Food could be better.
It’s very hard with family members not being able to visit and see loved ones, which makes the phone calls all the more important.
Staff courteous and polite and provided Mum with great care and attention and assistance in her short stay with support to the family and treated her with great dignity and care in her final days of life.
During the current time with the Covid 19 situation, all the staff at Lower Meadow have been amazing. As a family, we have been kept fully informed of the situation, and the care Mum is receiving is amazing. Management are on the ball, and this shows throughout the home, the care and dedication all the staff have and give to residents is wonderful. Can't thank you all enough.
Lower Meadow is excellent - clean, light, bright, warm - and the atmosphere relaxed and welcoming. It has wide corridors, spacious rooms, large windows allowing maximum daylight to flood the building, and each room with its own en-suite. A range of lounges, dining rooms, casual sitting areas, and even a café, gives residents a selection of locations as to where they can spend their time. But most importantly, ALL the staff (no matter what their job role) are just brilliant. They are thoughtful, friendly, cheerful, caring, and engaging but also very professional. My brother has been a resident there for 3 months, during which time the staff have taken extra time and trouble to ensure he settles well into his new home. I would definitely recommend Lower Meadow.
I visited my grandmother in December and I cannot rate the home enough. It was extremely clean and well presented as were the staff. They were extremely helpful and couldn’t have done enough for the residents and visitors. The management was amazing and very involved with the residents and visitors too. The atmosphere is like home from home and very relaxed which I think is a vital point for a care home.
She really enjoys the food, and her appetite has really improved; in the two months since she moved in.
The home is kept lovely and clean, and her room is decorated really nice.
I would recommend this home.
Exceptional care home, from the Manager down. Nothing is too much trouble for any staff member. Definitely puts your mind at rest that your loved one is getting the care that they deserve. Would definitely recommend Lower Meadow.
Lower Meadow is beautifully set out, from the manager to the care staff, the care my stepdad receives is exceptional. The staff are polite, friendly and really do go above and beyond in the care that they give to all the residents. One care worker, in particular, is outstanding and makes you feel at home and nothing is too much trouble. I am so pleased my stepdad is at Lower Meadow and I would not hesitate to recommend it.
My family and I feel very lucky that there was a room for my husband. Since he has been at the home, he has been very happy to be there. All the staff and manager do all they can to make sure he's well looked after.
I can't praise the home enough. It's the best.
Couldn’t hope for a better place for my mother, exceptionally well cared for. Great place, very clean, all facilities.
This is the first time my husband has ever been into respite. He was in 5 days and 4 nights and was treated with the utmost care and dignity. My husband says he would highly recommend it to anyone and so would I. The staff have been most helpful and friendly.
My mother has been here for about 6 weeks. The building is fresh, bright clean and welcoming. The staff are generally warm and friendly. There is an easy going family feel to the place. The cakes are wonderful but sometimes the dinners aren't great. They vary in quality sometimes very cheap puddings like Arctic Roll. You can do better than that. Occasionally staff use patronising terns of endearment.
I have been impressed on several visits by the feeling that residents are at home and among family. The staff create and maintain this family feeling and the general atmosphere is calm and caring.
My 101-year-old father had never had carers or been in a care home before. He was extremely anxious when his wife went into hospital and he had to go into respite care. Within 2 or 3 days he had 'settled' and come to terms with his situation and this was due to the staff at Lower Meadow helping and reassuring him, plus family and friends visiting.
His view of care homes has now changed and he would not be so anxious next time. We thank Lower Meadow for this! My father is back home with his wife to celebrate their 78th wedding anniversary this week.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 27 July 2022Good
- 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.
Bed Vacancies
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (23) & Events (0)
- 03 Jul 2026
Lower Meadow Care Home, part of Runwood Homes, took part in Care Home Open Week, hosting a vibrant programme of events designed to bring residents, relatives, and the wider community...
- 03 Jul 2026
Home Manager and Care Team Leader at Lower Meadow care home, part of the Runwood Homes group, have been celebrated for their outstanding contribution to dementia care after reaching the...
- 03 Jul 2026
Staff and residents at Lower Meadow Care Home, part of the Runwood Homes Group, recently came together to celebrate a special event titled United by Food. Staff were invited to...
There are no upcoming events for Lower Meadow.
Awards / Recognitions (10)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Runwood Homes Ltd
- 31 Jan 2025Recipient: Runwood Homes Ltd
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: Runwood Homes Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Lower Meadow.
Meet the Team (4)

I began my journey at Lower Meadow 6 years ago now, as a care assistant and with the support of Runwood Homes, I have now successfully managed the home for over 3 years.
I am very proud of the amazing team we have and the quality of care that we provide here. To care for someone is an honour, but, to give them a life here at Lower Meadow, where they laugh, enjoy life and feel loved and cared for, now that is something special.

Hi, I’m Wayne! I’ve been working in maintenance at Lower Meadow for the past year, ensuring that our residents are safe and that the home is always looking their best. I take great pride in my work and am dedicated to keeping everything running smoothly.
One of my proudest achievements is passing all inspections with flying colours, reflecting the high standards I set in everything I do. In my spare time, I’m an avid fan of classic scooters and can even build a Lambretta from scratch! When I’m not working, you’ll often find me walking the dogs, enjoying the outdoors, and appreciating the little things in life.

Hi, I’m Tracey! As a Housekeeper at Lower Meadow, I make a difference every day by ensuring our residents have a clean, comfortable home to live in. I work closely with the team to meet all expectations and maintain the high standards of the home.
I’m passionate about my work and take pride in creating a welcoming environment for everyone. Outside of work, I love travelling and have had the privilege of visiting over 10 countries. When I'm at home, I enjoy reading, watching films, and taking the dogs out to the fields. I also love spending weekends at my static caravan, where I can unwind and enjoy the peaceful surroundings.

I'm Maxine. With over 6 years of experience as a Home Administrator at Lower Meadow, I take pride in fostering a positive and welcoming environment. I truly enjoy meeting and connecting with residents and their families, and while the job can be challenging at times, I find it incredibly rewarding. I’m a happy person, a good listener, and always strive to make others feel heard and valued.
Outside of work, I cherish spending quality time with my family and creating lasting memories. I love holidays abroad, as well as enjoying the beautiful Isle of Wight with my loved ones.
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