Holmewood Care Home

27 Barnfield Close, Holmewood, Chesterfield S42 5RH
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  • Holmewood Care Home, Chesterfield
Holmewood is located on the outskirts of the busy town of Chesterfield, nestled at the heart of the community alongside its sister home, Barnfield.

Holmewood prides itself on the care and attention given to residents and their families. Carers concentrate on getting to know residents and their families, enabling staff to look after physical needs and more importantly delivering what emotional support residents and their family might need.

The home understands that choosing a care home is one of the most difficult decisions a family member or advocate can make and are there to help families through that decision, through the move-in and beyond.

Holmewood Care Home also offers excellent activities, which provide stimulation and engagement to all residents. The home's activities coordinator works with individuals to ensure that they are offered activities that will suit each person. Sometimes, this means that one-to-one activities are more appropriate than group activities.

Along with the excellent care offered by very experienced teams, significant support is offered to family members too. Other seminars are around funding care, lasting power of attorney or where end-of-life care takes place and discussing wishes and wants with loved ones.
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Care Provided

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 40 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Ground Floor Accommodation only
  • Gardens
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1300
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1300
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1300
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1300

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Holmewood Care Home 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

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Cathy Shaw (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 55+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Last Refurbishment: 2012
  • Number of floors: 1

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (40)

Holmewood Care Home Reviews (112)

9.7

Holmewood Care Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.749) out of 10, based on 32 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Holmewood Care Home has 112 reviews.

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Review from M P (Wife of Resident) published on 4 January 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I find this care home very clean, caring and warm to the people they care for. The staff are very friendly and caring to the residents and their families. The food is excellent and plentiful. If anyone finds difficulty eating, they are given help. I visit my husband nearly every day and I find staff
and management very friendly, open and honest. This makes it much easier for me to see my husband being cared for this way. Hopefully, this will continue.
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Review from Henry W (Son of Resident) published on 5 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has had to go into the care home. She is 89 and cannot look after herself anymore. It's the first time I have ever been inside a care home. You do not realise what you are looking for at first.
Mother has settled in now and she likes being there. It gets better every time we visit.
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Review from Sue S (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 18 October 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I find the care home is nice and clean. The staff are very nice and make every effort to please everyone.
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Review from Wendy R (Daughter of Resident) published on 26 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has been living at Holmewood since February 2016.The staff have been great they show compassion, dignity, respect towards my mum and all the residents. They also make me feel welcome and have time for me and my family. We have had problems with laundry not returned though names are on all
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Review from Sheila D (Sister of Resident) published on 19 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The family are very satisfied with her care and the way she is looked after. We are very impressed by the way we are informed of any falls she may have and if she has to be taken to hospital.
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Review from Alison B (Daughter of Resident) published on 19 May 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my mother and my aunt are in this care home and have both improved greatly both physically and mentally since being admitted to Holmewood. They are
treated with care and compassion and have both retained their dignity because of the excellent staff there.
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Review from Dave (Son of Resident) published on 18 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
On coming to this care home my father is in a better spirit, happy, content and the staff can't do enough. I would recommend to anyone.
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Review from Glyn H (Resident) published on 18 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
It is good an the staff are very good. Management are good, rooms are good, all ok.
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Review from Patricia C (Sister of Resident) published on 18 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I visit my brother and find everything satisfactory from the staff to the care home cleanliness. All the staff are friendly and helpful.
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Review from Doreen C (Sister of Resident) published on 18 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very satisfied with the care and attention given to our sister. They are very good at notifying us if she has any falls and has to be taken to hospital.
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Review from Geraldine P (Daughter of Resident) published on 18 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our family are very happy as mother has settled in and is very happy with staff. Every time we visit she tells us how happy she is. The staff are always helpful and any problems we have they sort it out.
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Review from Gary F (Son of Resident) published on 29 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Mum always seems happy and healthy, all the caring staff and management are always happy to help and care for the residents. Improvements always being made, special thanks to the home manager for the great help and care she puts into the running and caring. All the staff are credits to the home.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.749)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.749) out of 10 for Holmewood Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 32 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 32 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 4.749 for Holmewood Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (292 Excellents x 5) + (73 Goods x 4) + (9 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 375 Ratings = 4.749
  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 Holmewood Care Home is based on 32 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 40 registered maximum number of service users is 8, which has been reached with 32 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: 17 Dec 2021

Overall Requires improvement

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Requires improvement
  • Safe Requires improvement
  • Well-led Requires improvement
Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England. View Latest Report

Bed Vacancies

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Awards / Recognitions (1)

Meet the Team (2)

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Corina

Job Title: Activity Coordinator Joined: 2023

I have been working here since summer 2023 but I have over 10 years of experience in activities and care. I am an NVQ 3 qualified, fire trainer instructor and I have a degree in pedagogy & psychology. I can sing, and play the guitar and my favourite activity is a fun singalong. My proudest achievement in this role is winning 1st place for the tastiest cake in a cake-making activity. In my spare time, I also like to take photographs. You will see some of these pictures on our Facebook page. My biggest passion in life is volunteering for charities supporting children in need.

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Cathy Shaw

Job Title: Manager Joined: 1999

My passion for care began when I used to visit my grandma who was in Holmewood Care Home, I got to know the manager who saw something in me and suggested a career in care, I wasn’t sure if I could do it but she encouraged me to give it try and I have never looked back.


I started as a care assistant 25 years ago and gradually worked my way through the different roles in the home, becoming a deputy in 2014 and then manager in 2022, an achievement I am really proud of.


Every day is so rewarding, when new resident arrives, they can start off scared and unsettled so the challenge is to make them feel at home and like part of the family, when you see them transform and thrive, it makes it all worthwhile.


My qualifications include NVQ levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Health & Social Care and management.

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