
Conveniently located four miles east of Manchester, just outside Droylsden, Sunnyside care home offers personalised residential and residential dementia care to older people.
A warm and friendly care home, with a range of comfortable en-suite bedrooms to choose from. Our home has a range of amenities which includes use of a minibus which is often used to take residents on day trips, exploring the local area,
At Sunnyside, we have...
Care Provided by Sunnyside
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 43 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
Other Care Provided
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Sunnyside for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Sunnyside 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
Person in charge
- Laura Williams (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed with both male-only and female-only unit(s)
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: -1
- Last Refurbishment: 2007
Room Information
- Single Rooms (43)
Sunnyside Reviews (73)
Sunnyside has a Review Score of 8.8 (8.843) out of 10, based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Sunnyside has 73 reviews.
I like your home because it feels like home. They are jolly and very caring.
All the staff are very approachable and listen to your concerns if you have any.
They try to accommodate you as best they can if you do have any concerns.
A modern nursing home, newly renovated and they try to give residents varied things to do to keep their minds and bodies as active as possible.
Meals are varied too and they do not mind if you take them in for your relatives.
The experience at first was complicated but with time, easier, as I knew the routine from day to day. When I got to know the staff and the routine, I was able to enjoy the routine better off. It was getting used to the routine of the place.
My mum started off at Sunnyside as emergency respite and 6 months later is still there. The staff have had a lot to take on as my mum's dementia progressively got worse, and they were all amazing with her despite the day to day obstacles they face with personal hygiene and getting her dressed. We, as a family, will be forever thankful to Sunnyside for helping my mum during her time there.
It seems a great place to end your days.
My mum has been in Sunnyside for 18 months. The care staff are all lovely. Nothing is too much trouble. My mum feels very safe and is really happy. I would recommend anyone to use Sunnyside. I looked at a lot of different places for my mum and it is very hard to make a decision about care, but I am glad I chose Sunnyside. Once again, thank you to all the staff for keeping my mum happy.
Mum spent a week here for respite care due to work being carried out at her home. Overall the care she received was adequate but we did have cause to complain about two occasions in relation to her not being taken to the dining room for her supper and when she hadn't been given a bath until her 4th day there, despite us requesting this and being told it would be done the day after admission. Other concerns were related to the length of time it took for staff to deal with her as she required, especially when the staff were due to help with the hoist, at times it seemed that the home was understaffed? The staff themselves were always polite and pleasant and treated mum with respect, however, if we needed respite again we may look elsewhere as it wasn't what had been described during our initial enquiries.
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Thank You.
My mum lives in a caring community where she is happy, warm, well fed and most of all well looked after. All the staff are great and care for the residents and my mum very very well.
Nice pleasant atmosphere throughout the home. Caring staff, good standard of cleanliness. All staff well trained and always willing to discuss the resident's situation. Feel very happy that my Mum is well cared for and safe.
We entered my mum into this care home after my father sadly passed away. We were told some lovely stories about the staff and the care. However in the last 12 months my mum was here our views changed. We arrived on many occasions with a certain member of staff shouting at a resident. A resident was shouting for the toilet whilst 3 staff were sat around a table having a chat. My mum constantly needed a shave and cleaning, when I mentioned this to a deputy manager her reply and I quote was "I'll get one of the girls to do it because anything like that goes through me". The last straw came for us when we arrived at Sunday lunch and my mum was sat at the table not being able to feed herself properly with a cup of milk on its side on the plate and my mum using her fingers to eat mashed potato. Whilst you had 4 staff sat around a table eating their dinners.
Thank you for raising your concerns and we are very sorry if this was your experience. During the 12 months since your Mum lived in the home, Sunnyside has recruited an experienced new manager and deputy manager. We carry out regular monitoring checks to ensure that staff are working effectively...
All the staff are lovely and it's nice and clean. They keep you in touch with all the things that are going on with your family.
Very good service. Very nice care staff and office staff.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 24 April 2025Requires improvement
- CaringRequires improvement
- EffectiveRequires improvement
- ResponsiveRequires improvement
- SafeRequires improvement
- 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
1 Bed Vacancy
Posted: 10 September 2026Please contact us for information regarding our bed availability
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