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Alongside quality care, the home provides a varied activities programme and home-cooked meals, making sure residents are able to make the most of each day.
Part of the Minster Care group portfolio, the home is committed to maximising the home's potential for good...
Care Provided by Woodlands 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 40 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
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Stroke
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Woodlands Court for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Woodlands 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
- Minster Care Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Aimee Porter (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 50+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
Room Information
- Single Rooms (14)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (13)
Woodlands Court Reviews (49)
Woodlands Court has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.559) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Woodlands Court has 49 reviews.
She suffered from Alzheimer's but liked her time here.
She made a lot of friends amongst residents and staff.
She really enjoyed the activities such as painting, drawing, singing and dancing.
The management and staff could not have been more helpful and attentive.
The home was always clean and fresh and the food was great for my mum.
Thank you to all at Woodlands Court for everything over the last two years.
The staff at Woodlands Court are the backbone of its success as a care home. I thought that during my first weeks as a resident and still feel the same on my return here. The staff members who looked after me made no fuss, just got on with the job, usually with a smile. Overall I found how Woodlands as good as any of the 3 care homes I had stayed in previously - and better than most. On the debit side, I found that residents were sometimes made to wait too long for meals to be served. I disliked the home's toilet paper - which in terms of strength, is too frail.
Following several visits during and after moving my wife's mother to Woodlands Court my observations are as follows:- 1: Staff friendly and supportive. 2: New room fully decorated with new furniture, clean and tidy. 3: Caring visits by staff during our time with my mother in law resolved any minor issues we raised. 4: Food seemed adequate. 5: Day trips motivating and useful. Our only criticism is my mother-in-law needs urgent attention to her feet/toe nails and podiatrist visits have been lacking! We are surprised to read the latest report stating inadequate service. This has not been our experience at all! Clearly, some problems have been observed which we hope will be resolved with the inspector's support.
I am sorry about the delay with regrads to the podiatrist attending, I have raised this with staff and was informed that the day the podiatrist was due to attend they cancelled. I have been informed that the podiatrist is due to attend this week. Thank you for raising this concern.
My mum has settled in straight away. The staff are excellent and mum loves them all. The manager and deputy manager are always available to help and are very friendly and easy to approach. My mum likes to be independent and the staff help to maintain this. Mum has been ill a couple of times and the staff were excellent on these occasions. I do think the food could be better menu-wise, but they do try to give a choice. I would like to see more activities and stimulation for the residents it has improved recently but maybe more could be done.
The staff and management are amazing we cant fault them in anyway. Everything is perfect where my nan is and is very warming to know she is in good hands. If she's asks for anything she needs staff will let us know and they take her for her dinners and teas which look very nice and she never complains about anything she loves living at the home and everything about it. The manager is very nice and a great person who cares about all the staff and residents and family members. Anything what needs fixing the handy man always come and fixes it as soon as he can. If the staff have any concerns they will let you know about anything they can about my nan. She is proper looked after and I would recommend the home to anyone.
Mum has been a resident in Woodlands for approximately 8 months. She is 87 years old and suffers from dementia. The care she receives in Woodlands is excellent. The staff are extremely caring and we can be confident that she is well looked after and all her needs are met by the staff. Any problems we have had have been dealt with by the management who are always on hand a very approachable. We are very much happy with the care receives by staff and management.
I put my mother-in-law into Woodlands because it was clean, well maintained with beautiful gardens, friendly residents who all looked happy and content. The living, eating and sleeping facilities were clean, warm with a family feeling. The staff were fantastic and everyone was friendly letting us know everything they did. Really loving, caring and friendly staff you could ask them anything and they were happy to help.
Staff extremely professional and caring, premises not luxurious but certainly adequate. Staff/ residents ratio is very good.
I found the care home a little dated but always clean and tidy and smelling nice. The staff from the management down to the cleaners are very friendly and helpful and will go that extra mile for the residents and their families. The residents get very well looked after in their personal care.
The home is undergoing refurbishment which is ongoing.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 22 May 2025Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveRequires improvement
- 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.
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