
Ferndale Mews is a lovely place for my mum to staySimon W(Son of Resident/Service User)



Ferndale Mews is a lovely place for my mum to staySimon W(Son of Resident/Service User)



Nestled within the pleasant area of Ditton in Widnes, Ferndale Mews care home offers personalised dementia care to older people.
This purpose-built, friendly home is tastefully decorated with specially-designed furnishings for maximum comfort. The landscaped garden, pretty patio and conservatory are favourite places for residents to sit, relax and socialise with family and friends. All the bright and comfortable bedrooms and living areas are easily accessible by wheelchair.
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Care Provided by Ferndale Mews Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 34 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
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Convalescent Care
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
All fee's will be discussed at enquiry
Contact Ferndale Mews Care Home 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
- Landona House Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Violet Jowett(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: -1
- Last Refurbishment: 2017
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (34)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (34)
Visiting
- No restrictions to visiting within the home
Parking
- The care home has a private parking for visitors
Ferndale Mews Care Home Reviews (83)
Ferndale Mews Care Home has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.359) out of 10, based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Ferndale Mews Care Home has 83 reviews.
Would like my mother to have more showers than she does at the moment. The staff do work hard.
Thank you for your review, we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. Ferndale mews has recently had a recruitment drive and we have recruited over 200 hours of additional care to cover for sickness and holidays. Due to the nature of the work required in...
I am extremely happy with all aspects of care and attention my dad has received, more especially in the last year. The only downside is the lack of activities but when they occur, they are good especially these with music and movement. The staff are very caring and helpful and nothing phases them even in the most difficult circumstances, I appreciate all that is done for my dad.
Thank you for your review, we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. We are delighted that you are so pleased with the care your Father receives and thank you for your praise of our staff team who work hard to deliver kind quality care. Unfortunately, the two...
The food and drink reflect what is served to my husband with no consistency. It's either too watery or thick in content, which either can result in husband chocking. Other meals to residents are not what I would call acceptable.
Thank you for your review, we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. We pride ourselves at Ferndale Mews on the standard and quality of food we provide. We have requested support from our Hospitality Team to improve standards and so I am sure you will see some...
My godmother seems well cared for and is always engaging with staff.
Today there was an entertainer with karaoke, guitar etc and that was brilliant.
I took my godmother 'around the block' in her wheelchair.
I am very much impressed with the love and care shown by all staff daily and especially to my sister following her recent short stay in hospital. Staff are really dedicated to all their residents and it shows.
We are really happy with the standard of dad's care. He always has a smile for staff members. He is always clean, tidy and well fed. They seem to know when he is unwell very quickly and deal with him straight away I.e doctor called etc.
Since my mother arrived, she has been well looked after, with dignity and respect. Her health has been very well cared for. Everything my mother requires for her residence here has been catered for.
Staff really friendly and caring, seeing to Mum's every need.
The staff are very friendly and helpful. There is a good quality of care provided. Some of the maintenance tasks take too long to address - fixing Dad's toilet seat.
There is an ongoing issue with the laundry clothes are going missing. We are still waiting to be reimbursed for some items (since February).
Thank you for your review; we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. We are delighted that you are happy with our staff team and the good kind care they deliver. As you are aware clients living with dementia will exhibit challenging behaviour and we are hopeful...
A welcoming and friendly care home where any concerns can be liaised and will be addressed as far as practicable.
Lovely small care home. Very firendly staff and helpful. Can't fault it at all.
I have found the manager to be approachable and empathic. The staff compassionate and willing to explain things. They treat the residents with love and respect. A family could not ask for more.
Helpful and caring. The staff work very hard, also they have a lot to deal with but do it very well. One issue, short staffed regularly.
Ferndale Mews have been using an additional amount of agency carers over the last few months due to sickness and holidays, as we have been in the middle of the holiday period during July and August. We have booked agency carers to cover these shifts and they have unfortunately been last than...
This home has completely turned around. (Which was long awaited). The staff and management can not be faulted. The care staff work around the clock to ensure each and every resident are met with their daily needs. My dear friend of many years appears much happier and settled than ever before, which puts a big smile on my face. Food is good but still much room for improvement. My main issue with the home was the activities. Nothing ever seemed to be happening, to be put rather bluntly it was extremely dull. But based on my previous visits over the past couple of weeks, the activities appear to be improving, with new live entertainment and activity staff. On my last visit, I was greeted by the new activity coordinator who was dancing and singing to all residents including my friend, which was extremely heart warming to see. My last issue would be the laundry often clothes do go missing and never return, despite constant complaining. But none the less this is a fantastic care home with fantastic staff.
Your positive comments about the staff are appreciated and will be passed on to the team.
Making sure residents have a choice of their favourite foods is really important to...
Like most home possessions go missing due to patients accessing rooms. Washing and subsequent return to individuals needs improving. Despite all clothes being labels many items, don't return.
In general, no complaints about the home or staff.
Thank you for taking the time to fill in a review. We are always looking for ways to improve our service and welcome your feedback. The team will continue to monitor the laundry systems.
We are always welcomed warmly by the staff, whenever we arrive - morning, afternoon or evening.
We can't praise The Mews enough for all the help they have done for my father in law . The staff are so friendly and are always happy to help and his room is always spotless and clean. We can't believe the difference in my father in law he is so happy now and he loves the meals and going in the gardens. At the end of the day, we know we have no worries about him in The Mews we know he's safe and well looked after.
My father has been a resident for 18 months now at Ferndale Mews Care Home. Many issues over first 6 months, very poor overall, new management made massive improvements over last year or so. Lots of areas have progressed. New nursing staff again have improved things very much.
We are always looking to improve the service we provide at Ferndale Mews. While recruitment of quality nurses is a nationwide problem we have been...
After being associated with HC One Widnes for over two years now, I am confident to say that the stay of the service user I am acquainted to has been a completely satisfactory stay on all levels. I have seen significant turn over of staff, but standards have always remained. I do believe the current management are trying for improvements wherever possible to improve lifestyle for every individual service user to benefit from, including families. I do believe rooms should be refurbished regularly though, with adequate storage. we personally have had a lot of problems with losses in property. Menus need a good review in all kitchen aspects.
Thank you for taking the time to complete a review. We really value the feedback provided by those who use our services.
In the summer of 2015 we announced a major new investment programme, with a further £100 million investment which will enable us to complete refurbishments right across all...
My husband has been a resident in Ferndale Mews since May 2014. I call there most days usually visits average about thirty minutes. While occasionally the home appears untidy, e.g laundry not put away 'toys' left around, I appreciate it must be difficult to follow residents around. However, carers do seem to care and I have never witnessed any sign of a resident being ignored, exactly the opposite in fact. Whenever my husband seems unwell, the doctor is called promptly.
The toys which have been left out are part of reminiscence therapy for people living with dementia this includes memory boxes and rummage boxes for residents so they can pick...
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I have worked at Ferndale Mews for 10 years now supporting in most roles to gain experience and develop my knowledge.
In October 24 I was successfully promoted to Home manager.
Along with our fantastic team we are committed to delivering the highest standards of quality care for all who live and visit us.
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