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A much-loved part of the local community since 1947, Glen Rosa combines period charm with modern comfort. Set just a short walk from Ilkley town centre and close to Betty’s Tea Rooms, the home offers strong community ties and stunning views of Ilkley Moor.
Bedrooms are all en-suite, with...
Care Provided by Glen Rosa
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 47 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
- Palliative / End of Life Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Glen Rosa for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Glen Rosa 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
- MHA
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Adam Carling (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2000
Room Information
- Single Rooms (47)
Glen Rosa Reviews (104)
Glen Rosa has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.748) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Glen Rosa has 104 reviews.
We are so pleased with Glen Rosa for my mother-in-law. She has repeatedly told us the staff are so kind and the food is good! Her room is very clean, and when she arrived, the carpet and walls were her favourite colour. She has had some quite server health issues, and these have been dealt with promptly and thoroughly. The activities co-ordinator is good, and the carers attention to detail is very good. The care staff are physically demonstrative of their care too.
Thank you for your kind words; Mum has settled well and is well-liked. We too are pleased with the progress she has been able to make with the support of a loving staff team. You talk about the care given and shown by the staff and I am happy to report that is genuine. I watch staff on a daily basis and feel blessed to have such compassionate people working for us here at Glen Rosa.
I can't speak more highly of MHA Glen Rosa. Staff are the most important factor in a care home and the staff at Glen Rosa are a fabulous team. They know and show genuine affection for and interest in the residents. We live far from Ilkley so I appreciate the contact they maintain with us. They always make me feel welcome into the home and put on activities and outing that reflect their knowledge of the residents. The kitchen and maintenance staff are friendly and go out of their to help. Just a lovely place to see my uncle in.
Thank you for your comments and feedback for the home and staff at Glen Rosa; your comments about the staff and service are very nice to hear and for the staff, so important that their hard work is acknowledged.
Glen Rosa staff were and are always welcoming to me as a friendly visitor and allowed me to take meals with my friend and the other residents. I attend some of the social activities of Glen Rosa - concerts and church services (Methodist) regularly.
Thank you for such a wonderful review, we do try at Glen Rosa to make everyone feel welcome and I know your friend appreciates your visits and of course you're welcome for meals and events to accompany your friend and maintain those close bonds. I will be sure to pass your comments onto the staff as I know they will appreciate it.
Visited a short term very sick resident three days in a row. He was very well cared for and nursed beyond our expectations. All the staff are very friendly and made us feel welcome. Lounges and tea/coffee making facilities on every floor so could meet with the resident as an independent private group. Very clean, very friendly and very well maintained.
Thank you so much for your positive comments about the service we provide and taking the time to complete the form. I will pass on to the staff and let them know there is further acknowledgement of their hard work and dedication.
A lovely place, full of peace and kindness.
Thank you for your lovely review of your stay at Glen Rosa. We enjoyed your time with us and look forward to seeing you again, I hope in the near future.
My mother has been with you for almost a year and her care has been superb! The staff have always got a smile on their faces and cannot do enough to help her. They are always friendly and helpful to visitors as well. A welcoming friendly place to live!
Thank you so much for completing a review; your comments are amazing and gratefully received. I am pleased to see from the perspective of a visitor, that you feel welcomed and supported, as well as your observations of the excellent care your Mother receives here at Glen Rosa.
A warm friendly welcome when we brought our friend from a less good establishment to Glen Rosa. The month he has been at Glen Rosa has transformed him from a depressed, failing individual to someone, though still frail, now is more at peace with himself, with excellent care and attention including people to talk to and activities to take part in. A real change in his wellbeing.
Thank you so much for taking to time to complete the form, and for your comments. It's always nice for the staff and others to read the positive experiences people are having at Glen Rosa and it reinforces to the team that we are doing it right.
My mother has been very well looked after at Glen Rosa. The staff are very attentive and caring and the home has a friendly atmosphere. The facilities are very good and there are plenty of activities available for those who want to get involved. I think Glen Rosa was a good choice for my mother.
Thank you for taking the time to review Glen Rosa and for your lovely comments.
My mother moved into Glen Rosa in February 2017 following a bout of pneumonia which left her feeling weak and unwell. Since arriving at Glen Rosa her general health has improved tremendously. She is happy and settled in her new home and finds the care offered by the staff to be excellent. All members of staff are kind, friendly and helpful and the atmosphere in the home is relaxed and peaceful. Our family are very pleased that she is so well and happy at Glen Rosa.
Thank you very much for your kind review. It is pleasure to care for your Mum I am very pleased she is happy and settled here at Glen Rosa.
As a visitor, I have always been most impressed by the warm welcome by the staff. Clean and spacious. I have already recommended it as a good place for care.
Thank you for your kind review. It is always a pleasure to welcome you when you are visiting. Thank you for recommending Glen Rosa to others.
My father's wellbeing has improved since coming to live at Glen Rosa. He enjoys the activities provided and responds well to the kindness of the staff and appreciates his beautiful surroundings. Staff are friendly towards me and have quickly called out a doctor to examine my father when needed. I appreciate the warmth and caring of all the staff I have met and feel relief that my father receives such a high quality of support.
What lovely comments, thank you for expressing your appreciation. I know the staff work very hard to care for the residents at Glen Rosa and Kitwood House and they really do treat all our residents like family.
I will certainly pass on your thoughts to the team.
My mother moved to Kitwood House, Glen Rosa from another care home and was given a warm and friendly welcome by the staff. This helped her to settle in quickly.
I have been impressed by the care my mother has received at Glen Rosa (personal care and medical attention) and feel that the choice of this home was a good one.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the carehomes.co.uk form; the staff in Kitwood will be grateful for your feedback.
My overall view, with my wife as a resident of Glen Rosa care home. We both agree that she is happy and contented in her own room, with well-equipped furniture. She has only herself to blame for not joining her fellow residents and the available activities in the lounge and dining room areas, but as they say, we have to accept that is her own choice. The staff are friendly and devoted to their work, which is very warming. Thank the good Lord for their calling towards caring for the elderly and infirm. Thank you MHA from Roman Catholic relative.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this form, you are one of our great supporters and we are grateful for your constant positive feedback, you are in the home more than several times a week and are in a position to observe the staff on a day to day basis; this, of course, means that your positive comments are all the more valid and supportive of the excellent work here at Glen Rosa.
Mum has been at Glen Rosa for four and a half years. In that time she has been in both Glen Rosa and Kitwood. She is now 99 years old and very frail, both physically and mentally. However, all aspects of her care are still excellent. She is cared for physically but also, all the staff show such care and respect for her.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to complete the carehomes.co.uk form. We are always grateful for feedback from relatives and residents as you experience the Home at all different times. I will pass on your lovely comments to the team, I am sure they will appreciate it.
Lovely staff, so kind, friendly and fun.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the carehome.co.uk form, it's so important to us. I really appreciate you acknowledging the care and support the staff provide here at Glen Rosa on a day to day basis.
Mum has dementia but is not yet so confused that she needs to be in the dementia unit. I feel that the staff are aware of her need for company and above all her need to access the outdoors, whenever possible.
Bothof these are more readily available in the non-dementia unit and supervised outdoor time is facilitated when possible.
Thank you for completing the carehomes.co.uk form, your comments are really appreciated. Your Mum is a pleasure and such a sweet lady; I’m pleased that you are happy with the activity provision I know the staff work hard to ensure there is as much going on outside as possible especially in this lovely weather.
The staff at Glen Rosa are incredible, they are supportive, kind and always so positive, no matter what day or time we visit. They have done so much for my mother-in-law and our family as a whole. A truly inspirational team of people, thank you so much for all that you do.
It was such a pleasure to care for your Father here at Glen Rosa and such a sad loss to us all. He had a great sense of humour even if very dry at times. Your thoughts will mean a lot to staff and we are grateful for such wonderful comments. It was lovely to observe you all coming together to...
If I need help and only have to ask. The staff and carers are very willing to help me, sometimes it needs a lot of patience both ways.
Thank you so much for your kind words. It's always special when residents are willing to give their feedback on their day to day experience here at Glen Rosa.
Totally pleased with my life here at Glen Rosa. It is homely and comfortable and both staff and residents are a joy.
Thank you for your wonderful comments, you are an amazing lady and a pleasure to look after, although sometimes we wonder who is looking after who.
The catering staff produced all the food for my mother-in-law's 100th birthday. The service we received was excellent. Glen Rosa provided a beautiful and delicious two-tier cake. We had a large and varied selection of sandwiches. Presented very attractively and some scrumptious cheesecake served in sundae dishes. The room where we had the party is most attractive with a wonderful view and a mural wall creating a lovely backcloth for the photographs.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 14 November 2017Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- 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.
Bed Vacancies
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Meet the Team (1)

Adam Carling is the Home Manager at MHA Glen Rosa, having joined the home in early 2025. He brings over a decade of leadership experience in the care sector, having previously held registered, service, and regional manager roles supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
Adam is passionate about ensuring that every resident enjoys a life filled with engagement, purpose, and connection—whether that’s through spending time with family, exploring hobbies, or building friendships within the home. He believes in creating an environment where meaningful moments happen every day.
At Glen Rosa, Adam works alongside a dedicated team of capable, compassionate professionals who share his commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. Together, they aim to make a lasting, positive difference in the lives of those they support.
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