Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre

61 Wharf Road, Islington, London N1 7RY
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Welcome to Bridgeside Lodge Care Home in Islington. Situated by the beautiful Regent’s Canal, the luxurious modern gated property offers 24-hour care for those between the ages of 18 and 65. They provide specialist care for younger people with neurological and spinal conditions, and elderly people with or without Dementia. They are blessed with a long-serving team of carers, and partner therapists who deliver high-quality, person-centred care within a homely environment.

The purpose-built home comprises 64 single bedrooms, all with en-suite facilities. They encourage residents to furnish their new surroundings with familiar pieces of furniture and personal possessions to make them feel truly at home. While the bedrooms provide a tranquil area to rest and relax, the bright and attractive communal day rooms offer residents the opportunity to catch up with friends, enjoy one of the home's visiting entertainers or simply recline in front of their favourite films.

At Bridgeside Lodge, they encourage residents to take part in a range of engaging activities based on their lifestyle needs and preferences. Many of their activities take place within the home environment and include arts/crafts, quiz nights and musical evenings. In the summer, they host garden parties and barbecues on their riverside terrace. They empower individuals to enjoy those everyday routines they cherish, whether that’s having a salon blow-dry and manicure or keeping up to date with their favourite football team. All are encouraged and available. Residents enjoy the wider community, with a thriving high street, independent shops and local park all within a short distance.

The home's professional catering team delivers nutritionally balanced meals that are appealing to residents. Their professional food suppliers specialise in delivering high-quality food designed specifically for the healthcare sector.
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Care Provided

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Learning Disability / Autism
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment
  • Younger Adults

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 64 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Bariatric Care/Obesity
  • Convalescent Care
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

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
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1800
  • Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1800
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1800
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1800

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre 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)

Support you may be entitled to

If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £254.06 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Good to Know

Person in charge

  • Fatma Makalo (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 18+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (64)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (64)

Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre Reviews (72)

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Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.920) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre has 72 reviews.

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Review from A C (Partner of Resident) published on 19 August 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My partner has lived Bridgeside Lodge for almost a year. It is a truly unique and OUTSTANDING Care Home. The Management Team go above and beyond looking after the Residents - they include friends and family members. It has truly become an extended family. I will be forever grateful for Bridgeside Lodge
and fought tooth and nail for my partner to stay there now his money has run out. I have been supported throughout this long battle. EXCELLENT and WONDERFUL Care Home. Thank you so much.
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Review from D H (Wife of Resident) published on 10 July 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent care - to high (& clearly checked!) standards
Sense of fun & lightness in the home
Brilliant garden events + music + visits by nursery class.
Enjoyable garden with activity on the water
High clenliness.
Thoughtful staff with lots of smiles
Good coffee! Made to feel part of the team
always a warm welcome to visitors
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Review from V L (Partner of Resident) published on 26 June 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The manageress and staff were extremely kind and thoughtful throughout the process of seeing my partner into the home. Their supportive attitude made it possible for him feel welcomed and to settle in smoothly, and helped me although this stressful and difficult period. Despite his condition and lack
of awareness he remains cheerful and enjoys some activities especially the musicians visits and jazz style sing a longs.
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Review from Emelia M (Daughter of Resident) published on 24 June 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The care home is very clean. The staff keep me informed of the progress of my mother. There are a lot of social activities and a lot of dignity is given to my mother's condition. The meals are well balanced.
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Review from Sheila A (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 June 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mum is really blessed to live here. She is always happy & comfortable when we visit. She gets on so well with the staff. The staff are very friendly and helpful. They organised a nice birthday lunch for mum, she was so happy. Mum's room is always fresh & clean & so is the whole home. It is nice to sit
in the lovely garden with Mum. She also enjoys the live music events. The management is very friendly & approachable.
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Review from J O (Son of Resident) published on 18 June 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mum has been in BSL for many years in BSL first floor her carers and nurse are absolutely outstanding. Myself and all the my siblings are so relaxed knowing our mums being so well cared for. I highly recommend BSL and can not speak highly enough for all her care. The staff go above and beyond on
a daily basis. Mum attends daily activities and garden bbq's for all the family. 10/10 so very grateful.
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Review from Margaret P (Friend of Resident) published on 5 June 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have visited a close friend at Bridgeside Lodge on several occasions but the two dates above refer to birthday celebrations which Bridgeside hosted and helped to host. I have nothing but praise for the centre, its manager or the staff. Thank you Bridgeside!
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Review from A H (Daughter of Resident) published on 16 April 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My dad recently moved into Bridgeside Lodge after a tough few months, if not years, of an Alzheimers diagnosis, long hospitalisation with an infection and then a big move across the country. The comfort, security, belief and happiness we get from his care at Bridgeside is incomparable. He is treated
with respect and love, and as result has settled in quickly and happily. We (his family and friends) are also treated and looked after so well. We feel personally we consoled and supported with every interaction. Could not be happier.
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Review from M T (Resident) published on 15 April 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Having been in at least three other care homes, I feel that I can make a valid comparison of Bridgeside Lodge to what else is available in the market. Bridgeside Lodge is hands-down the best home that I have experienced , the staff are professional and kind. They are also very caring and look after
all of my medical/comfort needs really really well.
The management of Bridgeside Lodge under the manager deserves special mention as she is a real team leader and instills a great sense of teamwork and family into the staff
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Review from Caroline B (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has been a resident here now for over a year and our family are very pleased with the way in which she has been cared for and made to feel like it is her home and not 'a home'. She arrived here in the worst of circumstances but the professionalism of the staff and the thorough nursing care
have transformed her physical ailments so that she is now comfortable and healing and has become very fond of her carers. We feel very lucky to have found a home like Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre and have no hesitation recommending it to anyone who has need of such care.
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Review from G L (Sister of Resident) published on 26 December 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I commend the empathy and professionalism in all aspects of my brother's care.
The management and all staff are outstanding in their dedication to the care of my brother.
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre provides the reassurance one needs when one's loved one requires the additional care.
Thank you
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre staff.
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Review from Ranu B (Regular Volunteer) published on 4 December 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The manager and her team take such amazing, kind care of the residents. When I speak to family members they praise the staff without prompting. The residents are the centre of their world. This is a truly wonderful home and I love visiting it.
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Review from Harriet G (Daughter of Resident) published on 15 October 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The manager and her team and Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre supported my mother over the course of twelve years following a hypoxic brain injury which led to paralysis from the neck down and extreme communication challenges. During an incredibly painful and traumatic time for my mother as well as us,
as a family, Bridgeside, from the very first moment, made us feel part of their family. Offering kindness, compassion, understanding and a shoulder to cry on. My mother had incredibly complex needs and Bridgeside Lodge staff were able to cater to them, not just from a duty-bound perspective but also from a place of genuine care and consideration. I speak on behalf of everyone in my family when I say that we are so grateful for the care my mother received whilst at Bridgeside and I thank each and every one of the staff who cared for my mother from the bottom of my heart. You are all angels.
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Review from S M (Sister of Resident) published on 8 July 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre is a kind, calm and deeply caring home. I am so grateful for the loving and kind care my brother receives here.
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Review from Sarah G (Wife of Resident) published on 19 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am delighted that my husband is at Bridgeside Lodge. The staff and care are outstanding. I feel my husband is in excellent care and he is very contented when I leave him. Thank you Bridgeside Lodge.
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Review from Kim F (Daughter of Resident) published on 15 March 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The care that my mother has received at this care home has been amazing. Every person who works at this facility treats my mother with care and respect.
The staff are helpful and knowledgeable, and it is a huge comfort to us as a family that our loved one is being taken care of by such an incredible
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Review from Deborah K (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 February 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is the best of the best! My mother is at the end of her life and the care and attention and affection she is receiving are really wonderful. I feel so good knowing that she is with everyone here. I cannot recommend Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre enough.
I am so sad about how things are in the UK,
how expensive care is and how the whole country treats their old people. They say you can tell a culture by how they treat their old and Britain is failing and the costs are ridiculous. Everything should be standard charges and there should be a national service to teach the young to work with the old for two years so that they have an understanding and an appreciation of what happens at the end of life.
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Review from M D (Mother of Resident) published on 17 July 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very happy with Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre. Everyone is friendly and kind, and I believe that all residents are being cared for with pride care and dignity. The home is an absolute pleasure to visit.
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Review from Jane T (Daughter of Resident) published on 17 July 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is an excellent care home. All the staff are friendly and hardworking. My mum is well cared for, and I am so happy with the care she receives; she could not be in a better place. The manager is so caring and attentive and knows every single resident. I know my mum is safe and happy.
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Review from P G (Friend of Resident) published on 12 April 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I visit my friend's partner roughly every 5 to 8 weeks. I have noticed a marked progress in her condition, in particular, she is able to communicate and respond more in head movement and expressions. I can see she is so well cared for by everyone in the team and nothing is too much trouble for them.
They deliver a professional and exceptional level of care. The extracurricular activities promote the patients and their families, community spirit and family value. It is this holistic approach to her care that I feel contributed to her improvement.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.920)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.920) out of 10 for Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 17 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 4.920 for Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre is calculated as follows: ( (187 Excellents x 5) + (12 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 201 Ratings = 4.92
  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 Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre is based on 17 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 64 registered maximum number of service users is 12.8, which has been reached with 17 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: 27 Oct 2023

Overall Outstanding

  • Caring Outstanding
  • Effective Outstanding
  • Responsive Outstanding
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Outstanding
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Fatma

Fatma Makalo

Job Title: Centre Manager

As the Manager of Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre I am very proud to work with an amazing team of staff who are caring, dedicated, compassionate and innovative. Seeing a person beyond their illness is my favourite motto. I am a committed and caring person who likes to make a change to our residents, families, friends and staff. I ensure Bridgeside Lodge is part of the community we live in by building close relationships and links with other organisations.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre

What types of Care is Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre registered for?

Older Person Care, Dementia, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment & Younger Adults are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

How many Rooms does Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre have?

There are 64 Single Rooms.

What are the Facilities & Services at Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre?

Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room & Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre to the centre of London?

3.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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