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With personalised care packages, the nursing home pays close attention to all security, safety, hygiene and nutrition issues, and has won national awards for the quality of its catering.
A choice of reception rooms and lounges makes for a versatile social atmosphere, with the addition of a study area...
Care Provided by Taymer Nursing 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 30 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
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Our fees are based on a thorough assessment of each resident’s individual needs, ensuring that the level of care and support provided is tailored appropriately.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Taymer Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Taymer Nursing 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)
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 £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Pressbeau Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Margaret Collins (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Number of floors: 1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (22)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (4)
Visiting
- Visiting hours are flexible to suit the needs of residents and their families. You’re welcome to visit at any time, with no set time limit. The team kindly ask that visitors are mindful of residents’ comfort during the later hours of the evening.
Parking
- Ample complimentary parking is provided for the comfort and convenience of guests.
Taymer Nursing Home Reviews (160)
Taymer Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.874) out of 10, based on 31 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Taymer Nursing Home has 160 reviews.
My brother had been a resident with 24-hour care for over four and a half years. As a family, we could not fault Taymer Nursing Home. All staff are very kind, friendly and attentive to my brother's needs. Always kept in touch with me. Sadly, he passed away on 1st April but his remaining days at Taymer Nursing Home couldn't have been better. Thank you.
A wonderful, warm and welcoming environment. All of the staff are friendly and helpful. The nursing is outstanding. The home is situated in a quiet area with good countryside views. My mother is eating more at the home than she ever did at home as the food is so well prepared and the chef caters for each person's likes. I can heartily recommend the home to anyone looking for the 'care' in a care home.
Very comfortable. Felt at home on this first respite visit for ten days. Lucky to have another resident to chat to daily. The staff are always cheerful and caring, including domestic staff but I have given a satisfactory not excellent rating because they couldn't always respond to my buzzer promptly, due to dealing with other residents. The buzzer system seemed to be buzzing all day, so more staff would be good. Food is always delicious, well-presented and healthy - e.g fruit snack each morning.
The staff are on the whole very caring and kind, the food is excellent, communication is good, management and staff find time to update you on what's going on with your relative and listen to anything you have to say or wishes of said relative. They are making a hard time for us all a little easier for which I am grateful. I would recommend Taymer.
I've never stayed at one of these places. It's outstanding, the food is the best and you can't get better. Everything is outstanding in every way. If anything was I wouldn't want to go anywhere else. This would be for me. I love it in every way. It's the best place to be. All staff are polite and it is spotlessly clean. It's just home from home and you can't get any better. Well if I had to be anywhere it would be here, nowhere else. Fantastic, the best.
Whenever I visit I am always greeted warmly and welcomed. My mum is in the residents' lounge when I visit and I am conscious of how all staff are incredibly respectful and attentive to the residents' needs. I have never had any cause for concern. My mum feels incredibly settled and safe despite her at times being quite confused. On occasion, when I have had to take hygiene supplies to mum's room, it has always been incredibly neat, clean and tidy. When I leave after visiting, I always feel incredibly reassured and comforted by what I have seen and that she is in very caring and safe hands.
Amazing how the home keep on top of everything. Warm and friendly staff were caring and spoke kindly to the patient when cleaning him up as well as the odd bit of chat at other times, which was friendly and good for stimulation. Some of the ratings are not relevant.
My mum has been here for just over two weeks. She is being very well looked after. The staff are very friendly, kind and helpful. They are very busy but in spite of that still, nothing is too much trouble when you ask them for something.
Firstly, thank you! We found Taymer at Silsoe to be unlike other care homes that we have experienced. All staff that we met were caring and friendly and the home had a calm and relaxing atmosphere. You gave our friend's mother a comfortable and dignified stay and although she was a dying lady, she was well looked after until the end. Thanks again.
My husband stayed for a week at Taymer nursing home. The nursing home was very clean and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The meals were excellent and the environment was calm and peaceful. My husband was very happy with his week's stay. The home is set in a beautiful area of central Bedfordshire.
Excellent care and understanding and very willing and helpful staff.
I stayed at Taymer Nursing Home for 5 nights and was made to feel very welcome. In particular, the food was very good. All the staff were helpful and friendly.
From the moment I came out of the hospital transport and was met by the very welcoming manager, I felt I was in safe hands. Every member of staff I met on my trip to my room was smiling and welcoming also. Over the weeks I stayed here for my hip rehab, I could not fault the attentiveness of any of the staff. Nothing was too much for them. The chef cooked wonderful meals every day. Tea/coffee and biscuits were offered. The support staff were all brilliant as were the cleaners. Fantastic place.
Right from the beginning of my partner's stay, the staff were so welcoming, friendly and kind. They could not do enough for my partner, who was the youngest resident. Anything we requested was found, given and more. The food, cleanliness, facilities and all were great. All the staff on whatever shidt/s were great. My partner was made more than welcome - thank you all.
My mother stayed at Taymer Nursing Home for rehabilitation following a knee operation. She was well looked after by staff. Both management and staff were very good and thoughtful. The food was excellent She was rested well to enable her to return home to continue her rehabilitation.
Very please with the first-class care he has received at Taymer. He has been looked after very well indeed. Thank you to all the staff.
The food is good and plentiful.
Events are laid on, we were there when a bird of prey talk was on and it was enjoyable.
I came here from the hospital and received good care from the staff and management. The rehab has helped me to walk again.
My brother was diagnosed as at 'end-of-life' when he entered Taymer Nursing Home; a nursing home in the village where he had lived for almost fifty years. From the first day he was given full attention, made as comfortable as possible, given great nursing and, most importantly, treated as a human being. Taymer gave me a sense of relief knowing he was in a happy, comfortable home receiving good care. I was kept updated with his progress, important as I live over three hours away, they were very kind and supportive at his end. I have nothing but praise for all the staff and the way the home is run.
We regularly visit an old friend who is a resident at Taymer Nursing Home. The care staff and manager are always very welcoming. The care given to our friend is very good - as we notice and she reports to us. She also praises the food! During the covid pandemic, the staff were not officious and did their best to enable visits. The only regret is that our friend's mobility has decreased significantly. Her room is pleasant with a nice view of the garden - but is quite small.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 20 July 2019Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- 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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Awards / Recognitions (1)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Pressbeau Ltd
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