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Together with quality care, the service is committed to independence, with provider Forest Pines known for helping a wide range of individuals through tough and challenging circumstances.
Care Provided by St Joseph's 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 41 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)
- Close to Local shops
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Hairdressing and chiropody are excluded in this price and paid by invoice to the supplier of these services.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact St Joseph's Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact St Joseph's 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
Owner
- Forest Pines Care Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Jonet Ilagan(Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2024
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (41)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (13)
Visiting
- Visiting 24/7
Parking
- Parking available at front of property
St Joseph's Nursing Home Reviews (58)
St Joseph's Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.607) out of 10, based on 19 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time St Joseph's Nursing Home has 58 reviews.
We have been greatly impressed by the care shown by the staff at St Joseph's. All the family feel that she could not have found a better nursing home.
We have already recommended St Joseph's to friends since she has become a resident.
Thank you for your review. I will pass your kind comments on to the staff.
I found all the staff to be attentive and compassionate.
I am very satisfied with the service provided.
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Can't praise St Joseph's enough for all their care and support. My Dad was only with them a short time, he got first class care from first class staff.
Thank you very much for your kind review and I will pass this on to all of the staff.
From the moment we arrived, we were all treated with such kindness and care it made the situation much easier for us.
Dad was given the most professional and caring care that I have ever seen, I can't thank the staff enough for all their support in this most difficult time.
I and the rest of the family will never forget and we feel very lucky that Dad spent his final days in such a special place.
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The home is always clean and tidy and the recent renovations to flooring, decor etc. These last few months have made the home a nicer and cleaner place.
Thank you for your kind review and I will pass the comments on to all of the staff
First impressions were that it was in need of a little TLC and coat of paint. (Much internal decorating since completed). Would benefit from a new lift. However, the staff were very friendly and caring. The Nurses and Carers were professional in their approach and demonstrated their competence but also their humanity when dealing with residents and relatives alike.
Care was taken to deliver the meal that was ordered but there were occasional mistakes.
Inevitably some staff had better interpersonal skills than others and that was noticeable. It appeared management also detected this as one new member did not last long. In fairness, staff seemed under constant pressure but some did manage to find that bit of extra time for the 'personal touch' and that always made a difference.
Thank you for your review and also your lovely letter which as requested I have passed on to all of the staff.
My aunt was treated with kindness and respect. The staff were helpful and attentive. Welcoming to us as visitors, offered drinks at any time of day or night. I couldn't praise highly enough their efforts to make my aunt comfortable and highly regarded in her final weeks.
Thank you so much for your kind review. I will pass this on to all of the staff
My friend was only admitted as a respite patient and enjoyed the service so much he has elected to stay as he says his care is excellent.
If I am ever in the unfortunate position to need care this is the place I will elect to be looked after as the staff and management do their utmost for the smooth and safe running of St Joseph's.
Thank you for your review and I will pass these comments on to all the staff
There is always room for improvement though. The management are really nice and always seem willing to listen and help. All the carers that I've met all seem nice too, as do the maintenance people etc.
My uncle started off in a very very bad place and not once since he has been in St Joseph's have I felt a sense of panic.
The entertainments lady is great and is fantastic for all the residents. It is not a fancy home but it doesn't need to be. Foremost it needs to be well run and managed with priority given to the care and happiness of the residents who now call St Joseph's their home.
Our Aunt was fortunate to be transferred to St Joseph's from Broomfield Hospital for end of life care. Whilst at St Joseph's she received the best of care from kind, competent, professional and caring staff. A member of staff sat with her as she slipped away peacefully before we could get to the home. Through their caring approach, Staff were able to see and appreciate the best of her, when she was at her most vulnerable. All staff did their best to engage her in conversation and activities to the best of her ability.
She had a sunny room, overlooking the grounds of St Joseph's and the whole atmosphere there is calm, unhurried and peaceful.
We too were treated with the kindest professionalism by all the staff we came into contact with. To reiterate, she was extremely fortunate to be able to live at St Joseph's at the end of a very long life.
Our heartfelt thanks to all staff.
My mother recently passed away at the one after residing there for nearly a year. During that time, I found the home to always be clean and well presented. Staff were always caring and attentive, no problem was ever too big. Towards the end of mum's life, they treated her with dignity and respect. The home is well run with a family atmosphere and professional caring staff with the building set in beautiful grounds. Thank you St Joseph's.
I am very satisfied with the care my mother receives at St Joseph's Nursing Home and regard the management and staff very highly. The smoothie project undertaken to add fresh fruit into the diet of the residents I have been very impressed with, and hope that there is continued support for it to be available more than once a week. The investment currently underway to improve the interior is having a very positive impact on making the home look cleaner and brighter and I look forward to the project continuing to all areas. I am particularly interested in the planned re-landscaping of the grounds which if carefully laid out with the needs of the residents in mind, could have the makings of giving an incredibly uplifting outdoor facility for all residents, their family and friends and staff to enjoy fresh air, nature and beauty and enhancing wellbeing for all.
Compassionate and competent care, appropriately targeted to individual care needs. Good staff skill mix. Staff responsive to need. Good standards of hygiene and safeguarding. Balanced diet and appropriate focus on nutrition and hydration. Good nursing care received. Some of the facilities could be further upgraded and more activities could be offered to those residents who are able to take part. Overall the staff do a fantastic job.
First impressions match reality. The home has a warm 'feel' and delicious in every way. Staff are long serving, compassionate and dedicated. They treat residents exactly the way family want and expect them to be treated.
Staff are friendly. I am relaxed here and don't want to move anywhere else. Nice room and outlook. Lovely trees and plenty of wildlife.
Rooms are nice and comfortable. I have been able to bring my own pictures and mirrors and prints etc. All the staff are helpful and have a good laugh and chat, which is appreciated.
Very nice and friendly. Clean. Good food and general good care.
* Care in general is very good, but would be improved by:
- Information regarding personal care is not always accessible, often taking weeks of asking before any notable response or action taken.
- Food is often unrecognisable and with very odd mixtures on the same plate eg. mash with lasagne and fish/chips too!
- A lack of gravy, sauce or custard makes dry stodgy food very hard to chew/swallow, often requiring some liquid to be poured over it to make it edible.
- People left in rooms/communal areas alone, rather than with others.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 28 November 2025Requires improvement
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
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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