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Care Provided by Temple Ewell Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 44 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
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
These Fees Exclude FNC
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Temple Ewell Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Temple Ewell 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
- Crownwood Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Gillian Burnham(Director of Care services)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 45+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 1999
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (44)
Visiting
- Temple Ewell Nursing Home welcomes visitors at anytime, however please call first if visiting after 8pm so the team wii be aware
Parking
- Parking is available in the car park to the side of the home
Temple Ewell Nursing Home Reviews (35)
Temple Ewell Nursing Home has a Review Score of 8.7 (8.717) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Temple Ewell Nursing Home has 35 reviews.
Mum always seems clean and content. Carers always seem happy and are very helpful.
Thank you for your nice review. Your Mum is a lovely lady who makes caring for her very easy, when she laughs she lights up the room. Our job is always such a privilege that we do not ever take lightly. Thank you again.
They are excellent with my sometimes difficult dad. Wonderful staff, very caring, know his ailments and are on top of things straight away.
Thank you for such a good review. Your Dad has us all smiling every day and my dog certainly enjoys the "treats" that he feeds her! He is such a lovely man and although he can challenge us from time to time we are very thankful to know him and be able to care for him. Thank you again.
Having transferred my sister from a nursing home in New Malden, Surrey, Temple Ewell Nursing Home is 5 Stars. The staff are all very caring, they check on my sister regularly, some of the caring staff are exceptionally kind. Covid has been difficult for everyone, but Temple Ewell has been outstanding.
Thank you so much for the lovely review. Your sister is a wonderful lady and we are very privileged to be able to care for her.
The staff are very friendly and can't do enough. My sister and I are very happy with the care mum receives. We are kept in touch and know she is taken care of. With a loved one that you are not able to care for it was daunting to leave her in someone else's care but we are very happy with all the care she receives.
Thank you so much for such a positive review, your Mum is a joy and pleasure to care for, she loves seeing my dog each day and her smile makes our day. We will not rest on our laurels and will always strive to go the extra mile and beyond. Thank you for allowing us the privilege of having your Mum as part of our Temple Ewell Nursing Home family.
My Dad came to live at Temple Ewell following a rapid decline in health. From the day he arrived, communication has always been excellent. The staff are kind and polite. Everyone has understood the consequences of lockdown on visiting and have been sympathetic. Dad is always clean and comfortable and is well fed. It feels as though they genuinely like him and care for him, which is lovely. The organisation of visiting is excellent and managed very safely. The environment is nice and Dad’s room is spacious, clean and bright. Detail is paid to his risk of falling and this is carefully managed.
Thank you for such a positive review. We do honestly feel like anyone coming to live with us is joining our "family".
The staff are friendly. Mum is not an easy person to deal with and staff are always helping her. Ease to get to the food needs improvement but everything is fine. There is plenty of room to walk around and is very easy for disabled people.
Thank you for a lovely review, if I can be of any help regarding food choices please do not hesitate to contact me direct, I am always more than happy to help solve any issue.
It takes a special kind of person to cope with people who cannot communicate in the usual way. I always found my friend to be comfortable and at peace with herself.
The room, which was her 'home' was light and airy and looked out on to the countryside which she loved.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a positive review. Your dear friend was a much-loved member of our "family" and it was a real privilege to have cared for her.
My mum is in Temple Ewell Nursing Home. At first I was wary as she has not been in one before and the furniture, etc. did not match and it looked like it could do with a lick of paint, however, this is so unimportant in the scheme of things. The staff are amazing, they do everything that they possibly can to make my mum happy and always keep her safe. The staff do not treat her like a patient/client, they treat her the same way that they would their own parents. Nothing is too much trouble ever for them, the care, the food is good and plenty of it and there is even 24 hours room service. They arrange hairdressers, nail services and even Facetime calls. No one wants their parent to have to be in a home but if they do have to be in one, I can't see many better than Temple Ewell.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely review. This is a lovely testament for the staff to share in, especially in light of the recent times whilst in lock-down. As a manager I am very proud of all the team and we all take it as a huge privilege to be able to care and support people who come to live at Temple Ewell Nursing Home.
She was here for about 7 weeks when she very sadly passed away with her family around her.
Her time there was spent in a lovely room where the sun shined all day the staff and carers where wonderful to her we visited in and out with even the very youngest members of her family along with the family dog, nothing was ever any problem and we were made welcome on our visits.
We would recommend Temple Ewell for the staff and cleanliness.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this lovely review. We always feel it is a great privilege when someone comes to live at Temple Ewell Nursing Home, it was wonderful to see this lovely lady surrounded by her family, young and not quite so young! She will long be remembered here for...
My father was discharged to your nursing home after a spell in hospital meant he could not go back to the care home he had lived in for 5 years. It was a very frightening time for him and us. Your staff did their utmost to take care of him and us. Sadly, he passed away after only a few weeks but you made that time more bearable for us all.
Thank you for your kind review. It was a real privilege to care for your Dad and to be able to offer support to his lovely family.
Every thing about this Nursing Home was excellent for my Mum. Management and Staff really looked after her.
Thank you for this lovely positive review. It was great to be able to care for your Mum and as always we consider it a real privilege. Thank for taking the time to write this review, we truly do appreciate it.
My mother has been a resident of Temple Ewell Nursing home a number of years and she loves it. She is very frail physically but is totally 'with it'. She has a very bright sunny room which was redecorated for her a few years ago and really considers this room as home. All the staff are so lovely with her, very friendly and very caring and on her 90th birthday last year baked her the most amazing birthday cake and made her feel very special. Since she has been here her well-being has improved so much and I am safe in the knowledge that she will be very well looked after and should there be any 'incidents' I will be kept fully informed.
Thank you for such a lovely review. I always share the reviews with all of the staff and I know how much they, and I value such positive comments. It's such a privilege the job that we do, and we will never rest on our laurels, but continue to strive forward, continue to learn, and grow, so as we can keep delivering the very best care we can.
All in all, she was treated with respect, dignity and care, always clean and tidy. Staff were very attentive. The end of life care when she passed away was second to none. Caring and efficient.
It is so lovely to read a review like this, the team work very hard but we will never stop trying to improve. We think it is a real privilege when someone chooses us and we never take that lightly. Thank you so much for taking the time to write, it is truly appreciated.
I am pleased that my dad is a resident of Temple Ewell Nursing Home. When all you see is bad comments about nursing homes it is great to see that there are some very good nursing homes that really care about their residents as Temple Ewell does. It was a very difficult decision to place my dad in a nursing home but we could not give him the care he needed at home. When my sister and I visited Temple Ewell Nursing Home, without an appointment we were very surprised that all the staff we spoke to were so helpful to us. We were shown around the vacant rooms and chose one that we thought would be best for my dad. He was privately funded first of all but even when Social Services took over the fees he was allowed to stay in the same room which was great for him. We met the owners and they spent quite some time talking to us which was very reassuring as they seem to be very hands on. All the staff have been great with my dad if we have any issues we speak to the manager who sorts it out.
We consider it a real privilege to care for each and every person that makes Temple Ewell Nursing Home their choice, and we understand that it is often a very difficult decision for all those involved. Thank you so much for such a positive review.
At a time when the actions of a small number of carers working in care and nursing homes bring the dedication and professionalism of the majority into disrepute, it is heartening to note that each and every staff member at Temple Ewell Nursing Home gives much needed professionalism, care, love and emotional support to both resident and their family, to enable them to remain positive through what are, for many, very difficult times.
Staff are always positive, polite and friendly, and fully prepared to meet the many diverse needs of everyone. In effect, the manager, supported by all members of her staff has created a real family atmosphere within the home.
It is to their credit that family members can be confident that the best is being done for their loved ones.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 08 December 2018Good
- 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.
Bed Vacancies
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Meet the Team (4)

Mitesh serves as the Director and Nominated Individual for the entire Crownwood Healthcare Group, leading with a clear vision to continuously move care forward across all Homes within the organisation. His focus is rooted in delivering truly person centered care,care that is not only high in quality but also authentic, compassionate, and responsive to each individual’s needs. Driven by a genuine passion for improving the lived experience of every resident, Mitesh champions an approach that helps people maintain as normal and fulfilling a life as possible, regardless of their health challenges. He believes in empowering residents, respecting their choices, and creating environments where dignity, independence, and well being come first. To ensure this ethos is consistently woven into every aspect of Crownwood’s services, Mitesh works closely with the Director of Care Services, the Head of Services, and all Registered Managers. Together, they uphold rigorous standards, strengthen compliance, and drive ongoing improvement,ensuring that every Home within the Group reflects the highest levels of safety, professionalism, and heartfelt care.

The Crownwood Healthcare Group is guided by the expertise and compassion of our Director of Care Services, Gillian Burnham, who has been an integral part of our organisation since 2015. A First Level Registered Nurse with more than 20 years of dedicated experience in care home management, Gill brings not only exceptional clinical knowledge but also a deep, genuine love for delivering high-quality nursing care.Throughout her career, Gill has managed both local and national services, consistently upholding and exceeding CQC regulatory standards. She is well-known for cultivating strong relationships with local healthcare partners, residents’ families, and wider multi-disciplinary teams,relationships built on trust, respect, and a shared commitment to excellent care. Gill also holds a City and Guilds Registered Manager’s Award and is proactive in staying informed of the latest local and national care initiatives. Her forward-thinking approach ensures that our homes remain at the forefront of best practice, innovation, and person centered care. Above all, Gill’s passion for nursing is at the heart of everything she does. Her warmth, mentorship, and unwavering dedication set the tone for our care culture and help ensure every resident is treated with dignity, compassion and genuine kindness.

Appointed Head of Services in September 2025, Pete Bowley is a key member of the Senior Management Team at Crownwood Healthcare Group. Working closely with Gill and Mitesh, Pete plays a central role in shaping how services are delivered across the organisation, supporting seamless operations, championing best practice, and driving continuous improvement in every home and service line. Pete’s journey with Crownwood began in 2015, following his earlier years at Temple Ewell Nursing Home starting in 2010. From his first role as a Healthcare Assistant through to Nursing Associate, Deputy Manager (2017–2022), and later Training and Technical Manager (2022–2025), Pete has built a career grounded in compassion, capability, and a deep commitment to quality care. What truly sets Pete apart is his passion, for people, learning, and service excellence. He is dedicated to empowering staff at every level, ensuring they have the training, technical support, and confidence to deliver outstanding care. Even in his senior leadership position, Pete remains hands-on with group-wide training and continues to be a go-to source of guidance for teams across the organisation. Modern in his approach and driven by a belief that great care starts with great people, Pete brings energy, experience, and a forward-thinking mindset to Crownwood Healthcare. His leadership remains a vital part of ensuring the Group continues to operate at its very best.

Kathy has been at Temple Ewell since December 2015. She joined Temple Ewell as a Staff Nurse and was promoted to Clinical Manager in April 2017. Kathy has been a qualified nurse for over 30 years, working in both community and hospital settings. She has been able to bring her vast experience to the Home, to enhance practice and help to enrich the lives of our staff and residents. Kathy is also our student nurse mentor, supporting two students during term times. Kathy is a passionate and empathetic nurse who demonstrates a deep understanding of the needs of our residents.
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