The Grange Care Centre

25 Church Green, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon SN7 8HU
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Welcome to The Grange Care Centre in Faringdon. Situated in the tranquil village of Stanford in the Vale, the charming home offers 24-hour nursing care for adults, on a long-term basis or for short-term respite care. They are blessed with a long-serving team of nursing and support staff that provide high-quality, person-centred care within a homely environment.

The Grange comprises 40 single bedrooms and 4 companion rooms for couples wishing to share. Most of the bedrooms are equipped with an en-suite W.C. and a hand basin. They encourage residents to furnish their new surroundings with familiar pieces of furniture and personal possessions to make them feel truly at home. While bedrooms provide a tranquil area to rest and relax, the home's light and airy communal day rooms offer residents the opportunity to catch up with friends over a pot of tea, enjoy one of the guest entertainers or simply recline in front of their favourite films.

At The Grange, they encourage residents to take part in a range of engaging activities based on their lifestyle needs and preferences. Many of the activities take place within the home environment and include garden parties, barbecues, arts/crafts and quiz nights. The team empowers 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. As well as being encouraged to enjoy the home's landscaped gardens, residents also enjoy regular days out and seasonal trips further afield.

The Grange's professional catering team delivers nutritionally balanced meals that are appealing to all its residents. The 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
  • Physical Disability

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 49 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • 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
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1450
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1450
  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1450
  • Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1450

These prices are only a guideline, please contact The Grange 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

  • Wendy Mead (Centre Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (49)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (5)

The Grange Care Centre Reviews (71)

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The Grange Care Centre has a Review Score of 10 (9.992) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Grange Care Centre has 71 reviews.

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Review from Carolyn W (Wife of Resident) published on 22 June 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My husband received first-class care at the Grange so that the last 14 months of his life were very happy. Nothing was too much for the lovely staff. Right up to his last breath they were attentive and kind to both of us. I also run a singing club there and can see how content and well cared for the
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Review from Muriel R (Wife of Resident) published on 25 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
While my husband is well cared for and looked after, I would have liked him to have some physio included in the package, without having to pay extra, as I pay enough already and should come under the NHS funding. Also, his feet looked after as he is diabetic, under the NHS funding.
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Review from R P (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My father spent 8 months at The Grange Care Centre and in this time I had no concerns for his well-being.
All the staff at The Grange treated my father with dignity and respect at all times.
When I came to visit I was always welcomed and nothing was too much bother. I would highly recommend The Grange
to anybody who needed the best care.
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Review from G S (Wife of Resident) published on 12 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
After nursing my husband with Dementia for many years, when he fell and broke his hip, I could not have him back home. It was a very stressful time because I did not know where he would eventually end up. I was so grateful to have the opportunity for him to spend his last few months in The Grange. It
is such a kind, caring and friendly place. I spent so many hours there with my husband. I always felt very welcome. Nothing was too much trouble.
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Review from Victor R (Friend of Resident) published on 29 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Grange at Stanford-in-the-Vale always provides a very warm, happy and reassuring environment. It is totally professional and well-staffed. Over the past years, many relatives and friends have spent happy times within its walls. Our neighbour, who is now a resident, has been in other care homes.
She thinks The Grange is the best.
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Review from J I (Son of Resident) published on 12 December 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I am generally happy with dads care. There are some very good staff carers. I am not happy with the amount of agency carers. It is very clear as a visitor that regular staff spend most of their time showing agency carers the ropes. A lot of agency staff seem reluctant to interact with residents and
family members, and some appear to be lazy. However, a few agency staff are very good indeed.
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Review from Pamela B (Relative of Resident) published on 9 December 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My mother has been a resident for 2 and a half years and is very comfortable despite poor mobility. I have recently needed to move my aunt to The Grange, at relatively short notice. The management team were great at helping to arrange a suitable room and enabled me to set it up like her home. They
agreed to have her hearing dog and went out of their way to arrange for its care and safety. Finally, on arrival, my aunt was very distressed and confused but the staff were very kind and soon settled her in.
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Review from L I (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 28 November 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My father-in-law does well when he sees familiar faces. He has his favourite carers.
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Review from M S (Friend of Resident) published on 24 October 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been visiting The Grange about every ten days for a year. I visit a resident with his wife, I believe The Grange to be very well run. The patients are listened to and treated with dignity. The staff are always welcoming. They make an effort to involve residents with a variety of activities. I
am told the food is usually good. I admire the flexibility of the management making residents feel as much as possible. The role of the owner as befriender is quite exceptional.
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Review from L T (Daughter of Resident) published on 22 October 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mum is always up and looking clean and presentable (if I go in about ten). Always has a drink close to hand and all staff are friendly and chatty. Care home always looks and smells nice and clean too.
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Review from Brian S (Son of Resident) published on 18 October 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My Mother has been looked after by The Grange staff and managers since November 2014 after suffering a stroke in 2010. After being housebound at home with many "unknown carers" coming in daily to look after her, she was allocated a room at The Grange and has not looked back. She has many new friends
to talk to, activities to do and entertainment most days. She loves it.
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Review from P F (Sister-in-law of Resident) published on 14 October 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My brother-in-law moved into The Grange 11 months ago his care has been outstanding.
The carers are kind and helpful and treat the residents as a family even down to the resident's families we have made many new friends there.
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Review from Vilma W (Daughter of Resident) published on 8 March 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mum was a resident for 9 months, in this time she was well cared for by the lovely members of staff who work tirelessly to provide excellent care. As a family we were made to feel extremely welcome and part of the "Grange Family" with mum. In mum's last weeks of life, we were kept informed at all times
of any changes in herself or care. Mum died knowing all the people that cared for her and not a number in a strange hospital. She was treated with complete and utter dignity and as a family so were we.
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Review from Celia A (Daughter of Resident) published on 3 March 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Mum was in The Grange for nine months before she died from a stroke. During that time she was always treated very well by the carers, nurses, cleaners and management. They were also friends to us, her relatives. It is situated in a very pretty village and it was easy to take my Mum out in a wheelchair
so she could see 'the outside world'. During the last week of her life, when we knew she was dying, she couldn't have been cared for better. We were always kept informed of any changes. She was treated with dignity while she was alive and while she was dying. I cannot fault The Grange.
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Review from Teresa M (Daughter of Resident) published on 18 February 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Grange cared for my mother for the final 9 months of her life. The staff and management were very caring and professional whilst also being very approachable. This facility feels like a family and we as a family felt welcomed every time we visited. In the final few days, the staff were very kind
and helped us cope.
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Review from Jean P (Resident) published on 18 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My husband was a resident here before me. I am very happy and very well looked after. Everyone is kind and friendly.
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Review from D W (Niece of Resident) published on 19 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A very dear relative of mind has been at The Grange Care Centre for fifteen months now. I visit her frequently and over the months have got to know the wonderful team of nurses and carers. I cannot praise them enough, she is happy, safe and very well cared for. I am relaxed knowing that she is in such
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Review from Mandy H (Daughter of Resident) published on 4 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Mum arrived at The Grange on 14th December 2017 after a stroke on the 5th October. I have been very pleased with the care mum is receiving. The staff always helpful and polite and are treating mum with respect and kindness always giving her choices. It has been a very difficult time for us as mum although
has dementia lived independently and has been very active until the stroke.
The staff are very supportive to me also in accepting mum's new and very different lifestyle.
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Review from Sandra T (Daughter of Resident) published on 30 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The Grange Care Centre is a kind, caring and well run care home. My mother received the best of care and was treated with dignity and compassion during her eight years with them.


She died in March this year and her last weeks were peaceful and she was looked after very well by all concerned.

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Review from Toby G (Son of Resident) published on 23 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My mother who died on February 7th, 2018 aged 97 from old age and mixed myeloma first entered The Grange Care Centre in 2016 for respite. We chose it because it was near to her home village of Buckland and with her condition of myeloma it was good to have nursing care. She had also broken both hips.
I also found the staff very willing, caring and friendly. My mother enjoys the food on the whole which was always last. She died in the home and her death was dealt with very well.
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.992)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.992) out of 10 for The Grange Care Centre is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 11 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 4.992 for The Grange Care Centre is calculated as follows: ( (131 Excellents x 5) + (1 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 132 Ratings = 4.992
  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 The Grange Care Centre is based on 11 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 49 registered maximum number of service users is 9.8, which has been reached with 11 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: 22 Dec 2018

Overall Outstanding

  • Caring Outstanding
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Outstanding
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Outstanding
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Wendy Mead

Job Title: Centre Manager Joined: 1985

I am fortunate to have had The Grange in my life for over 35 years, it has been a constant delight and source of great comfort and support to me and my family over the years. I am extremely passionate about The Grange and consider myself lucky to be employed to do something I love so much. I always put our residents first and will never let The Grange down.

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