
I cannot be more impressed with the way this home is run,Z S(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The food is excellent! They have a very good Chef!Kevin W(Son of Resident/Service User)

They offer some lovely activities and events for both residents and relatives to attendNicola Y(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

I cannot be more impressed with the way this home is run,Z S(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The food is excellent! They have a very good Chef!Kevin W(Son of Resident/Service User)

They offer some lovely activities and events for both residents and relatives to attendNicola Y(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

Woodside Hall Nursing Homes a fantastic independently owned nursing home located between the two small towns of Hailsham and Polegate in East Sussex and only a short drive from coast of Eastbourne.
Woodside Hall Nursing Home has been awarded Gold Standards Accreditation. All of the team at Woodside Hall have embedded GSF Principles and integrated them to fit the needs and care of residents so deeply for. This accreditation demonstrates the...
Care Provided by Woodside Hall Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Eating Disorders
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 59 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
- 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
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Extra charges will be Hairdressing, chiropodist, newspapers, residents weekly shop and any other extras required.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Woodside Hall Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Woodside Hall 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
- Premium Care Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Sharon Lloyd (Registered Manager/Company Director)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2023
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (49)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (5)
- Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (5)
Visiting
- Unrestricted Visiting times
Parking
- Car Parking on site on a bus route Main railway station near by
Woodside Hall Nursing Home Reviews (110)
Woodside Hall Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.814) out of 10, based on 32 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Woodside Hall Nursing Home has 110 reviews.
I have found Woodside Hall Nursing Home very comfortable, everyone very friendly and helpful. My partner seems very happy and always looks clean and tidy.
Thank you so much for your review, and so pleased you are happy with our home and staff and the cleanliness of the home. We appreciate feedback on our home to always improve.
Woodside Hall is a lovely, friendly nursing home with fantastic, friendly, professional staff. They were fantastic in settling my elderly father into the home during very difficult COVID19 times. My father likes it here and is extremely happy. The staff know the residents very well and there has always been excellent communication with the family.
Thank you for your excellent feedback on our home. We all appreciate you taking the time to rate our home. Also for future residents and families to see this.
My dad is being cared for by Woodside Nursing Home and I am very happy with the care he is receiving. The staff are fantastic and always happy to help answer my questions. Overall, Dad is comfortable and settled here.
Thank you for your feedback on our home, kind regards.
Find all staff and management excellent.
Kind regards
The care is very good, lovely atmosphere and all the staff are excellent. The home manager does a brilliant job keeping everything in order and up to date and is always very caring and helpful. Above all the main thing is that everyone is happy in their jobs and nothing is ever too much trouble.
Kind regards
Woodside Hall is a very good home, lots of activities going on, especially when it is a special occasion like Christmas etc. they are excellent making sure it is a special day. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the food always looks good, all-round it is a very nice home.
Mummy has been cared for so well since day one. She is happy and loves the staff. I feel she is safe and supported, which is so important when I cannot care for her myself or be with her as I would like to be. As I have only been to one room so far, I cannot really comment on the building's facilities or cleanliness but I assume it is at least of a very good standard.
Good afternoon, Thank you for your review and feedback on our home. As part of our continuing commitment to providing the best possible quality of care for our residents, all impressions and any comments are most welcome. Kind regards, S Lloyd.
Woodside Hall cared for my mum from March, until her death in September. The care she received was exemplary, always given with kindness and professionalism. I can’t thank all the staff there enough for the time they spent making sure my mum was comfortable and well cared for. She couldn’t have been in a better place. Thanks to all.
Kind regards, Sharon Lloyd.
I cannot praise all the staff at Woodside Hall enough. They cared for both my parents since December 2019 - my father until his death at the end of January and my mother until the beginning of May when she also died. Both deaths were unrelated to COVID-19. During their time at the home, they were extremely well cared for both physically and mentally as were family member visitors especially at the end of life. The precautions taken when COVID-19 hit were exemplary and resulted in the home remaining completely free of virus as far as I am aware. I cannot recommend them highly enough.
We would all like to thank you so much for your response.
It's nice to know that Dad is in a home where he is happy, safe and comfortable. Having familiar staff that know and respond well to him is so important as is the clean, safe environment of the home. The difficult times of the pandemic have highlighted that the main concern for the home has been to protect the residents and staff and to provide as much safety for them as possible. Lockdown of the home was quick, with staff covering shifts to avoid having agency staff in and a decision not to take in untested hospital patients. These measures gave us as a family reassurance in what has been such a difficult time. We have been able to stay in contact with Dad throughout and the home is now taking measures so that we can visit in a safe, socially distanced way. The one thing that stood out for us is the thought given by individual staff who have taken in activities that they know Dad likes doing, taking him for walks outside, playing games with him in his room and having time for a chat.
Thank you so much for your kind comments. We really do appreciate all your feedback on our home.
The food is good, and care is taken to provide for any special dietary requirements. Nursing staff are good at keeping relatives informed in the case of any illness. Under normal circumstances, visitors are welcomed, and now special arrangements have been made to allow safe if limited visiting.
On behalf of all our residents and staff here, we would like to thank you for taking the time to give our home a review. Kind regards Sharon
The staff are excellent and are welcoming and helpful. Woodside is clean and has a pleasant atmosphere with no unpleasant aromas. Excellent management keeps Woodside at the top of its field. I would recommend woodside to anybody looking to place an elderly member of your family who needs care.
Very welcoming as soon as you come in the premises. My Mother is looked after extremely well. The food is varied and prepared with care. Staff are friendly and caring. Everything is always spotless.
The home has a lovely atmosphere.
I have found all the facilities excellent and can not add any other comments.
Very clean rooms, nice food, staff were very friendly and helpful to me.
It's a nice place to stay.
Woodside Hall is a lovely nursing home. My father-in-law receives wonderful care. The staff are friendly, caring and considerate of patient's and visitor's needs. It has a modern, clean but homely feel with a lovely atmosphere.
Friendly atmosphere. Under nursing care, would like to see the nursing staff more frequently. Care staff good. Head carer very good.
Very friendly staff, always happy to help.
Nice, friendly, homely environment.
Mum is extremely happy at Woodside. She is very well looked after and is kept busy with the daily activities that take place. The activity leader is brilliant!
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 16 March 2023Good
- 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
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (1) & Events (0)
- 08 Oct 2024
july 2024 newsletter Dear Friends, Residents and Family, Welcome to our summer Newsletter – Summer brings an opportunity to spend time outdoors with family and friends. From Gardening to small...
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Awards / Recognitions (9)
- 01 Apr 2026Recipient: Woodside Hall Nursing Home
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Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Woodside Hall Nursing Home.
Meet the Team (1)

Sharon has been managing the home for the past 26 years. She is an enthusiastic Director/Registered Manager and, during this time, has gained a wealth of knowledge and qualifications, having had a true insight into meeting residents' needs and safety to ensure they have a good quality of life. She is able to support the needs of relatives and ensures all staff are supported in all areas.
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