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An ideal choice for older people looking for a comfortable retirement, while having round-the-clock access to skilled carers and any specific requirements. The stunning grounds include their own Dovecote, pond and apple orchard.
This Grade II listed building has been lovingly refurbished, maintaining the charm of the property while suiting modern care practice.
Care Provided by Westhampnett House Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Eating Disorders
- Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 32 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
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- 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
All fees subject to a full assessment of the person's care and support needs. Sundries to be funded in addition to the above fees.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Westhampnett House Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Westhampnett House 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
- Bethesda Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Ginu Thomas (Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2013
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (24)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (4)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (24)
- Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (4)
Visiting
- There are no restrictions on visiting times.
Parking
- Care park available for the use of residents, families, staff and health professionals.
Westhampnett House Nursing Home Reviews (58)
Westhampnett House Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.217) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Westhampnett House Nursing Home has 58 reviews.
Staff went out of their way to accommodate my mothers needs. They have been very compassionate and contact the doctor as needed. There could not be enough compliments about the manager and the deputy manager.
My mother was in Westhampnett Nursing Home for just a month where she was cared for perfectly. The staff were fantastic and mum was always so beautifully clean and cared for. The last few days of mums life came so suddenly but she and us were cared for with complete professionalism and dignity. We couldn't have asked for a better place for mum to spend her last month.
The care and attention that she received was outstanding. All the staff are just wonderful, in particular, the manager who was with my mum at the end, I arrived only a couple of minutes after. Not only did they show extreme care and kindness to mum, they showed it to myself and my dad as well.
We couldn't have wished for her to be in a better place.
I would also say that the funeral home commented that when she arrived with them "she was immaculate and had quite clearly been very well looked after".
Thank you to everyone involved in my mum's care for those few weeks.
Westhampnett House is staffed by wonderful caring personnel and it takes a special kind to deal with aged people.
My mother had been a resident at Westhampnett Home for nearly 10 years when she died there peacefully at the end of September. Throughout her time there she has been treated with the utmost care, compassion and dignity. Any medical problems, whether trivial or serious, were dealt with promptly and appropriately, and if I went away I knew I could trust the staff to look after her with complete confidence.
I am sure he was made as comfortable as possible for his last days. He arrived on Monday 15th July but sadly passed away in the early morning of Wednesday 24th July.
Nothing was too much trouble for the staff and they did their best to accommodate Mum's wishes.
Everyone I encountered was kind and courteous and I felt very comfortable leaving my mum in their care.
The atmosphere is caring and loving. Staff go out of their way to be kind and attentive to the residents. It really is like a home, not an institution. My very elderly mother is happy and well looked after. The delightful sitting/dining room looks out at the sunny terrace and gardens.
Amazing, caring/professional at all times. Helpful.
A very good and friendly home.
My brother has been in this home for about 18 months. He is well looked after. Staff are for the most part exceptional, very caring and very aware of his medical needs.
I am contacted immediately there is a concern about his health. All the staff are very welcoming to visitors and encourage social outings for my brother.
Really caring people (management and staff) run this place. Some rooms are basic, some better with attractive views. My wife did not want to go into a care home when her illness became terminal but she settled in and developed a good rapport with the staff during the three months she was there.
My partner was required to move out of her nursing home as the home could not afford to fund nursing care. She had to move in 10 days. I visited the new home midday Saturday and met the manager, who was so efficient with a direct line to the finance director. The manager gave me a tour of the room, home, gardens and staff. Sunday, I again visited the home and agreed for my partner to be admitted. She was moved in by Thursday. Without the efficiency of the staff, the move into the home was very comfortable. Any equipment was immediately supplied and the doctor was called in straight away.
Very nice home, great team.
Superlative care for my mother with advanced dementia. The staff are quite incredible.
Good general care, adequate numbers of staff. Bed comfortable, family visitors welcomed and general heating warm in winter. Activities fortnightly. Art of Friday, discussion and talk on current affairs Tuesday mornings. Food moderate cooked breakfast available, staff on the whole extremely good and tolerant when dealing with difficult residents.
My partner was now needing palliative care. It was an urgent need. Dealing with the situation alone I was anxious and concerned about the whereabouts and the care that he would receive in a Nursing home requiring very particular attention to a medical condition needing very careful monitoring and recording. All of this, my partner is receiving.
I visited several homes and guided by instinct I knew immediately it was the right place for my partner. Apart from the beautiful gardens on entering the home for the first time I found it to be a very harmonious, homely atmosphere. There is also a real sense of friendly teamwork among all the staff which filtrates through to the patient, love and care they give to those they look after and a welcome too for the person visiting (me).
All this I believe the manager has helped to create, who has a very balanced, approachable, aloof of role, hands on style of management who personally cares about those he has in his care and gets things done. I like this. My partner and myself too have benefited from this.
I have only been able to commend on the short time that my partner has been at Westhampnett House but I have been visiting every day and each day has been the same. It is really care requiring a lot of thanks.
This place has a very good atmosphere. The home is situated in a beautiful part of Sussex. The house is very attractive from the outside, and occupies a lovely position in a beautiful garden where residents can walk, or sit outside. Inside, this grand house has been adapted to provide for some 30 residents, in rooms of varying sizes with different facilities. The manager does an excellent job; the nurses are well-qualified, helpful, and kind; the carers also. It is obvious, from the way the staff treat each other, that the team is well bonded and there is genuine friendship between its members. The food is good (cooked on site) - there are a few choices for each meal. Activities and entertainments are arranged. Residents are treated as individuals, well looked after, clean, and respected. Visiting arrangements are good, in that we are welcome all the time.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 14 August 2018Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- 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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Meet the Team (2)

Ginu was promoted to Registered Manager in 2018 and really enjoys what working at Westhampnett House and says that her role is more than just a job.
Ginu is passionate about individualized care and service delivery and often spends her time supporting residents to ensure that they receive the best possible outcomes.
Ginu leads her team from the front and is very supportive and committed to teaching and coaching her team to perform to the best of their ability.
Ginu creates a homely atmosphere by ensuring she know each resident and team member personally.

Siby was promoted to Deputy Manager in 2018 after being recognized for his leadership skills.
Siby is a valued member of the senior team at Westhampnett House and is committed to making a difference in the lives of those who live at the home.
Siby leads the nursing and care team with his knowledge and high standards of service delivery.
Siby is highly thought of by residents and staff alike.
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