Shockerwick House is a historic building that has been lovingly converted into a care facility, offering nursing and residential care, support for adults with a physical disability, convalescence, palliative and respite provision.
Eighteenth-century charm and scenic surroundings add to the homely comforts, with a secure entry and exit system, good wheelchair access and a 24-hour call system combining so that residents feel secure and safeguarded.
Special diets are catered for and the home has two oak-panelled dining rooms. Hot and cold options are included and snacks and drinks are available throughout the day and night.
Relaxation sessions, manicures and foot spas are amongst some of the many additional benefits of life at Shockerwick House, with arts and crafts and musical afternoons some of the activities that residents have embraced.
Group: Bupa Care Homes
Person in charge: Karen Hunt (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: Bath and North East Somerset Council (click for contact details)
Type of Service: Care Home with nursing – Privately Owned , Registered for a maximum of 35 Service Users
Registered Care Categories*: Old Age • Physical Disability • Younger Adults
Specialist Care Categories: Parkinson's Disease • Stroke
Admission Information: Ages 65+.
Languages Spoken by Staff (other than English): German, French
Single Rooms: 31
Shared Rooms: 2
Rooms with ensuite WC: 12
Facilities & Services: Palliative Care • Respite Care • Convalescent Care • Physiotherapy • Own GP if required • Own Furniture if required • Pets by arrangement • Close to Local shops • Near Public Transport • Minibus or other transport • Lift • Stairlift • Wheelchair access • Gardens for residents • Phone Point in own room/Mobile • Television point in own room
Latest Care Quality Commission* Report on Shockerwick House Care Home: click here
* Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.
The Review Score of 9.4 (maximum of 10) for Shockerwick House Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 Reviews over all time. This Average Rating is also the rating value for Shockerwick House Care Home in Google's Search Results - more info
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 5 positive Reviews in the last 12 months.
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating of all Reviews over all time. For each review the Care Home / service is rated Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor or Very Poor on a number of areas eg Staff, Management etc. The Care Home receives points for each rating as follows: Excellent = 5. Good = 4. Satisfactory = 3. Poor = 2. Very Poor = 1. These points are added up and then divided by the total number of completed ratings to generate the average rating.
The Average Rating of 4.673 for Shockerwick House Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (119 Excellents x 5) + (38 Goods x 4) + (8 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 165 Ratings = 4.673
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 12 months. If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with 'Extremely Likely' or 'Likely' in answer to the question 'How likely are you to recommend this Care Home to friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment?'
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
4 points are available for the first 5 Positive Reviews, 3 points for the first Positive Review and then 0.25 Points for each of the next 4 Positive Reviews.
1 point is available for reaching a target number of Positive Reviews based on 20% of the number of registered maximum number of service users. If the target is partially reached then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home with 50 registered maximum number of service users has a target of 10 Positive Reviews, if it has 10 or more Positive Reviews it will receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews will receive 0.7 points.
If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. The calculation is the same as above, except the points are divided by 2.
The 4.714 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Shockerwick House Care Home is based on 5 positive Reviews in the last 12 months and is calculated as follows:
3 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 4
Target of 7 positive Reviews (35 registered maximum number of service users ÷ 5). 5 Reviews ÷ 7 Target = 0.714
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
Shockerwick House Care Home has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.387) from 14 Reviews
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Rosemary D (Resident) on Friday 16 March 2018. Relates to January 2018.
Medical care, supervision excellent. Care and attention excellent.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Jayne Duck, Customer services administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 16 Mar 2018:
Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Jessica H (Friend of Resident) on Thursday 15 March 2018. Relates to February 2018.
Accompanied my friend on a trip today to SS.Great Britain. Very pleasant attention to detail requesting information like the measurements as he is wheelchair bound and getting through doorways can be challenging. The trip was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed it. He was able to access all areas and felt as if the chair wasn't there. The packed lunch was very appetising.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Likely
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Jayne Duck, Customer services administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 19 Mar 2018:
Thank you for your review. I'm so pleased to hear that you and your friend enjoyed the trip and hope that you will go on many more trips with us.
Review submitted from a Website Submission by Lois C (Daughter of Resident) on Monday 12 March 2018. Relates to March 2018.
Excellent care home. Caring, experienced staff. Very well managed, by engaged, caring, experienced manager. It is a very very pleasant place for residents to live: beautiful, peaceful, comfortable, spacious. Food is very good and visitors have well looked after. It is expensive, but - having looked around - I think that you get what you pay for. Residents are very well looked after and so are their families.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Jayne Duck, Customer services administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 13 Mar 2018:
Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and staff.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Nigel S (Friend of Resident) on Wednesday 6 December 2017. Relates to September 2017.
All staff are friendly, approachable, helpful and kind, supporting end of life care in a very pleasant, happy, relaxing environment and atmosphere in a compassionate and dignified manner.
Thank you, much appreciated.
The team at Shockerwick have been superb, making visits welcoming and relaxing at a very stressful and worrying time. Your listening is invaluable.
Keep up the good work.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Jayne Duck, Customer services administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 06 Dec 2017:
“Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments of our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Wendy J (Niece of Resident) on Tuesday 30 May 2017. Relates to May 2017.
Everywhere is extremely clean - tidy and welcoming.
The staff are caring, very thoughtful and understanding both to our uncle and to ourselves.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Simone Berkeley, Customer Service Advisor at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 01 Jun 2017:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager.
The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Nancy M (Resident) on Tuesday 28 March 2017. Relates to March 2017.
I attended a charity event with my daughter and son-in-law who has spent respite care here. The staff and manager were very friendly and helpful. The premises are bright, clean and airy.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Jamie, National Development Manager at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 28 Mar 2017:
Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments of our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by David A (Resident) on Friday 10 March 2017. Relates to February 2017.
I was treated with kindness, dignity and respect, three things I value most when staying for respite.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Emily Wilson, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 15 Mar 2017:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Donna A (Wife of Resident) on Thursday 9 March 2017. Relates to February 2017.
I felt confident leaving my husband in a clean, cared environment with excellent facilities.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Emily Wilson, Customer Service Adminidtrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 10 Mar 2017:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by J N (Resident) on Thursday 26 January 2017. Relates to December 2016.
As a newcomer, my thoughts are based on first impressions. The caring staff called to introduce themselves very helpfully and the maintenance to ensure I was happy in my room which was newly fitted. The builders were still much in evidence and inevitably created much noise and dust. I have come 2 weeks after my 90th birthday needing much rest and recovery from complications. Staff at all levels respected my needs. Other mobile residents were friendly and gradually came to know names. Christmas featured rigorously! Cards, entertainment and meal times were festive and the interiors of public areas made to look very jolly. I look forward to a very happy future here.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Rose Pickering, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 26 Jan 2017:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Janet H (Friend of Resident) on Friday 20 January 2017. Relates to January 2017.
I have been visiting the residents here for three years, in that time I have seen a big improvement, especially concerning "dignity" and some carers attitude.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Likely
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Rose Pickering, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 20 Jan 2017:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Hilary D (Resident) on Friday 13 January 2017. Relates to December 2016.
Despite the awful upheaval of refurbishment - the noise and dust etc. Things have continued competently. The only real drawback has been the lack of communication - no phone or Ipad so no chance to skype, which is sad for me as family absent.
Food and drink, lunch is usually good but supper is sometimes dull.
Activities, a good effort is made to widen the interest, I have welcomed history and poetry etc. But entertainment has been to easily taken over by one resident's request for Beatles music.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Neither Unlikely or Likely
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Rose Pickering, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 13 Jan 2017:
Thank you for your review. Your comments are extremely important to us and our residents’ health and wellbeing is our absolute priority. We will discuss your feedback with the home’s manager to help them continually improve their service. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Website Submission by Dave (Son of Resident) on Friday 25 November 2016. Relates to November 2016.
My father has received very good care for the past 3 years since he went into the care home. The staff are always willing to go the extra mile to help the residents and put them at ease. The staff are very patient and dedicated and build a good rapport with the residents. I would recommend this care home to others.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Likely
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Jayne Duck, Customer Services Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 03 Dec 2016:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Website Submission by Robert (Nephew of Resident) on Saturday 19 November 2016. Relates to October 2016.
The building is very attractive and in a lovely quiet location. Recent refurbishment work has updated the interior. Staff are always very caring, helpful and patient. It's very reassuring to have qualified nursing support when needed.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Rose Pickering, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 25 Nov 2016:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments about our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Eleanor S (Granddaughter of Resident) on Monday 23 May 2016. Relates to April 2016.
Shockerwick House Care Home has always felt like home for both of my Grandparents. It is welcoming and friendly. The staff have always been very kind and caring. They go above and beyond to meet your needs. I am always very impressed at the presentation of the home, the quality of the meals and how much choice they have. Shockerwick seems to understand that each person and their families are unique. They always have a lot of patience in hard times. Thank you very much.
How likely would you be to recommend Shockerwick House Care Home? Extremely Likely
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Rose Pickering, Customer Service Administrator at Shockerwick House Care Home responded to this review on 24 May 2016:
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We are pleased to hear about your positive experience and appreciate your comments of our home and will share your comments with the home’s manager. The Bupa Customer Care Team.
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Shockerwick House is an elegant 18th Century home that is set in acres of beautiful rural countryside. The home has large spacious rooms, high ceilings and original features, all set in breathtaking surroundings.
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