





Resthaven offers 24 hours of residential and nursing care set amidst some of the finest countryside in Gloucestershire with panoramic views over the Painswick valley.
The care is nurse-led 24 hours a day and is unusual in the high level of qualified nurses (including mental health nurses) that are on every shift. The team has deep knowledge and understanding of dementia care and end of life care.
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Care Provided by Resthaven Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 42 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
- Advanced/Complex 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)
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- 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
The above fees are dependent on individual care needs. Please contact our care home for help and advice.
Included in the fees are: care, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, housekeeping, personal laundry, meals, refreshments, afternoon tea, birthday cakes, mini bus trips out, daily activities, entertainment, community visits, telephone bill, TV and licence, WIFI, weekly GP visit, free eye tests.
Not included in the fee but available are: Hair dressing, foot care, dentist, newspapers, and sundries.
Contact Resthaven Care 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)
Good to Know
Owner
- Kenmore Restheaven Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Karen Shaw (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed with both male-only and female-only unit(s)
- Ages 60+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2024
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (42)
Visiting
- At any time -Visitors and families welcome.
Parking
- Two large car parks
Resthaven Care Home Reviews (84)
Resthaven Care Home has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.535) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Resthaven Care Home has 84 reviews.
We have dealt with Resthaven for almost 12 months now, and everything about it has been brilliant. The staff are caring, considerate and helpful, especially in providing a dedicated support group for family and friends to share experiences and better understand dementia. Even when issues are raised, they do their best to resolve them. We are very grateful to them for all they have done and continue to do. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for care for their family member.
We are very happy that Mum is looked after and very well cared for at Resthaven. The staff and location are excellent. The atmosphere is always welcoming at any time of the day. Mum's quality of life and indeed ours, is so much better knowing that Resthaven and its staff are looking after her. We really appreciate it.
I have found Resthaven to be a friendly and caring home. After Mum's initial few months, she has several friends, who are residents and being a very sociable lady herself, has great pleasure being with friends. The staff are terrific and more like friends than just carers. A difficult job, which I have great admiration for them.
Mum has been at Resthaven since July 2023. Albeit not the cheapest, it has so far ticked all the boxes we required for the ongoing needs and future care, and she seems happy there. As a regular visitor, I'm always made to feel welcome and I find all the staff approachable, friendly and helpful.
I haven't rated all of the options because I am not aware of the questions of management, security and finance.
My mum is being extremely well cared for at Resthaven. She has been warmly welcomed from the start by all the staff and management. She has grown more social and confident over her year at Resthaven in participating in group and communal activities and continues to be gently encouraged by the excellent activity coordinators at Resthave. I have witnessed great care and kindness towards my mum by all staff and management at Resthaven. Thank you!
Transfer was swiftly arranged from an out of county hospital and, within days, she was transferred to her own room overlooking the orchard. She was happier than we had seen her in months. She died peacefully within the month. Often, when visiting, we would arrive and find one of the care team sitting with her, assuring her that she was not alone. With all her care needs met, we were able to maximise the time we had left with her.
Thank you all for the care, respect and professionalism you showed to my mum. You are doing a wonderful job.
I am retired and happy that my husband of many years (fifty-six) seems happy and settled at Resthaven and is receiving very good care. He is fond of his carers, which speaks volumes. I and my family visit him and are always warmly welcomed and well supported by the administrative staff, carers and nurses. My husband is immobile so we are in the process of oragnising a suitable chair.
We are absolutely delighted by the care at Resthaven. Under the manager's direction, the team are diligent, personal, warm and caring. Dad is suffering from Alzheimer’s, but has flourished; his eating, speaking and general quality of life have improved under their care. He is happy. The team are very skilled, but more, they treat him as family. All the team have become very special to us and finally Mum, my two sisters and I can draw breath and know he’s in the best place. We wouldn’t have him anywhere else.
My mother was admitted to Resthaven in March 2021. There were several episodes of closure due to COVID, but the staff keep me fully informed and I felt she was well looked after. She became end-of-life care in September 2022 and I was able to spend her final week with her at Restheven. The staff, without exception, were incredible to both her and myself. As my mother had been a keen horsewoman, Resthaven organised a pony to come in and see her in her bedroom 2 days before she died. She was barely conscious but was definitely aware of the pony's presence. A most touching sight and I cannot praise Resthaven enough.
The staff were all absolutely lovely and very caring not only to Mum but to me as well.
I felt she was very well looked after and they regularly phoned to update me.
It is a peaceful place with beautiful scenery and I felt it was the right place for Mum.
Resthaven was my mother's home since 2017. The first few years we certainly can't complain about. However, in the last 18 months, things have changed so much from not having staff and using agency staff on all shifts to stupid rulings around Covid like we could see mum Christmas eve but it was not safe to see her Christmas Day or Boxing Day but could see her again as normal after. This stole our last Christmas with my mum away from me and my family. Care standards are poor at best because of not having their own staff and those staff that are still there struggle to try and maintain standards against the odds. Mum passed away 6 weeks ago which, unfortunately, due to the staff not following end of life wishes, was a unnecessary very traumatic event for me and my family. I can only hope things will improve for those that live at Resthaven.
Mum has just completed a respite stay at Resthaven - we referred to it as her holiday and it certainly proved to be so, as well as some needed downtime for us. The communal eating and activities certainly sparked flashes of the old mum, who always enjoyed getting involved with her local community. The stimulation of other people around prompted more interaction and engagement than we've seen for over a year. Equally, she could stay in her room for some quiet time if she preferred, so very flexible around the resident's needs. Ideal.
All the staff we met were kind and helpful in answering any questions or concerns we had and the impromptu dementia training I had with her carer when I picked mum up was very reassuring and has given me some useful techniques to employ. Our thanks to all and looking forward to future bookings.
A lovely start to spring - attentive and caring staff and a fantastic programme of Easter time activities - loved the Easter Bonnet!
My mother only spent a couple of weeks in Resthaven before the end of her life but the staff were excellent and always treated her with respect and dignity. At one hundred years old she knew her own mind and the staff accommodated to be foibles and wishes with humour which she loved. A very good end to her long life.
The residents have space to move around, outside of their rooms. They have lounges to play cards games, etc, including a nice eating area for their meals with the other residences.
Mum enjoys a bit of both. Sometimes she will stay in her room to watch her favourite TV programs, but then venture out to chat to staff and residents.
The views from Resthaven are also breathtaking, looking out over the Stroud valley.
All in all, I'm thrilled that I found this wonderful home for my dear old mum in her hour of need. Her happiness helps me feel happier too.
My Mother chose to spend a month with Resthaven to decide if she would like to stay. I am delighted to say she did and we as her family have nothing but thanks to the team there for their caring and friendly help. She is 97 years old and frail, but they make her feel welcome at all times
The staff are wonderful, nothing is too much trouble, in particular even when I ring at night.
Not having seen his room for a year, and he's been moved, (only once in an emergency) can't comment on that.
I found Resthaven at Pitchcomb an ideal situation for my mother-in-law. Most of my interaction have been met with compassionate and helpful responses from all staff.
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