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Care workers support an active lifestyle and clients are welcome to personalise their surroundings. Residential rooms are arranged in groups of 15, with each group having access to its own living and dining areas.
Staff keep up-to-date with each individual's care needs and are trained...
Care Provided by Calway House
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Eating Disorders
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 92 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
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Near Public 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
Calway House fees start from £1,680 per week, adjusted to individual care requirements.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Calway House for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Calway House 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
- Somerset Care
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Sue Harvey(Business Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: -1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (92)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (92)
Calway House Reviews (104)
Calway House has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.810) out of 10, based on 21 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Calway House has 104 reviews.
The care home is one of the best in Taunton for providing care and compassion to all its residents. The staff work very hard to maintain a warm and friendly atmosphere, and carrying out the required care for its most vulnerable residents.
A good home with dedicated staff. Mr friends hearing and sight are not good so he finds communication difficult which leads to frustration.
All staff are dedicated to the roles they serve. My mother has always seemed happy.
I have found all the staff very caring and think the home is lovely and no smell to it.
But then I'm not the one living here!
She is well cared for in a very clean and pleasant environment.
Her room is large with lots of light and direct access to the garden area.
The staff are friendly and always helpful.
We haven't seen this home that often because we live in South Wales. My cousin is so happy in there, she did not want to go into a care home but she is so happy and contented, everything we see is done in such a professional way.
Feel confident that my father is well looked after at this care home.
My sister was in Calway House just short of three and a half years. She received loving care and attention right up to her passing when she had a nurse/carer on either side of her bed.
While reception area, lounges, dining rooms have all been redecorated, attention should be focussed on re-decorating of residents room as and when they become vacant.
The surroundings are lovely, a nice communal garden, pleasant private bedrooms with great facilities and a team of carers and nurses delivering excellent person-centred care.
The residents appear very well supported and taken care of in all respects.
Very good end of life care. The staff team prevented hospital admission for my friend for the last 2 years. Our family are grateful for the care.
Lovely new building. The rest is just being updated. Problems with car parking. Staff are very friendly and approachable. Tension within activities staff.
Calway House is well run by the manager. As with all care homes, more staff would help. It would also be better if staff spent a little more time chatting with residents instead of form filling on the computer. The staff now look very unprofessional not in uniform and hard to recognise for residents. Car parking is an issue and rooms need repainting, especially as the new block shows them up!
The care home is a wonderful facility. Very homely with staff who are very caring and attentive.
Calway House is a well run, caring nursing home that has been my Mothers home for five years. She has been treated with respect and dignity by the excellent staff and the home is light and airy with good facilities.
Most importantly staff are kind and thoughtful. The dignity of residents is considered at all times. Special activities are consistently on offer for dementia patients if appropriate and their interests and abilities are properly taken into account. Food is good, with efforts made to provide favourite items and drinking is well monitored. Staff try to provide a homely atmosphere and encourage residents to input and offer an opinion.
My mother has resided at Calway House for 3 1/2 years (residential care). Over Christmas, her health deteriorated quickly and dramatically. The staff were kind and supportive, making the transition to nursing seamless. They looked after the whole family in a kindly, professional manner which was greatly appreciated.
My Auntie always seems well cared for and the staff are very friendly and approachable.
Very early days but first impressions are good. There is a prompt response when help is called. Staff are attentive and considerate. They come up with their own initiatives to make life easier. There is a positive attitude to any comments or suggestions.
The home is always very clean and tidy and the staff are very helpful under difficult circumstances with my mum.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 04 March 2025Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveRequires improvement
- 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
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Awards / Recognitions (3)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Somerset Care
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: Somerset Care
- 15 Feb 2016Recipient: Somerset Care
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Calway House.
Meet the Team (1)

I like to think of Calway House as being like a little village community. Every resident is a valued member of our community and every resident milestone is a collective cause for celebration. Whether it’s a 99th birthday, Mother’s Day or Christmas, we mark every special occasion together.
I absolutely love working in care – and I’ve often said that I will never retire from this job, I will just move in to Calway House as a resident!
This role has given me the opportunity to make a real difference – I can ensure that all of our residents have a brilliant quality of life, and support and motivate the staff to create a really happy home for those in our care. Old certainly doesn’t mean past it, and pandemic or no pandemic, I get to help Calway House residents live their lives to the full.
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