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Our friendly care home prides itself on the fantastic wellbeing and activities programme with regular visits from entertainers, arts and crafts sessions and we even have our own minibus which is used to take residents on trips out.
At Avon Court care home, we have a range of lovely dining...
Care Provided by Avon Court Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- 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 60 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
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Avon Court Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Avon Court 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)
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
Person in charge
- Mitchelo Kalengo (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2022
Room Information
- Single Rooms (60)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (1)
Avon Court Care Home Reviews (123)
Avon Court Care Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.634) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Avon Court Care Home has 123 reviews.
The home is made by its kindly staff. Always willing to help and assist.
The staff are always so kind and helpful. The team that organise the daily events are very encouraging and my relative thoroughly enjoys the art sessions. It always feels like a "family" environment and I know my relative feels safe and comfortable there which is good.
My mother spent two months in Avon Court following a number of falls and time in hospital. The staff were caring and reliable with medications and personal help. They helped to build my mother's confidence and made her feel cared for and positive. She will miss many of the team.
I find that he is being treated very kindly and the staff are very helpful and kind to his situation and love to talk with him. Not only is he being cared for he likes the staff, looks forward to seeing certain members of staff who he can talk sport with plus he likes the entertainment on offer. This is his 3rd home and he is happy here now he has settled in.
You have done outstanding with the care that you have given my sister.
Mum very well cared for. Very friendly staff. Lovely atmosphere. Good activities.
My husband seems to be happy and loves the activities that are offered. I have recommended Avon Court to other people.
They have made her time here much more acceptable and really make an effort with her and make her feel happy.
The home as a whole is full of friendly staff who make it feel like home from home.
It really is lovely.
The activities here are amazing, the best I have seen in care homes I have visited. The staff are very friendly. The home doesn't smell of urine! Rooms are very nice.
Poor communication, often staff contradicting each other or giving wrong information, have been advised by healthcare assistant 'he practically gets himself out of bed and into chair' contrary to physio team's assessment of his abilities.
Notes are task orientated, visiting in the evenings there does not appear to be any staff available to discuss care so you often rely on the notes to see what care has been given.
On several occasions still in bed until gone midday as the staff have been too busy to wash/dress and sit out in a chair. Even though the physio team have advised he is better mobilising in the mornings.
Clothes have all gone missing. Is often wearing other people's clothes.
Room is often dirty, cutlery under the bed for 3 days, found dirty dressing on the floor.
The only saving grace in this place is the excellent physio and OT team, one nurse and one HCA and the food.
We welcome any feedback about the home and the service we provide, so thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are understandably very sorry to hear of your concerns and you have raised a number of specific issues. We would like the opportunity to meet with you in person to discuss things further and explain the actions we have taken.
Every time I visit everyone is very friendly and make me feel part of the home. Food is fantastic - staff fantastic - entertainment is fantastic.
Basically, it's all fantastic.
I am very pleased with the way the staff look after my husband. I feel it a pity that Avon Court does not have a gardener as it badly needs attention.
Thank you for your review; we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. We are pleased that you feel your husband is well looked after by the staff, who work hard to provide kind, quality care. Regarding the garden, we do have a contractor who visits monthly to do...
I used Avon Court for two weeks respite following an operation and three and a half weeks in hospital. I was well looked after.
I had a very happy stay in Avon Court Care Home. Staff were friendly and helpful. Visitors were made very welcome.
Excellent local and facilities. Well trained staff, open and friendly. Provides care as required. Provides a wide range of events and activities.
My mum always expressed a lifelong fear of being put in a care home. So you can imagine how difficult a decision it was to do so. But I can honestly say that she settled in really well from the first day (she has now been there for 3 years & 4 months). The staff and management are a fine example of kindness and compassion. Can totally recommend.
The care home seems welcoming and the door on each room looking like a front door was a nice touch.
Staff very kind and had some good laughs and banter with most.
The highlight of my stay, except for getting mobile, were having the alpacas visit me in my room. Lovely to see and touch. Loved it.
I have been visiting my sister in Avon Court for a great number of years and have always found it very clean and welcoming. The staff are kindness itself, always willing to help and to show an interest in the resident and visitor. I never felt anxious at the end of my visit to leave my sister in their care. I visited at least once or twice a week.
My mother has been staying here as part of her recovery. She seems very well in herself, has gained much-needed weight and seems happy. The carers and staff I have encountered have all been professional, very caring and very attentive. Thank you to all.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 26 August 2022Good
- 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
1 Bed Vacancy
Posted: 10 September 2026To discuss your requirements please do get in touch.
News (4) & Events (0)
- 18 Mar 2026
Residents and colleagues at Avon Court care home in Chippenham enjoyed a fantastic day of celebrations to mark St Patrick’s Day, filled with music, laughter and plenty of Irish spirit....
- 02 Mar 2026
Avon Court Care Home in Chippenham, Wiltshire, has launched a bespoke colouring book featuring illustrations of its staff and residents – and it’s already proving a huge hit with the...
- 24 Feb 2026
Residents at Avon Court Care Home in Chippenham, were delighted recently by a heartwarming surprise from the local community. Nursery children from St Mary’s School visited the care home to...
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Accreditations
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Meet the Team (1)

Home Manager at Avon Court, Chippenham
As a dedicated healthcare professional, Mitchelo has gained a wealth of experience in providing care and nursing support to elderly people to enrich their lives. She is a knowledgeable and dedicated leader who is passionate about delivering the highest standards in care and quality of life for Residents.
She extends this caring approach to her Colleagues and works closely with them to deliver care and support to Residents in a way that they gain the most benefit, in a warm and welcoming home.
When asked what she enjoys most about her role, Mitchelo remarked: “Going home with a smile on my face, knowing I have achieved my goals to provide quality-centred care for my residents.”
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