Market Lavington Care Home

39 High Street, Market Lavington, Devizes SN10 4AG
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9.5 104 Reviews
  • Market Lavington Care Home, Devizes
Market Lavington care home, located in Devizes, in the Wiltshire countryside offers high quality and personalised residential, nursing and dementia care to older people.

Formerly a vicarage, Market Lavington has a range of warm and comfortable living areas that create a wonderful home from home setting. All bedrooms are decorated to a high standard and many with en-suite facilities and beautiful views of the surrounding gardens. The care home recently underwent a large scale refurbishment, creating a modern living environment and benefitting from redecoration to lounges, bedrooms and dining rooms.

Market Lavington also offers a very popular wellbeing and activities programme, consisting of entertainment, trips out and hobbies, ensuring there is something for every resident to get involved with.
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Care Provided by Market Lavington 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 87 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Smoking not permitted
  • Lift

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1300

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Market Lavington Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Market Lavington Care Home to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Contact Market Lavington Care Home to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Anitha Jisson (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Last Refurbishment: 2022

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (87)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (1)

Market Lavington Care Home Reviews (104)

9.5

Market Lavington Care Home has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.490) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Market Lavington Care Home has 104 reviews.

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Review from David R (Resident) published on 11 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The service I get is very good on all counts.
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Review from Jacqueline B (Sister of Resident) published on 7 October 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Market Lavington is a very nice Care Home in a quiet village of the same name. We particularly like the very kind staff who have an excellent, empathetic relationship with our brother. All the carers are lovely and we are very grateful to them all. We are impressed with the food, which our brother
likes very much. The Home is spotless. The manager takes all possible measures to ensure that visitors do not bring coronavirus into the Care Home. We are very grateful for this. The staff have even given us a box of test kits so that we do not have to test on the doorstep of the home and wait outside but can test ourselves just before we leave home and bring them with us. This is so kind and thoughtful. All the staff are so nice and very helpful, including the hard-working kitchen staff, the gardener and the odd job man who is very helpful too. The home is very well run. The staff and managers are absolute heroes, and they deserve congratulations on the high standards they achieve.
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Review from K R (Daughter of Resident) published on 16 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
On a practical level, we are impressed with Market Lavington Care Home. Mum's room is simple and homely, the facilities are always clean. There is a little garden area where we have sat with her on sunny afternoons. The meals smell delicious and are healthy portion size. The afternoon tea trolley comes
round with little cakes of a healthy size. There is a warm easy feel to the communal areas. Above all, we are very, very happy with the care Mum has received. She is very relaxed and affectionate with all the carers we see her with and clearly feels safe and able to express her needs.
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Review from Becky T (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 6 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
Having been to other residential homes I do believe that there could be greater opportunities for enrichment such as raised flower beds so the residents can garden. The gardens are uncared for and could be utilised for residents mental health. Motr enrichment activities generally would be good as my
grandmother complains of being bored. Staff though are very lovely.
Reply from Diane Kerwin, Hospital Liaison Team Administrator at Market Lavington Care Home

Thank you so much for your helpful feedback, and please be assured that we are doing all we can to develop the gardens and our well being offering at Market Lavington. There is a refurbishment project due to start in October which will see improvements not only to the interior of our buildings, but also to the gardens so that our residents can enjoy being outside as well as inside. If you would like to be involved in supporting this project please let us know as we are involving many of our local community partners as the developments take place.

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Review from J K (Sister of Resident) published on 4 August 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
I visit with my husband to see my sister. It is always nice and clean and the staff are very friendly, it is difficult to get into this place because of COVID, we have to make an appointment and the phone just rings and rings! Sometimes we have had to abandon visiting her due to this problem. Also,
we have to stand at the front door pressing the bell several times before anyone comes!
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Review from G G (Respite Resident) published on 24 June 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I've never been so happy.
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Review from Susan C (Daughter of Resident) published on 14 June 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Mum went to Market Lavington as part of the NHS hospital discharge process. After 6 weeks she became a permanent resident, and has now been there for 7 months. Since arriving, her health has really improved due to the care of the nursing staff, and the good food. Mum has high nursing needs which are
met. Despite her lack of mobility, Mum has been able to have tea in the garden, and can be included in the minibus outings. This is our first experience of a care/nursing home, and we've found the Management communication style is open and friendly; responses to emails are prompt, and we have found it easy to get updates on Mum's progress. The care staff are kind and helpful, and welcoming when we visit. During the pandemic when rules were strict, we always felt Mum was safe, and that the quality of care was a priority.
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Review from Sally Y (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 May 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Mum was in the care home for three months, having spent time in hospital Mum went to Market Lavington for convalescence and was very well looked after at this time. They were so kind and understanding with all the Covid problems we are coping with. Every time I rang they were more than happy to talk
to me. Mum was happy in their care. Unfortunately, we could not visit the care home due to Covid restrictions but were very pleased they could arrange video Whatsapp links with Mum.
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Review from V C (Resident) published on 21 April 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Since I arrived here in 2016 I have settled in really well (or I think so) everyone is friendly and helpful. It will be much nicer when we have a garden space to sit in. No complaints.
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Review from W E (Daughter of Resident) published on 15 April 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
Most of the staff are excellent, the problem I have is with the physical state of the room. As far as I am concerned, security is non-existent. My mother's french doors are extremely draughty; ants crawl under them, and anyone from the outside could just pull them open.
Reply from Diane Kerwin, Hospital Liaison Team Administrator at Market Lavington Care Home

Many thanks for writing a review. Thank you for your very positive comments about the team at Market Lavington, this is much appreciated.


The environment is challenging, but we are very pleased to announce that there is significant investment for Market Lavington. There is a plan to replace the doors in your Mother’s room, and the patio doors will be included in the refurbishment plans. Currently, the patio doors are locked at night, and we have checked they cannot be opened from the outside and an added benefit is that the rear garden of Vicarage Gardens are also locked at night so visitors cannot enter the garden area. We have also had a draught excluder added to the door while we await the refurbishments.


We have not had reports of any ants, and the staff have not reported any issues, but thank you for telling us, and we will ensure we act if this is a problem in the coming warmer months.


Thank you again for your feedback.

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Review from A W (Resident) published on 14 April 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Have been a resident for two years. Have made good friends.
Food is good. Staff are helpful.
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Review from Kathleen D (Resident) published on 7 January 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I was very sad to part with my home etc however since my stay at the care home I could not be happier and so looked after in every way. I should like to praise Market Lavington for the wonderful care I am receiving.
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Review from Patricia M (Wife of Resident) published on 10 December 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The love, care and compassion that every one of the staff gave to my husband in the last week of his life was second to none. Our family could visit when we wanted to, nothing was too much trouble and I would recommend this home to anyone.
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Review from D B (Resident) published on 22 October 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Relief to arrive and to be met with kindness.
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Review from S P (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 August 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Visiting having restarted I travelled over from Northern Ireland and was permitted more than one visit per week. I am so pleased that this has been allowed. My mum appears clean, well dressed and happy. I have been very pleased with mum's care overall.
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Review from K F (Son of Resident) published on 8 July 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff are always friendly and attentive to my mother. The staff always seem genuinely interested in the happiness of my mother. A friendly welcoming place, my mother's home.
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Review from Sandra W (Wife of Resident) published on 15 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My husband has been there since June 2019 and he is very well looked after.
Thank you very much.
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Review from E A (Daughter of Resident) published on 19 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
During the two months I was visiting the Market Lavington Care Home, I found all members of staff across the board to be very helpful, friendly and caring.
The home was always spotlessly clean and very well maintained. The menu's offered a good range of interesting and tempting home cooked options
and all dietary needs were catered for.
We saw residents enjoying various in-house entertainment and being taken out on trips. Excellent on-site hairdressing facilities are available.
My mother's personal care was to a very high standard. She was treated with respect and dignity and encouraged to maintain as much independence as possible but never pushed beyond her comfort zone.
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Review from Ann Marie C (Daughter of Resident) published on 17 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mum was welcomed into Market Lavington Care Home with cares and smiles and humour. All staff have been sensitive and responsive to her needs including her preferred times of getting up/washed/dressed. Mum has had very regular and gentle nursing care to bandage her legs which are so much better than
when she was in hospital. Food has been varied and tasty.
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Review from M H (Daughter of Resident) published on 20 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Overall very satisfied with care.
There was an incident at the beginning of my father's stay. I came to visit at 2pm and found him with wet trousers and pants, as no one had checked he was wearing a pad.
The same had happened with his pyjamas. This was obviously distressing.
However, after informing
the staff this was rectified and did not recur.
My father was content for the rest of the visit.
Reply from Clare Sheehan, Careline Advisor at Market Lavington Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments overall regarding the care of your Father. We apologise for the incident at the beginning of your Father’s stay at the Home but are pleased to hear that you felt that your concerns were dealt with promptly once brought to our attention and he was content with the remainder of his stay with us.

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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.490)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.490) out of 10 for Market Lavington Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 15 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 15 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.628 for Market Lavington Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (113 Excellents x 5) + (54 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 172 Ratings = 4.628
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.862 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Market Lavington Care Home is based on 15 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 87 registered maximum number of service users is 17.4. 15 Positive Reviews ÷ 17.4 = 0.862
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 11 Jul 2023

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Requires improvement
  • Well-led Good
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Meet the Team (1)

Anitha

Anitha Jisson

Job Title: Home Manager Joined: 2025

As a Home Manager, Anitha has many years’ experience in providing care and support for older people to enrich their lives. She is a knowledgeable and dedicated leader who is passionate about delivering the highest possible standards in care and quality of life for residents.
When asked what is her favourite thing about being a Home manager, she remarked;
“ My favourite thing about being a Home Manager is Being able to make a difference in the lives of both our residents and staff. I love creating a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and cared for. I also really enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience and nurturing the staff to grow in confidence and develop their own skills. supporting the team to reach their potential is just rewarding as caring for our residents."

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