





Abbeydale is a high-quality care home in Derby providing care and accommodation for those needing nursing or personal care, for people that are over 65 years, and for those with dementia.
Person-centred care is given to residents by a compassionate and experienced staff team. The nursing offering is also of a high standard.
The resident chef provides a menu of tasty and nutritious meals for residents to enjoy - taking into account...
Care Provided by Abbeydale
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 41 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
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Social Services funded residents are required to "top up" to the stated room rate.
This fee does not includes Hairdressing, Podiatry, Newspapers and provision of any escorts to appointments.
The fee does include a full and varied social activities provision throughout the week.
We are able to accept residents with dementia but are not a dementia-specialist Care Homes. We specialise in the provison of end of life care.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Abbeydale for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Abbeydale 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
- Abbeydale, Stanley House & The New Lodge
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Inger Bailey (Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
Room Information
- Single Rooms (37)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
Visiting
- Open visiting
Parking
- Free parking available on site
Abbeydale Reviews (42)
Abbeydale has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.572) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Abbeydale has 42 reviews.
We will forever remember and appreciate the care and compassion displayed by all the staff at Abbeydale.
Thank you very much for taking time to share your review and kind words. I will share this with the team.
I have never visited someone in a care home before and the only stories you hear, aren't positive. I watched as staff interacted with residents and was fantastic. Listening I chuckled may times Listening. All the staff are busy little bee's and hats off to them.
My relatives seem very happy there and now have a room together that actually accommodated 10 of us and a dog and still didn't feel cramped.
Thank you so much for your lovely review. We really enjoy welcoming visitors into the Care Home and I am so pleased that you had a lovley day. I hope the dog who was also visiting was able to get spoilt with some of the dog biscusits we keep for our 4 legged visitors!
An extraordinary care home. I can't recommend it highly enough. The love, the quality of nursing care, the attention to detail and appreciation of who my dad really was inside. I can't thank staff enough. A wide range of engaging activities, comfortable, beautiful surroundings. Exceptional nursing care. They pushed and pushed for the very best for my dad. He was a resident for 6 years and loved every day.
Thank you so much for your review. Your feedback means a lot to us and I will share this with the team.
The home has the feel of a well-run hotel, the staff are always welcoming residents, wishes are respected, while at the same time their care needs are met with care and consideration. They keep the family informed of all things related to the resident's care.
How lovely that you compare us to a well run hotel - such a lovely thing to say! Our team are so grateful for you taking the time to leave us this feedback. Thankyou
The staff are very accommodating and lovely to Mum.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your positive feedback.
My aunt only had 3 months at Abbeydale but even that short time, the staff got to know her really well. They were unfailingly compassionate and loving, always had smiles on their faces. She thoroughly enjoyed the banter she had with all of them. Nothing was ever too much trouble and we felt cared for in the same way in the last few hours of her life. I am so glad we chose Abbeydale and I am sorry my aunt did not have longer with them.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. We really appreciate you giving us your positive feedback.
During this time, the staff were so supportive of both my dad and my family, making this difficult transition easier to manage.
Every member of staff provided the highest standard of care and emotional support and genuinely cared about helping people!
The residents there were also very supportive to each other and spoke very fondly of the care they were receiving and the staff looking after them.
Myself and my family really cannot thank and praise them enough!
Thank you for leaving us such a great review following your experience of Abbeydale. We really appreciate your positive comments about the care we provided during the stay with us.
My husband took a turn for the worse 5 days before he died and I cannot thank the nurses and staff enough for their palliative care during this very emotional time. I would certainly recommend Abbeydale as a very comfortable and friendly care home where delicious food was served.
We really appreciate the lovely review that you have kindly taken the time to write. Such positive feedback means a lot to the team. It is great to know that we are getting end-of-life care right. Thank you.
Dad was a resident for only a short time but the care and attention from the friendly and cheerful staff were exemplary. Dad required emergency respite and he responded immediately to the care which gave his family quality time with him before his final illness.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a positive review about your experience. How lovely to hear the care and attention during your Dad's stay described as exemplary.
Abbeydale provided the highest standard of care to my mother for the last three years of her life. The caring those extended to staff members in every role. Thier attitude to their residents was always encapsulated in the description "understanding, respectful, loving and caring"! Their support to me and other family members when we came to Mum's end of life was exactly the same. We cannot praise them highly enough!
We are very grateful to have received such lovely feedback about all your experiences of Abbeydale. This will mean such a lot to the whole team. Only by hearing about people's real experiences can we know that we are doing things how they should be done! Thank you.
The staff are professional and very friendly.
The food was of an excellent standard. There were plenty of activities.
The bedroom was personal and overlooked the park.
My mum was very happy there.
Thank you so much for your lovely review of Abbeydale. We really appreciate you taking the time to give us this feedback.
My father was at Abbeydale for just over a year until passing in June 2024. He was bedbound following a stroke before he arrived at Abbeydale. The carers were exemplary in their respectfulness, kindness and friendliness. The chefs provided tasty meals which Dad very much enjoyed. As a visitor, I was always welcomed and able to visit anytime. Thank you for making Dad's last year pleasant and comfortable.
We very much appreciate the lovely feedback about your experience of Abbeydale - thank you very much. It is great to know that as a team we are delivering a good service to our residents and to visitors too.
All the staff were amazing, kind and compassionate.
Special thanks to the cook and another member of staff, although you were all brilliant.
Thank you for taking the time to leave this lovely review. We really appreciate your kind comments.
My mother was at Abbeydale for approx 2 years until her passing in November 2023. The care she received was first class. She was a diabetic so had to be injected because of this her food had to be monitored. Admin staff and nurses kept me informed every week. Activities were every day and the hairdresser came in weekly. My mother called it her home. Many thanks to Abbeydale for all you did.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. It is great to hear that you felt your mum was so well cared for during her time at Abbeydale.
My partner and I had been caring for my elderly uncle at home for many years although following a hospital admission, it was clear that his diagnosis would be life-changing. He was placed on end-of-life care, we arrived at Abbeydale with the enhanced bed system. Within months he was no longer end of his life and became a full-time resident. This January he sadly passed away, Abbeydale has been able to provide fantastic care and attention. Thank you.
Thank you for leaving us such a positive review of the care your uncle received during his time with us at Abbeydale. We really appreciate you taking the time to tell us about your experience.
I have been very impressed with the care provided by all the staff at Abbeydale Care Home since my mum went into the home last June (2022). They are unfailingly kind, considerate, professional and engaged. The activities provided, the food and the cosy, homely atmosphere are all excellent. My mum could not wish for better. I thoroughly recommend Abbeydale for being so well-run - for the benefit of the residents!
We do thank you for your very kind feedback. It means such a lot to the team to hear that we are all delivering a high standard of service.
My husband was admitted on the 4th of July 2023 after suffering a stroke. He also has bowel and lung cancer. I find the staff extremely helpful to me and even my little dog. The care my husband receives is excellent.
Great to hear that you and your dog enjoy visiting us. The team are very grateful for this lovely feedback about the care we deliver. Thank you.
Everybody is very kind, caring and helpful. My bedroom is lovely and everywhere is very clean. The food is absolutely great, all home-cooked. I love all the activities and trips out, every day we do something different. I cannot fault Abbeydale Care Home.
Really lovely to get such fabulous feedback from a resident in one of our care homes. To hear what life is like as a resident is so very important to us. Thank you for telling us about your own positive experience.
When my mother first went into the home, it was anticipated that she would not survive too long, given her illness. She was in the home for five years - a testament to the great care she received, not least of all, through covid. She was always treated with care, gentleness and kindness.
We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us your lovely feedback. Thank you.
The staff were always very encouraging, friendly, smiling and helpful. Same with the management, from the initial visit home review and during the respite stay. The allocated room was nice, well equipped with a nice outlook. Care is generally very good. The nursing staff were always happy to discuss the resident and update on their general health and day.
The team really appreciate getting positive feedback, it means a lot to them.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 06 March 2019Good
- 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
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
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Awards / Recognitions (1)
- 12 Dec 2021Recipient: Abbeydale
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Abbeydale.
Meet the Team (2)

Katty is our Home Manager; she is qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1999 and leads the team across Abbeydale and Stanley House.
Katty was born in Sweden and came to the UK in 1994 as an au pair. She then trained as a nurse in Suffolk. She has had a varied career, including a large proportion of her time spent working in Public Health and in 2016 decided to move into Health and Social Care and take up a post in a Nursing Home. She joined the team at Abbeydale and Stanley House in 2018.Katty is passionate about delivering safe and effective care to residents. She enjoys working with the staff to ensure everyone is treated as an individual with kindness and respect.
One of our Deputy Managers says, “The nurses find Katty knowledgeable and approachable. I personally find her knowledgeable and a calming influence and a great support in my development as a Deputy Manager”.Time away from work, Katty enjoys going away in her motorhome, walking the dog, and riding her bike. Katty also loves cooking and socialising with friends. Katty has also been involved in many fundraising events over the years, including organising local fun dog shows.

Cat is the Admin for Abbeydale, and began working here in March 2022. Prior to this role, Cat worked as an Admin for a Dairy Office in the West Midlands and has also been Self-Employed while running her own Dog Grooming Business.
Cat’s role within the Nursing Home involves supporting the team as a whole with any Administrative tasks required. Cat organises staff training courses for in-house training, and monitors online training for staff across both homes. Cat prides herself on creating a warm and professional environment for any visitors to the Home, both in-person and over the phone.
Cat says: “I was drawn to Abbeydale and Stanley House Nursing Homes as the staff were very kind and approachable, and instantly made me feel welcome. After working here for a while, it is plain to see how much all the staff truly care about the residents, and I am honoured to be a part of the team.
I live in Derby with my husband, and my dog Bean. I am originally from the West Midlands, and I moved here to study at the University of Derby. I completed my undergrad in Psychology and went on to do a Post-graduate diploma in Applied Health Sciences. In my spare time, I enjoy running and I am currently attempting to complete the NHS “Couch to 5K” programme”.
Frequently Asked Questions about Abbeydale
What types of Care is Abbeydale registered for?
Older Person Care, Dementia, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does Abbeydale have?
There are 37 Single Rooms and 2 Couples/Companion Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at Abbeydale?
Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is Abbeydale to the centre of Derby?
1.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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