handled everything with the utmost of compassion, care, and exceptional professionalismRowena S(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Dad has come on in leaps and bounds since taking residence over a year agoVictoria B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
every member of the team are so loving and caring as if it was their own mum and dad.Lyndsey B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
handled everything with the utmost of compassion, care, and exceptional professionalismRowena S(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Dad has come on in leaps and bounds since taking residence over a year agoVictoria B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
every member of the team are so loving and caring as if it was their own mum and dad.Lyndsey B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
Church Farm Nursing Home has built up a strong reputation for its quality approach to the challenges of dementia care, maintaining a home where individuals feel respected, at 'home' and supported by skilled professionals.
A pleasant, cheerful and colourful environment is also available as a day care and respite service, with all care provision personalised for the individual whether for short or long-term purposes.
Church Farm has a reputation for providing high...
Care Provided by Church Farm Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- 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 46 Service Users
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
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
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Stairlift
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Contact Church Farm Nursing Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
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Local Authority - NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Church Farm Care
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Maggie Griffiths (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: -1
- Last Refurbishment: 2021
- Number of floors: 1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (46)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (15)
Parking
- 8 parking spaces by the entrance to Church Farm, also street parking available on Church Lane.
Church Farm Nursing Home Reviews (63)
Church Farm Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.746) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Church Farm Nursing Home has 63 reviews.
I can't thank the staff enough for the outstanding care my mother receives at Church Farm. She is always treated with dignity, compassion and affection. When I visit I am always made welcome and kept well-informed about my mother's condition. The support has been invaluable at this difficult time.
My husband has been in the care of Church Farm Care home since September 2013. Myself and my family agree, that his care is second to none, and we have not seen anything that has changed our view.
Everything is very positive as far as I'm concerned. I can't praise them highly enough.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 20 July 2019Good
- Caring Good
- Effective Good
- Responsive Good
- Safe Good
- Well-led Good
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 (13)
- 09 Dec 2025Recipient: Church Farm Nursing Home
- 04 Feb 2022Recipient: Church Farm Nursing Home
- 27 Jun 2018Recipient: Church Farm Nursing Home
Meet the Team (1)
Maggie has worked in care for 25 years, starting her career as a care assistant. Over the years, Maggie has continued working and developing her career in elderly care, becoming a deputy manager followed by a home manager in a residential care home. During this time, Maggie completed her NVQ Level 5 in Social Care Management.
Maggie then spent 18 months as a registered manager of a nursing home in Mansfield, working very closely with staff teams, residents and families to achieve positive recognition with the regulators. Maggie brings a wide variety of experience and success to her role with Church Farm Care, providing an uncompromising approach to achieving high standards of care in the fields of dementia care, general nursing and end-of-life nursing care.
Maggie’s spare time is spent with her three children and new grandson, making sure she doesn’t miss every opportunity to make enjoyable memories for them all to share.
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