St Mary's Nursing Home

It's great to see her enjoying her time here and we are happy that she is safe and being well looked after.

Laundry needs overhaul, lots of clothes items go missing and never come back despite being fully labelled.

Mum was sent to the St Joseph's unit following a stay in hospital for an assessment of her care needs. The room is in need of refurbishment, with dirty walls, flaking paint, and holes in need of filling. Equipment with trailing cables left on the floor. On the day of arrival, I requested a raised toilet seat and again the following day before one was found. The flush on the toilet was poor, which I pointed out to the manager, who said he would get maintenance to look at it but it failed to flush altogether, so no flushing toilet in the room for a whole week, staff had to flush it with bowls of water. Food is served on plastic plates. Stained pillowcases were left unchanged for 3 days due to a sore, weeping ear which took over 2 weeks before a Doctor prescribed some cream for it. The clanging church bell (a relic of the previous Catholic brother's home) housed above Mum's room rang loudly and randomly. After 3 weeks I removed her from their care as she couldn't take anymore. More of an institution than a care home. I could go on.

Since my last review on my brother's pathetic treatment by management at St Mary's care home on st Mary's Road Moston Manchester, he was found on the floor. The staff were not sure how long he had been there. In fact, l have had four different versions of where and how he was found. No contact at all from management to say my brother had fallen. It was left to one of the nice helpers. He was sent to hospital for a checkup and stayed for a couple of days and was treated great by the hospital who l might add said he was quiet and no trouble at all, yet St Mary's care home now refuses to have him back. They have just dumped him on the NHS without a thought for him or my family. Management did not have the common courtesy to let us know what a dirty trick they had pulled, all because they had messed up in the first place by giving my brother's room to someone else and then trying to cover it up. Senior management are aware of this, yet do nothing to help.

My mam was in St Mary’s for 7 years and was moved from another care home that had delivered unsatisfactory care. The appearance of the rooms was not and still isn’t brilliant but it soon became apparent that money was spent on care and not appearances. The care she received was second to none. The staff were brilliant from day 1 and it now became a pleasure to visit her instead of the nightmare I experienced previously. My mam was always spotlessly clean and dry. The food was proper home-cooked food and plentiful. The staff encouraged residents to eat and noted what food they enjoyed and put special requests in to the kitchen. Anything I asked for my mum was relayed to all staff in daily handovers and I was constantly informed of any worries they had about Her. The staff really came into their own though during lockdown when we weren’t allowed to visit her for over a year, they became her second family, giving hugs, reassurance, and the continuing care she had always received.

Previous response between staff and family was poor in previous years. It's a lot better now - 2020 onwards. It's been a tough few months with covid-19 but I think St Mary's has coped well with it. A big shout to all the staff.

I have been visiting three times weekly and always found everything 100%. Also, one of our nuns was in St Mary's for a year, and she was treated with great kindness and dignity. All I can say, may you continue this great work for many years. Activities were good, even excellent.

God Bless you all.

As a new resident, we have been allowed to visit due to end of life care being given. Management has been accommodating to our and residents needs. Although room clean, walking through the building needs attention, ie, bins overflowing, stairs quite dirty. Kitchen area quite dirty with broken cupboards.

Excellent care and activities. Wonderful to have daily nurses in charge and access to the priest for sacraments. Staff very caring and helpful. Nice to have meetings and activities with other residents and staff, and for visits from family and listers of community.

Excellent care, understanding, very informative with day to day care of my mum. They provide everything my mum needs and let me know what she needs for me to bring. Can't fault any one of them.

A huge thank you to all the carers and staff in St. Mary's Residential Unit during this difficult time with Covid19 virus. You're always appreciated but never more so than now. We'd be lost without you. We know so certain that our mum is in good hands. Thank you for all your care and for keeping her spirits up. Also for bringing mum to the phone and window. She is in the best possible place. We have been clapping hard for all of you.

I would highly recommend this home.

I have held off writing this review for many months in the hope that the new owners could turn around the decline in the home since they took over. Due to staff shortages, a large number of agency workers are being used who have poor communication and are unfamiliar with the job and the residents. The regular staff are extremely hard working but are unable to compensate for this resulting in a drop in the level of care and personal hygiene for residents and cleanliness of the home. It is impossible to identify where a recent increase in fees is being spent as the home is falling noticeably into disrepair.

The staff here are excellent. I couldn't ask for a better place for my mum to be catered for. They don't just support my mum, they support me and my family too. Special thanks to the ladies in St Mary's Unit. I can talk to them and ask them for anything. Nothing is too much trouble.

It was only my first visit to see my friend who was a resident in the home. I was very impressed with my visit, the home was very, very clean and the staff were very good and attentive, they could not do enough for the residents and visitors.

It needs to change.

My mother has Dementia. She has been living in this home for approximately six years. I would say that on the whole, she is happy with her surroundings. The staff dealing with her everyday care are very attentive to her needs. She sometimes attends the day centre where the staff are very good - she does craftwork etc. and she is occupied and seems to enjoy it.

My mother also attends the hairdresser who is excellent with her. She has a way of bringing my mother out of her shell and getting the best from her always joking and winding my mother up (she can be a character at times) which I know she enjoys. The salon where she goes to is within the home and is very bright and modern which I know she likes. I hope it will stay this way and the hairdresser will be there for many years to come which I know my mother will enjoy! I have also started to visit the hairdresser myself and she tends to my delicate locks as well and I am spoilt very well!

I have had issues with communicating with the agency nurse on duty, who hasn't even read my mother's notes and so has no idea of her health issues.

A very big thank you to all concerned.