
The care she received was second to noneMargaret H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

A big shout to all the staffS C(Son of Resident/Service User)


The care she received was second to noneMargaret H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

A big shout to all the staffS C(Son of Resident/Service User)


St Mary’s Nursing Home is a warm, welcoming and purpose-built 84-bed care home in Moston, Manchester, providing high-quality nursing, residential, dementia, respite, palliative and day care in a compassionate and homely environment. Rated Good by the CQC in August 2023, the home is proud to hold the Gold Standards Framework (Commended) award for palliative care and a Dignity in Care award.
Set within beautiful mature woodland gardens bordering Broadhurst Park, St...
Care Provided by St Mary's 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 84 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
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Prices are tentative and are specific to the individual - Please contact the Head of Operations for information.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact St Mary's Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact St Mary's Nursing 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
Owner
- Serene Health
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Jay Dutson(Head of Operations)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: 1992
- Last Refurbishment: -1
- Number of floors: 4
Room Information
- Single Rooms (84)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (69)
Visiting
- St Mary's Care Home is thrilled to welcome visitors. Visitors are encouraged to visit their loved ones at their convenience; dedicated team members are always available to greet them with a warm welcome.
Parking
- St Mary's Care Home understands that convenience is key when visiting loved ones, which is why parking is hassle-free, offering on-site parking, completely free of charge.
St Mary's Nursing Home Reviews (41)
St Mary's Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.260) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time St Mary's Nursing Home has 41 reviews.
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.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We genuinely appreciate your feedback, as it helps us identify areas where we can improve our services. Your feedback regarding the feel of our care home is valuable, and we are committed to fostering a warm and homely atmosphere for...
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.
Never have we needed your kindness, resilience and cheerfulness more now than ever during this very frightening pandemic.
You have given the family peace of mind and are always there to listen to us as well.
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.
They provide superb care and support to both residents and family.
The premises are very clean and the food is of a high standard.
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.
Thank you very much for your review. We continually strive to provide high-quality care, your comments will be shared with the ladies on St Marys Unit.
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.
Thank you for your kind comments. At St Mary's we continually strive to provide an excellent service for all our residents and encourage visitors so that residents can maintain links with family, friends and their local community.
It needs to change.
Since this comment was made, Qualia Care have invested and continue to invest in a programme of redecoration. This is in the form of individual rooms being refurbished on a rolling programme. Care levels have remained consistent and we are currently in the process of recruiting an experienced RMN...
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!
It has recently employed a lot of agency staff, who do not have a very good understanding of the job and especially their communication skills are very poor, which does not work with nursing old people, especially with dementia and various, serious health issues.
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.
I would have no hesitation or doubt in recommending this home to anybody.
A very big thank you to all concerned.
The staff are lovely and always listen if you have any concerns. The rooms are a decent size and we were given permission to decorate our Nan's room and bring in a few pieces of furniture to make my Nan feel more at home. There is an activity room run by two enthusiastic carers, the only drawback is it isn't available every day.
I have been coming to the care home for 21 years.
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