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The Care home is a homely environment, which is suited to older people with care needs and the Coach House is for Dementia Residents. The team welcome short and long-term needs and offering...
Care Provided by Nicholas House Care 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
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 40 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
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Contact Nicholas House Care 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)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Dryband One Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Rebecca Paulus(Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2021
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (36)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (7)
Visiting
- Families and friends are welcome to visit their loved ones day or night at Nicholas House. The home do not have strict visiting times as this is the Residents' home and they are allowed visitors at any time. The team ask all visitors to sign in and out for fire regulations.
Parking
- Private car park at Nicholas House for all families and friends to park in when visiting loved ones.
Nicholas House Care Home Reviews (8)
Nicholas House Care Home has a Review Score of 8.1 (8.125) out of 10, based on 1 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Nicholas House Care Home has 8 reviews.
We had visited other care homes in surrounding areas but were impressed with how clean Nicholas House smelt so decided that's where she would be.
In my opinion, Nicholas House is an outstanding care home. All staff including carers, chefs and cleaners are superb. I would recommend this care home to everyone.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your care and love given to my MIL
An outstanding care home that showers each resident with dignity, love and respect. Every one of the carers, chefs and cleaners is superb. My mum was able to keep her pride and dignity until her last day. We will be forever grateful to the home and were delighted to call them our friends.
Nicholas House Care Home always feels like a proper home. The staff are always friendly and smiling. I feel happy that my mum is being well cared for and looked after.
Over the two years, my wife has been in the care home, I have seen improvements when they changed the manager. The staff from management through all departments are absolutely wonderful. The care they give to the residents is the best. I can go home not worrying about my wife because I know she couldn't be in safer hands. Top marks to Nicholas House Care Home.
I was my friend's carer before she had to come into Nicholas House from the very beginning. Myself and her family have been very pleased with her care. The home is a very friendly place and the staff are always there either for the residents or their family.
Mum couldn't walk, eat, hold a conversation, in fact, she couldn't do anything.
Now a year on and she is a totally different person.
She joins in with the activities, holds conversations with the staff and residents and enjoys the lovely meals that are cooked on the premises.
The staff at Nicholas House go above and beyond their jobs.
They are amazing, lots of time for residents and also residents' families.
I can't thank them enough.
I found them to be lacking in basic manners and respect for the elderly and their belongings ie. on the day of arrival, no greeting, no introduction, not shown his room.
Personal belongings when taken in, were left lying on the office floor for days.
The home was not well led, inefficient and unprofessional, ie. occupants clothes mixed up, important paper's lost or misplaced.
I also found the home to lack initiative where after the first few weeks, my friend was left in his room all day, every day in the same place or lying on his bed.
I have found the home and staff to be very welcoming with a very homely/warm atmosphere.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 13 April 2022Good
- 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
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Meet the Team (7)

I have worked for our Company since 2019 working my way up to being the Registered Manager. I started being the Manager in October 2021 and have worked very hard and my job is very rewarding. I love being the Manager of Nicholas House Care Home in Haxey as the home feels like home-from-home and our Residents are the most wonderful people I feel privileged to be accepted to take care of them every day. Nicholas House has a wonderful staff that I enjoy and am proud to work with each day.

I have worked at Nicholas House Care Home for 3 years starting as a carer and working my way up to become a Team Leader which I have been for the past 1 and 1/2 years. I love my job and what I do supporting the elderly to give them the best quality of life they can possibly have. We are like a family at Nicholas House and we love our staff and residents like they are our own I am proud to work in the care sector.

I came into care for a change from my normal job. I have been working in retail for over 15 years. From the day I started at Nicholas House Care Home, I feel like I have been doing it for years. I wouldn't want to do any other job as I love working with all the service users and staff. I am also on with completing my NVQ level 3 as I am training to be the relief team leader. I have my medication qualification and my care certificate currently.
Nicholas House is a home-from-home environment with warm, loving and caring staff.

I've been in care for over 10 years and I've worked at Nicholas House for nearly 5 years now, splitting between night care and daytime care. I absolutely love the environment here and it's such a family feel with both staff and residents. It's always so nice to come to work every morning in a happy atmosphere and be welcomed with smiles all around.

My name is Karina I’ve been at Nicholas House for 4 years I have done most jobs here including kitchen assistant, Cleaner, and Relief Team Leader on nights for 2 years and recently came back onto days on care. I am about to start my Level 3 in Health and Social Care. I love working here as part of an amazing team and we have gone from strength to strength in the last 16 months.

After nearly spending a full year at Nicholas House as a General Assistant, I wanted to develop my job role further and I have become the Activities Coordinator.
I now do my job alongside my set college work as I'm doing an apprenticeship at Nicholas's house.I also have a level 2 childcare qualification I did at college before I left to work full time. I love being part of an amazing team and working with our wonderful residents.

I have worked at Nicholas's house for 8 years now. During this time, I have been through a variety of jobs within the home. I was in the caring role for 5 years, with full qualifications and then I continued at Nicholas's house but moved over to the domestic side. I thoroughly enjoy making sure our lovely residents have a homely, well-kept, clean home.
The Team at Nicholas House are a family and it is lovely to be a part of that community.
Frequently Asked Questions about Nicholas House Care Home
What types of Care is Nicholas House Care Home registered for?
Older Person Care, Dementia, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does Nicholas House Care Home have?
There are 36 Single Rooms and 2 Couples/Companion Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at Nicholas House Care Home?
Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is Nicholas House Care Home to the centre of Doncaster?
11.9 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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