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Saint Cecilia’s is the residents’ home, a place where they have...
Care Provided by Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Learning Disability / Autism
- 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 44 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
- 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
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Fees are based on assessment of care needs. Please contact us for further information.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Saint Cecilia'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
Group / Owner
- Saint Cecilia's Care Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Daniela Botelho (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed with both male-only and female-only unit(s)
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2018
- Number of floors: 5
Room Information
- Single Rooms (44)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (44)
Visiting
- Visitors are welcome at any time to the home.
Parking
- There is a small car park on site.
Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home Reviews (69)
Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.472) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home has 69 reviews.
St Cecilia's gives my uncle all of the most important things he requested to be safe, comfortable and cared for. I was put in charge of sourcing his care, and I found St Cecilia's to be the most suitable for his needs, with a great atmosphere of caring and professionalism.
My brother became a resident in February 2022. I visit regularly -once or twice a week. The staff and managers at the home have treated my brother with care, respect and cheerfulness. They are always friendly towards me and take time to talk through any questions that I have. We couldn't have chosen a better place.
I cannot express enough how exceptional the whole team are. Mum is always telling us how wonderful everyone is. The vibe you get is just like calling on family.
The staff's patience, friendliness and kindness go above and beyond in the excellent care, understanding and support they provide.
Knowing Mum is happy and well cared for is wonderful.
My mother had her 100th birthday on 6th January. I arranged with the deputy manager to have 14 of my family, ages 9 to 82. A cake was provided, a bottle of bubbly and sweets. They took photographs and put them in an email which we could send to my brother in Australia. The party lasted two hours. The staff were excellent. The home is very good for the money paid. I am very happy with my mother being there.
Mum's 100th Birthday, and despite Covid restrictions, I think she really enjoyed her day. The staff were wonderful in organising the video call for relatives who couldn't see Mum personally. The room had been decorated and was welcoming. A lot of effort had gone into making her day the best.
The home did very well in putting a meeting room together for my relative, at 100 years of age.
I have been made very welcome by staff and reception at all times, shown the lift and taken to the room the first time I visited. The service user is in bed at this time but knew who I was and is kept very clean and happy that she is being looked after. She is a bit confused at times, but the nurse was very good and explained everything to her in such a way that she settled straight away.
I have always found the workers to be caring and helpful. They always answered the telephone, and if you couldn't speak to your relative straight away, they always rang you back. Mum says she enjoyed the food and also found the carers helpful. Could have had a better variety of activities though.
"research" into her "continuing care". Having said that, the care and treatment Mum receives are very good. The staff are welcoming and competent during what has been a harrowing time during the Covid pandemic/lockdowns etc. Mum is well looked after and seems very happy and contented when I visit, and for 92-years-old, this is all we hope for. Thank you.
My mum has only been in Saint Cecilia's for three weeks. It is early days, but I have found the receptionists are very friendly and helpful. The carers have been kind to Mum, and she is always full of praise for them. Her room is too small, but Mum is comfortable, warm and well-fed.
My dad receives very good care from friendly and experienced staff. We are kept well informed of all that happens with him. he enjoys the food and is always clean and tidy. He doesn't do activities due to his physical inability and dementia.
For the short period before my mother passed away, she was cared for by excellent staff. Kept warm and comfortable with regular drinks, food and snacks. The home itself looked and smelled clean.
Resident has only been in Saint Cecilia's for two months. I have only visited twice due to isolation and me not living locally. I am happy with the overall care and have had good communication with and from staff but would have liked to have been included in the personal care plan on admission.
When my dad arrived at Saint Cecilia's, he didn't like his room, and he was unhappy. When I mentioned this time the home, they moved Dad straight away to another room. I must say, all the staff, whoever their duties are/were wonderful, always knew my dad and what he'd been up to. I thank everybody at the home for looking after my dad with compassion. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Excellent quality of care provided. Nothing is an issue for staff and always happy to about and beyond.
Staff are lovely and friendly. Nothing is too much bother for them. Mum is loved by all staff and they all know her very well. She is always comfortable and feels at home.
Very welcoming and helpful, but most of all, my aunty seems much happier. I don't think I've seen her this calm in many years. She's gone from a very nervous/anxious old lady to one that is calm and happy. So good to see her like that. Staff seems to genuinely care with good feedback. Staff know her well and know what she needs. Thank you!
My husband went into respite care to ease things for me. He has Alzheimer's, and I didn't know how it would go. He can be demanding at times. Everyone involved in his care at Saint Ceilia's was wonderful. He wasn't in a hurry to leave! Showered and manicured too - what a blessing.
Today, 23rd August 2021, is the first time I have been able to visit my cousin due firstly to the long-distance I have to travel and then to lockdown during Covid restrictions. When I telephone Saint Cecilia's, requiring whether a visit was possible, all the necessary procedures of obtaining a lateral flow test was clearly explained. An appointment was made, and full protection was supplied when I arrived. I found the home very clean and well organised, and all the staff friendly. Much improved since my last visit.
I would recommend this care home top of my list.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 20 October 2021Good
- 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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Awards / Recognitions (1)
- 18 Mar 2022Recipient: Saint Cecilia's Nursing Home
Accreditations
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Meet the Team (3)

Winner of the Nurse of the Year accolade at our awards night in 2023, Dani has been described as “an angel” for the way she delivers compassionate, person-centred care.
Previously Clinical Lead, it was Dani’s role to manage the home and ensure the team was providing the best nursing care for those who needed it at our home.
Dani trained to be a nurse in her home country of Portugal before taking the very brave decision to move, with her boyfriend, to the UK in 2015 in search of greater opportunities.
She began at the nursing home as a care assistant, whilst she found her feet and got to grips with the language and the way we deliver care in this country. She soon settled in and her excellent nursing skills and empathetic nature saw her rise through the ranks as a nurse, senior nurse, clinical lead and now manager.
“We help and support each other, which is very important in ensuring we deliver the right care for our residents,” says Dani. “That idea of creating a family atmosphere is really important. When residents arrive, they might feel lonely as they have left their homes and familiar surroundings. We work hard to transmit a family welcome to them to help them to settle in and feel happy, safe and content.”
She now describes herself as ‘part of the furniture’ and says she loves her work and the opportunity to properly get to know the residents, which is less possible in a hospital environment.
“It makes it so much easier to provide the proper care when you have known a resident for a long time and they know and trust you,” she adds. “No day is ever the same and it is a very rewarding job, providing care for someone. Often it is the little things that are important, stopping to have a conversation and a laugh with a resident can make their day. For me, knowing you have made a difference in someone’s life gives me the greatest satisfaction.”

And the catering couldn’t be in better hands than those of our award-winning chef and Catering Manager, Laura.
She is passionate about good food and about giving the residents choice. On a typical day Laura will prepare, from scratch, lunch for 42 residents and around 20 staff.
Residents get a choice of three main courses and if they don’t like those, Laura will prepare something different - if you fancy fish and chips, then fish and chips you will have!
“Meals are a really important, social part of the day and the residents really look forward to them so we do everything we can to give them a good choice of tasty, nutritious and enjoyable food,” she says. “We take into account every dietary requirement and personal preference to tailor a menu for each individual so that food is another area where our residents feel cared for and valued.”
That dedication earned Laura the Chef of the Year Award at the Yorkshire and Humberside Great British Care Awards in 2020.
She takes every little detail into account – right down to individual residents preferring one vegetable against another and is passionate about food being made properly.
In how many nursing homes would the toasted teacake at teatime be made from scratch – flour, sugar, yeast, fruit and so on?
We love a celebration and Laura will knock-up a mouth-watering buffet (with homemade scones, quiches, pizza, doughnuts and cakes of course) or create a themed birthday cake, at the drop of a hat. She creates cakes for anything from a Royal Wedding to the FA Cup Final.
Laura splits her time between cooking at the nursing home and supporting the cooking staff at Saint Cecilia’s other homes in her role as Catering Manager for the whole group.

Ghana-born nurse Evans Sarbeng is one of 32 staff recruited by Saint Cecilia’s Care Group from overseas in the past year and is playing a vital role in delivering care in our centres.
Evans grew up in Duayaw Nkwanta in southern Ghana and after school went to a nurse training college in Berekum.
Following three years’ training he did the mandatory year of work for the Government at the St John of God Hospital in his home town before going to work at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Kumasi.
Evans was tempted by the job at Saint Cecilia’s by the opportunity to take up a new challenge and progress in his profession. After an interview across Zoom, he arrived in this country in November and after a month’s training started at the nursing home in December. He is thoroughly enjoying working at Saint Cecilia’s, particularly getting to know the residents well.
“They are amazing,” he says. “A pleasure to look after. We lift each other – if they are feeling down, we lift them up and if we are feeling low, they cheer us up too.”Away from the nursing home, Evans has thrown himself into football, joining Aaron and Jordan Padgham playing for the Goal Sports team.
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