
Right from the start, he was made very welcome by the staffKevin P(Son of Resident/Service User)



Right from the start, he was made very welcome by the staffKevin P(Son of Resident/Service User)



Southwoods is a loving family run care home part of the Award Winning Caring and Leading Group (Winners at the Leaders in Care Awards 2024, Nominated for Provider of the Year at Leaders in Care Awards 2025). The team are Southwoods are passionate in providing excellent person-centred residential and nursing care to up to 38 residents. Located a stones throw away from Northallerton Town Centre, Southwoods has dedicated caring staff...
Care Provided by Southwoods Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- 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 38 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
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Fees are calculated by assessed need added to the general hotel costs (food, laundry etc) On assessment an individual fee will be calculated for you
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Southwoods Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Southwoods 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
- Caring and Leading Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Helen Lewis(Registered Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2025
Room Information
- Single Rooms (32)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (3)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (5)
Visiting
- Please call the home to arrange a visit
Parking
- Free Parking available on-site
Southwoods Nursing Home Reviews (46)
Southwoods Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.512) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Southwoods Nursing Home has 46 reviews.
My mother has been in Southwoods Nursing Home for nearly 14-years. She has been extremely well-cared for during this period of time. The staff are very caring and give their all. Management of the home during the pandemic has been outstanding.
Thank you for your kind and lovely words regarding Southwoods. We are so glad to hear your kind words and all the staff and management have been working extremely hard during difficult circumstances to provide best-personalised care. We are so glad to hear that you feel that the experience has been outstanding, and we will pass on your kind words to the staff.
Kind Regards.
I am mostly happy with the care my mother receives. The management and staff are friendly and helpful. Cleanliness is of a high standard, the only area I think could do with improving is the food. Not everyone has the same eating requirements and more could be done to accommodate, but on the whole, it's a good care home.
My experience of this care provider is that I have every confidence in the provision made for the care of my mum - in fact, I could not fault it.
Best wishes
Management:- First class: Accessible to everybody anytime. They have a sense of humour which is nice to see in management. Caring staff, brilliant can't do enough for you. Courteous, treat you with dignity. Always have a smile on their faces and are always up for a bit of banter which breaks any ice between residents and staff. First class.
Dear Joseph,
Thank you so much for your review. We are very grateful for your kind words. All the staff at Southwoods work really hard to ensure that everybody has a smile on their faces. No doubt, this review will put a smile on their faces! I will ensure your review is passed on to all the staff at Southwoods. Thanking you once again.
Best wishes
My husband has been in this nursing home since 11 January 2016 and I can't fault it. The staff are wonderful from the cleaners to management. They treat me with the same dignity that they give my dear husband who is 93 years. He is very happy and content. They are like an extended family to me, can't thank them enough.
Dear Betty,
Thank you so much for your lovely review. Your kind words mean so much to us and we are so glad that you see us as your extended family! We are very grateful for this and we look forward to continuing to support and provide excellent care to your husband.
Best wishes
My mother is in her 101st year and I find the care from all the staff to be exceptional in that they always have time for her needs and well being.
Dear Ian,
Thank you so much for your kind words. All the staff at Southwoods work extremely hard to deliver excellent care and I will ensure that your kinds words are passed onto them.
Best wishes.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 10 August 2023Requires improvement
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
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 (1)

'Hi, I'm Helen and am proud to be the General Manager of Southwoods Nursing Home.
I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1983 and focussed my nursing career working for the NHS for almost 20 years before moving to the private sector.
My journey into care home management began in 2002 and have worked for a number of care providers, ranging from small independent companies to larger, well-known corporate ones.
I am committed to ensuring the delivery of person-centred quality care to older people. My particular passion is caring for people living with dementia and developing and maintaining a strong quality of life in our home.
Together with my team, we will work to ensure our residents receive the best care possible.
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