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It is a small home which means they can assure a familiar friendly face each day, personalised support and truly bespoke care packages which focus on capability and not just need.
Oak Lodge has recently undergone some refurbishment with en suite rooms with showers, toilet basin now...
Care Provided by Oak Lodge
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Eating Disorders
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 28 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)
- 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
PRIVATE FEE PAYERS HAVE FREE HAIRDRESSING CHIROPODY AND ESCORTED TRANSPORT FOR ALL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
Included hairdressing, chiropody and transport for all hospital appointments
FREE WIFI FOR ALL SERVICE USERS
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Oak Lodge for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Oak Lodge 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
- Care Homes UK Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Lyndsay Sargent (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2023
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (24)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (9)
- Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (2)
Visiting
- DO OPERATE A PROTECTED MEALTIMES POLICY AND DISCOURAGE VISITING AT THOSE TIMES IN MOST INSTANCES
Parking
- Parking available onsite free
Oak Lodge Reviews (29)
Oak Lodge has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.517) out of 10, based on 13 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Oak Lodge has 29 reviews.
Very hard-working staff. All staff members very approachable and pleasant. Managers are excellent both with residents and their families.
Thank you very much for your kind feedback, we always work to give the best care to residents and their loved ones.
My mum came here when my dad went into the hospital, now dad is in here, so both are together. They are both so well looked after; the staff are friendly and very caring. Everyone is so helpful if we have a query, and the most important thing is, Mum and Dad are safe and cared for. We have been so lucky that both parents could come here and be together still as they are in their 90s now and married for 67-years, and it would have been awful to separate them now.
I cannot thank Oak Lodge enough for what they have done for my sister and myself. They are really great at informing you with information about my sister. They also understood how upset I was putting my sister in a home. I couldn't wish for a better home; thanks, Oak Lodge. All the staff are amazing, and my sister gets on well with everyone; I can't fault the home at all. All I can say is thank you, and your all amazing.
Care for my mother with her complex care needs is fantastic. The management knows my mum very, very well, which has been passed down to their team. Some of the results are based on not visited inside the home for a year due to Covid and are based on window visits/telephone calls. There is never a problem that is not discussed with me, and we are very happy with the care.
Throughout the past 12 months of Covid, I feel that they have coped extremely well. My mother looks well - age considering. Updated by telephone regularly about visits and treatment.
Our mum lived here for many years she was well looked after and cared for nothing was too much for the staff they gave mum love and plenty of laughs whatever mum wanted mum got she was a fussy eater and the girls always made her the meal she wanted. The place may look a bit shabby but it's home from home and it's a happy place since staff manager changed new manager is great and will bend over backwards for you
In my opinion my husband is always very well looked after, his medical needs are always attended to, he has an excellent room, with plenty of storage space, and adequate room to move around in comfortable surroundings he has made a lot of friends and gets on very well with all the staff.
She now has come to a sad time in her life where by she isn't able to take part in any social activities. Her care in Oak Lodge is very good, in fact excellent. She is still able to converse a little bit but on the whole her health has deteriorated and is coming to and end.
I am pleased to say all the care is very much in place with her circumstances and for that I am thankful. All I need is for her to go peacefully and with dignity and I am very confident in her care for that to happen.
Clean, warm, good staff. Nice rooms and communal areas, safe and secure. Staff attentive to residents needs.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 16 March 2023Good
- 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 (2)

My name is Lyndsay Sargent I am the registered manager for Oak Lodge care home in Haughton village. I have worked in care for over 20 years and worked for Care Homes UK since August 2020 I have been the registered manager for over 2 years. I have achieved my L5 in Leadership and Management and have the following skills/strengths/core values – Leadership, Determination, Loyal, positive thinking, caring, compassion, My values are providing a safe/positive and caring environment for residents and staff, having an open culture and learning from mistakes also providing a working environment which promotes equality/diversity and Inclusion. I look to work proactively and not reactively and have achieved “good” with CQC since being at Oak Lodge.

My name is Karen Cousins I have worked for Care Homes UK for the past four years as Manager and Quality Manager. I have experience as a nursing assistant, nurse, Deputy Manager and Care Home Manager in various hospitals and Care in Community and Care Homes.
My Strengths,Dependable,
Wide range of knowledge in varied positions within care provision,
Leadership,
Caring nature.
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