Meadowlands Care Home

Abernant Road, Aberdare CF44 0PY
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9.6 90 Reviews
  • Meadowlands Care Home, Aberdare
Meadowlands care home, located in a peaceful area of Aberdare in South Wales, provides personalised nursing dementia care to older people.

Boasting a welcoming and spacious setting, the purpose-built home feels different to a traditional care home, and has been designed to be similar to a family home environment, helping residents to feel relaxed in the surroundings.

Each member of the professional care team is committed to offering the highest quality care to residents, whilst also providing support and guidance to their loved ones. The home manager leads by example, going above and beyond to ensure every person feels comfortable and safe at the home.
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Care Provided by Meadowlands Care Home

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care

Care Types Provided

  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 52 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care

Facilities

  • Gardens

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1008

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Meadowlands Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Meadowlands 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)

Contact Meadowlands Care Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Sandra Vernal (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Last Refurbishment: 2022

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (52)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)

Meadowlands Care Home Reviews (90)

9.6

Meadowlands Care Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.608) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Meadowlands Care Home has 90 reviews.

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Review from S L (Son of Resident) published on 9 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Always welcome to visit and staff very friendly.
Can't think of any negatives although occasionally have to wait outside the front door to be let in, but this is obviously a positive regarding security.
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Review from E T (Daughter of Resident) published on 8 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The care and support my mother receives is very good. Always friendly staff and plenty of welcome. My mother needs are met fully and the reviews are very very person centered for her care plan for the future. Thank you to everyone in the care home.
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Review from Mark D (Son of Resident) published on 8 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has only been here for a short period but in that time we have seen an improvement in her legs. All the staff have been fantastic with mam and both me and my especially my dad, who has been made very welcome and put to ease with regards to mams care.
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Review from L P (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 July 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are always friendly and pleasant every time I arrive. They are also very good to my mother.
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Review from H E (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 May 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff gave Dad a lovely welcome from day one, so lovely to see Dad is settling and we as a whole family can't thank you enough for the effort made on Dad's birthday.
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Review from L G (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 May 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff lovely and very helpful. Dad seems settled and very well cared for. Dad has been welcomed by all the staff and obviously been made to feel safe to have so quickly settled here. The effort made here for his birthday was so appreciated by us all!
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Review from Gillian B (Wife of Resident) published on 3 May 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
As a family, we have found the staff to be very attentive to my husband's needs. From what we have seen, he is treated with warmth and kindness. There is good communication between staff and ourselves also.
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Review from A B (Husband of Resident) published on 9 January 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff are very helpful. They look after my wife well and activities are very good.
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Review from Joyce W (Sister of Resident) published on 1 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We can only praise and thank the staff in Meadowlands for the love and care given to our brother during his time there. This love was also extended to his family.
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Review from Annette M (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 8 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My father-in-law has been in your care since January - most of the time, he is settled and cared for.
In my opinion, he was far more comfortable upstairs, which has been discussed with management.
This issue has hopefully been resolved with him being placed back upstairs.
Overall, he is well looked
after and cared for by the staff.
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Review from Sue J (Daughter of Resident) published on 20 February 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother lived at Meadowlands Care Home for nearly five years until her recent death. During her time there the staff gave her excellent care and treated her with kindness and respect. They made her life as happy and as full as possible with various activities and when she was in better health she
also had trips out to local cafés. The manager and staff were also very helpful and kind towards me and my family. I was always informed if a problem arose with my mother's health and consequently, I felt confident about the care she was receiving. I would recommend Meadowlands to anyone who needed residential care.
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Review from E D (Daughter of Resident) published on 13 February 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at the home are very lovely. They are kind and considerate. They go the extra mile with my mum, knowing her likes and dislikes they follow these. I am sure that this helps my mother a lot. They are very friendly and welcoming to us at all times. Nothing is too much trouble.
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very smart. The individual rooms are a little tired.
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Review from Sonia R (Sister of Resident) published on 14 January 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Satisfied with all aspects of my brother's care.
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Review from Joyce W (Sister of Resident) published on 23 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We're satisfied with the overall care received by our brother.
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Review from M B (Daughter of Resident) published on 22 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
All staff at the care home are extremely hard working. They look after the residents with care and empathy.
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Review from Hannah G (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 22 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My grandma is very much looked after here, staff are always smiling and happy to help. They always make us welcome following our 5 hour journey to visit.
They talk to us on the phone regularly. Thank you for all you do.
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Review from John T (Son of Resident) published on 20 September 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Not able to provide ratings all options as did not go into the home due to COVID restrictions. Our visit was well organised and we were able to see our mother for the first time in many months. An outside toilet option for our type of visit would have been beneficial.
Reply from Diane Kerwin, Hospital Liaison Team Administrator at Meadowlands Care HomeThank you for your review, we value all feedback as this helps us to improve our service where required. We are pleased you felt the visit was well organised when you were able to visit your Mother for the first time in many months. As a care home, we must follow guidelines around visitor access within the home. If however a comfort/toilet break is required during a visit, we would certainly make arrangements to facilitate this. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Review from Penny K (Daughter of Resident) published on 13 July 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff are wonderful, patient and caring. My mother has challenging behaviour and they work wonders with her and come up with other ideas to work with her.
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Review from P M (Sister of Resident) published on 25 June 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff are approachable and helpful. They answer any queries when I phone to ask how my brother is and make arrangements for me to visit him. I can see he is well looked after and I am very grateful.
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Review from Tracey P (Daughter of Resident) published on 15 June 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The home provides care to my mother. They are all lovely to her and she knows and likes them.
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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.608)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.608) out of 10 for Meadowlands Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 28 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.608 for Meadowlands Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (225 Excellents x 5) + (78 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) + (7 Poors x 2) + (4 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 319 Ratings = 4.608
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Meadowlands Care Home is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 52 registered maximum number of service users is 10.4, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Sandra

Sandra Vernal

Job Title: Home Manager

Introducing Sandra Vernal


Home Manager at Meadowlands, Aberdare


“Mark Twain said; ‘Kindness was the language that allowed the blind to see and the deaf to hear it crosses all barriers. I would define kindness as going that extra mile for people and showing consideration for others in all of your actions.”


As a Mental Health Nurse, Sandra has gained over thirty years experience in caring for people. She considers herself to be very fortunate in that, the career she chose many years ago, she still has a passion for and sees it as a privilege to support individuals in maintaining the best possible quality of life.


Having worked with HC-One for many years, Sandra closely shares the company’s vision in aiming to provide the kindest care for each and every Resident.


She extends this caring approach to her colleagues and works closely with them to deliver care and support to Residents in a way that they gain the most benefit, in a warm and welcoming home.


She also works hard to arrange events and activities with nearby schools and clubs and is always keen to include the local community in life at Meadowlands.


When asked what she enjoys most about her role, Sandra remarked:
“Welcoming new Residents and their families to the home, getting to know them and helping them to settle into their new environment and life at the home.”
Outside of work, Sandra likes to wind down by reading a good book, watching a great movie or shopping, she is a bit of a science-fiction geek and is proud of it!


If you would like to find out more information about Meadowlands, Sandra has an ‘Open Door Policy’ and would be pleased to welcome you for an informal chat.

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