Stowford House

Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon OX13 6LN
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  • Stowford House, Abingdon
Located in the heart of Oxfordshire, Stowford House is a luxury, purpose-built care home, providing round the clock residential, dementia and nursing care on a permanent and respite basis.

Residents at the Abingdon care home have access to a range of comfortable shared spaces, including welcoming lounges, an on-site café, and a dedicated hair salon. Bedrooms are all en-suite and thoughtfully styled, with options available for couples or for visiting loved ones to stay overnight. Outdoors, the home features attractively designed gardens with accessible raised beds, offering a pleasant space to relax or spend time outside.

The experienced and well-trained team aim to create a caring and supportive community for residents and their loved ones. There is always something to look forward to with a schedule of regular activities, events and outings in the home’s own minibus.
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Care Provided by Stowford House

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
  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 53 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Near Public Transport
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Bar/Café
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1650
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1650
  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1900
  • Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1900
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1798
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1800
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1900
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1900

Fees are subject to a pre-admission needs assessment which is required to fully understand the level of
care and support required by each individual. Premium rooms normally require an additional charge.


What’s included?
• All care and support including a monthly review of care plans
• All meals, snacks and drinks freshly prepared every day by our chef
• In-house café with homemade cakes, and a variety of speciality teas and coffees
• Use of in-house cinema
• Access to landscaped gardens
• Activities and lifestyle programme
• All utilities and other accommodation costs
• Housekeeping and laundry services
• WiFi internet access


Please note, the weekly fee does not include hairdressing, chiropody or other healthcare visits or
appointments not covered by the NHS, toiletries, newspapers or magazines, any over the counter
medications that a GP wouldn’t normally prescribe such as paracetamol and indigestion relief, and any
other privately arranged healthcare. Should you require an escort to hospital appointments, we may apply
an agreed hourly charge for this service.

The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Stowford House for full pricing details and T&Cs.

Contact Stowford House 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.

Contact Stowford House to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Stephanie Jones (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Mixed (no single-gender units)
  • Ages 60+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (53)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (52)

Stowford House Reviews (93)

9.7

Stowford House has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.673) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Stowford House has 93 reviews.

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Review from T M (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
An excellent house for a resident
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Review from R Y (Husband of Resident) published on 12 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My wife is being well looked after. She is contented under the circumstances.
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Review from J C (Husband of Resident) published on 11 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
I think it's getting a little better. Still there is room for improvement.
I think we need one more carer for the night and on 1 floor.
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Review from Jon W (Son of Resident) published on 7 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Not bad at all. Improving - seems much cleaner and less smelly recently.
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Review from V B (Wife of Resident) published on 25 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My husband is relatively young (72) and has a complex medical condition. Staff from manager to cleaners.cooks have treated him with dignity and made special arrangements to care for his changing needs. I am impressed by the individual attention we have both received.
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Review from S M (Friend of Resident) published on 13 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Placing someone into a nursing home is very hard, especially when they are very poorly and gave vascular dementia and no idea as to what is going on. But I need not have worried. Everyone at Stowford House could not have been more welcoming and caring. It is always spotless and no telltale signs of
accidents or crime etc.
The activities provided for residents are invaluable and my friend has improved beyond all measure with the daily stimulation. If the time comes when I may need help myself, I know Stowford House is the place for me.
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Review from Mia T (Sister of Resident) published on 10 April 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
When my family decided it was in my sister's best interests and safety for her to be admitted to a nursing home, I was very apprehensive and worried. I feared I would not do the best for my sister.


I needn't have been concerned as Stowford House was everything I hoped it would be. All the staff from

the manager down have been exceptional. The care and consideration afforded to my sister cannot be faulted. People I have spoken to have nothing but good things to say about Stowford House. I would definitely recommend this care home without hesitation.
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Review from Ronald Y (Resident) published on 16 March 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Very good care staff. Food good but sometimes repetitive.
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Review from Linda H (Sister of Resident) published on 10 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The care my brother received in the three and a half years he was a resident at the above home was excellent, we found all the staff who cared for him were very friendly and excellent at their jobs, under very difficult circumstances.
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Review from Ivy H (Resident) published on 6 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I think it's very very nice here, it's like being at home. Staff are very good they sit with me and chat when they have time, there cheerful and a ray of sunshine.
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Review from Gladys B (Resident) published on 6 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
I love going to the singing when its on in the home and the care we have is really nice too. I like my room I have my TV and radio what more do I need I'm very happy.
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Review from Vi D (Resident) published on 6 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I like to lay in my bed and watch my TV. The staff are good and I keep them in line. We are like one big family.
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Review from Kerry C (Daughter of Resident) published on 21 March 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother went to live at Stowford House in September 2013 and this lifted a massive weight off my shoulders.
My mum is on lower memory lane and from day one of mum being there she has been shown real love, care & attention. I have worked for 24 years in elderly care and after looking round at several
homes with my partner, my brother and his partner I was always going to be very picky about where my should go. When we went to look round Stowford we all had a sigh of relief that we had found mum her new home.
Recently my mum has been very poorly and this has been really difficult to see my mum so frail but all the staff at Stowford a great support to me and they shown my mum great love & care.
I couldn't ask for more.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.673)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.673) out of 10 for Stowford House is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.7 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 28 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 4.673 for Stowford House is calculated as follows: ( (235 Excellents x 5) + (87 Goods x 4) + (11 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 333 Ratings = 4.673
  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 Stowford House is based on 28 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 53 registered maximum number of service users is 10.6, which has been reached with 28 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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Stephanie

Stephanie Jones

Job Title: Home Manager Joined: 2023

After qualifying as a registered nurse, I specialised in elderly care, working as a nurse consultant and modern matron.


This role involved managing several community hospitals and an NHS nursing home, which naturally led me into the management of care homes. Throughout my career, I have been committed to ensuring high standards of care.


I am deeply passionate about providing residents at Stowford House with the highest quality of care and support. I firmly believe that every resident deserves a tailored approach to their care, allowing them to live happily and meaningfully while maintaining the freedom to choose the support they wish to receive.


Building strong relationships with residents and their families is essential to me, as I recognise the vital role these connections play in the effective operation of a care home. My door is always open for any conversations or concerns, and I am dedicated to fostering an environment where residents feel valued, respected, and truly at home.

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