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The location has been well chosen, being one of Colchester's beauty hotspots, while quality nursing professionals are recruited to safeguard high standards.
There are many activities planned and available for residents to choose from and the full-time activities team ensure that each resident is able to participate daily.
Care Provided by Barchester Woodland View Care 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 60 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
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
This Weekly Fee rate is an indication only of a typical standard fee rate for a resident living in a standard, comfortable room. A final Weekly Fee rate will be confirmed once we have carried out a pre-admission needs assessment. For nursing care, Weekly Fee rate will be dependent on personal needs.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Barchester Woodland View Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Barchester Woodland View 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)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Adrien Csipkar (General Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 50+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (60)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (60)
Barchester Woodland View Care Home Reviews (126)
Barchester Woodland View Care Home has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.806) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Barchester Woodland View Care Home has 126 reviews.
Woodland View is an amazing place! My mum has been a resident since February 2017 and all the staff have made her feel so welcome. She has settled in so well and loves all the activities and she has made some lovely friends. The staff are caring and ensure that all aspects of her care are carried out to a very high standard. The activity manager is always looking for new ways to entertain the residents and uses their own personal experiences and memories to assist with this. With a lot of the residents suffering from dementia, this is of great benefit to them. The food is a very high standard and each wing/community of the home eats together. The rooms are a good size - a lot larger than other homes we visited. I would thoroughly recommend Woodland View to anyone looking for a care home in the Colchester area.
I would like to thank you for taking the time to complete the card and for your kind words on our home.
We all pride ourselves in the work we carry out at Woodland View and feel very privileged to be working in the residents home.
Thank you once again,
Wendy TwydellHome Services Advisor.
Efficient, caring service. Superb surroundings and attention. Wish I could afford it when my time comes!
I would like to thank you in taking the time to fill out a review card along with your kind comments about the home very much appreciate it.
Many thanks
The wake was held at Woodland View and the food was fantastic. The staff were lovely and the residential home was beautifully presented.
We would like to thank you for taking the time in completing a review on Woodland View and very much appreciate your comments.
We are so pleased we were able to care for your loved friend at Woodland View
Many Thanks
Wendy Twydell
Perfect for respite care. Lots of activities available but you are left to yourself, should you choose. I am confident I shall leave here in better shape than when I came in. To be recommended.
Thank you for taking the time to complete one of our review cards, we very much appreciate your comments on Woodland View.
We look forward to your speedy recovery and hope to see you in the near future
Kind regards
Wendy Twydell
The home have been excellent with his care, and included him were possible in the general activities, ie playing UNO, St Patrick's Day celebration in the "bar", day trips out, etc. They have a dedicated staff member responsible for organising the entertainment, who does a fantastic job.
They recently enabled him to attend his grand daughter's wedding, by providing a carer and driver for the day which was a Sunday. This was very much appreciated by all the family.
As his health deteriorates, the family are safe in the knowledge that he’s being well cared for and is happy.
We at Woodland View would like to thank you for completing a review on our home and we are so pleased we are able to support the needs of your father, we will continue to ensure he receives the best care for him.
Kind Regards
Wendy Twydell
Highly recommended.
We at Woodland View would like to thank you for completing a review on our home and we are so pleased we are able to support your needs, we will continue to ensure you receive the best care here at Woodland View.
Kind Regards
Wendy Twydell
My 97-year-old mother received excellent care and medical attention during her respite stay which followed after a 3-week stay in hospital. A fall in October caused a double fracture of her pelvic girdle and together with the worsening condition of a narrow aortic heart valve, she required considerable attention/assistance plus continuous supplementary oxygen. all this was provided by the caring, professional and cheerful staff. The potential for a shortfall in my mother's finances obliged us to seek an alternative and equally regarded home which would be less expensive. Fortunately, we have done so.
We at Woodland View would like to thank you for completing a review on our home and we are so pleased we were able to support the needs of your mother at this troubled time for you and your family.
I wish you and the family all the best for the future.
Kind Regards
Wendy Twydell
I came at a time of great sadness and upset in my life. My husband died in March 2016 I was to have surgery on my hand while here. I am on morphine for my arthritis which made extra work for the nurses. At all times I have had help. support and care of the highest level. extra care and concern to help me over the operation. Everyone gives me 100% of their time and attention. Food is fantastic, such choices! I have not been as happy as this for two years.
We at Woodland View would like to thank you for completing a review on us.
I’m so pleased your stay was an enjoyable one and you enjoyed the care you received from all of our staff.We would like to welcome you back at any time and know we will keep in contact with yourself.
Kind Regards
Wendy Twydell
Very pleased to have chosen Woodland View Care Home. Only one criticism. Maybe cutlery and napkins could be looked at.
A beautiful home with friendly staff. Couldn't have made us more welcome. My mum has dementia and was very frightened and not sure but I need not of worried. She was well looked after and enjoyed her stay. The staff are caring, lovely to see a home that treats the residents with respect, care and love and lets them do whatever they feel they want to do. Can't rate this care home enough.
Very nice and welcoming home, my friend loves it, that is what counts.
Words alone cannot express the gratitude I feel for the kind, supportive and loving care you have provided my Mum. You are very special people providing a very special place for people to live. As I live in Devon, just knowing my Mum is being cared for and supported by you was a weight off my mind. You not only enabled her to manage the sad loss of my Dad by taking care of her the way you have, you helped me manage this difficult time as well. Thank you all. You provide care good enough for your own family and this has proven especially true for mine.
Caring, friendly and excellent in all respects.
Very good place all round.
The loving care that Woodland View provided was outstanding at the physical, medical and mental level. He is now continent, able to walk unaided and his dementia is much less advanced. His emotional condition has improved dramatically and his quality of life is now enviable for a 79 year old widower. I, and other members of my family attribute this wonderful change to the skills and commitment of the team at Woodland View.
On our visits to Woodland View, we always find the staff polite, cheerful and helpful. The facilities for residents and visitors are excellent.
This is more like a "hotel" with nursing care. Everyone is well trained, friendly and kind. From the minute you enter the reception you know you are somewhere special. A shining example of how a care home should be ran.
Regular dispensing of my medications - very satisfactory
Three meals a day, Food quantity and quality - Food served is good quality, properly prepared and nutritional and correct quality.
Laundry - The service is good and items have not been lost etc.
Staff - Staff are being recruited as the number of residents increases up to the target numbers. Staff are receiving the appropriate training and are well trained. As new staff in a new home they are all enthusiastic. My low mark for activities is due to the co-ordinator not having the necessary number of residents to organise a variety of games, quizzes etc at this time. A ten seater minibus has already been purchased and is now in regular use.
Inadequate staff levels of carers and/or poor quality of staff lets the facility down. This may be due to facility only being open a few months and current low occupancy but staffing needs to be improved/increased. Outbreak of stomach bug in last few days of stay did not help staffing levels.
Just fantastic!
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 18 March 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
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (3) & Events (0)
- 05 Feb 2025
Today marked the first of our 2025 Activities Team 'Woodland View Wishes' initiative. We will reveal more about the initiative and how you can help tomorrow evening...Watch this space! For...
- 08 Nov 2024
: Residents get a backstage invite with cast of ‘Legally Blonde’ Two of our residents used to love going to the Westend, and watching musicals, however confidence has made it...
- 21 Oct 2024
Plenty of fun at the Pumpkin Patch! CONTENT: We love discovering new places to visit here at Woodland View, so we were very excited to learn about a ‘”Pumpkin Patch”...
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Awards / Recognitions (21)
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 15 Apr 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Barchester Woodland View Care Home.
Meet the Team (10)

I am passionate about our residents being safe, making them happy, and enabling them to lead fully enriched lives whilst always receiving the highest quality of care.
One thing that I feel is really important is offering residents a lot of personal choices and, as Woodland View is their home, they have the right to choose what goes on here. I am hands-on in my role, I like to spend as much time as possible with the people that we care for and I also really enjoy getting to know our residents' families and providing them with support when they need it.
Our team here at Woodland View are dedicated to guaranteeing that all of our residents are treated with dignity, respect and attention, thus, in turn, enabling them to celebrate life in their new Barchester home which I feel exceptionally privileged to be a part of.
My door is always open and I look forward to welcoming you to Woodland View very soon!

Hi, my name is Amanda and I am a staff nurse here at Woodland View. I help to support our residents in daily life.

Hi, my name is Petra and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Woodland View. I love seeing the difference that activities can make to each individual, finding out what interests they have and ensuring I incorporate that into our activities here.
I love music and drama coming from a musical background as a singer all over the country, music is important to me and I feel it makes such a difference to everyone, it evokes memories, and creates happiness. I also love to boost residents' self-esteem by creating pampering sessions and having one-on-one time to relax and reminisce.
A lot of our residents also enjoy our special trips out on our Mini Bus as we create new, special memories together at Woodland View.

Hello, my name is Sophie and I am a Care Practitioner. My role is to help look after residents' daily care needs and see to it that they are always getting the very best care.

Hello, my name is Ella, I am the Administrator at Woodland View
This is my first job in the Healthcare Sector and now I can’t imagine doing anything else. I love all the different people I get to meet and the friendships I make with staff, residents and relatives alike. It makes me really happy to know that I get to make a difference in the lives of the residents I help care for and seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces brings me huge amounts of joy. Working at Woodland View is such a rewarding job and I am very glad that I have a place here in our little work family.

My name is Tansie Fitch,
I have been working at Woodland View for nearly a year as the resident hairdresser. I also spent a year as Activities Assistant. I find I am regularly smiling because that is how these people make me feel, happy to be in there company.
Being in my late 40's I am for the first time fulfilled in my working role.

Hi, I am Iuliana and I am proud to be Woodland View's chef.
Running the kitchen at Woodland View is very rewarding and my team and I strive to create menus that residents love. I meet every new resident to learn about their dietary needs, likes and dislikes. I love creating meals for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas.
Meal times at Woodland View should feel like a family gathering and I aim to provide delicious food to make the experience wonderful.

My name is Heather Mann. I started at Barchester in September 2018 as a General Assistant and progressed to Head of Housekeeping of which I am very proud. My role is to ensure that Woodland View is clean and sparkling for the residents making it a beautiful place to be.

Hello, I am Brigetta and am one of the Healthcare Assistants here at Woodland View.
This is a beautiful home and the whole team works very hard to keep the residents happy, healthy and safe.

Hi My name is Jain and I'm Woodland view's Deputy Manager
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