Barchester Woodland View Care Home

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.

Efficient, caring service. Superb surroundings and attention. Wish I could afford it when my time comes!

The wake was held at Woodland View and the food was fantastic. The staff were lovely and the residential home was beautifully presented.

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.

As his health deteriorates, the family are safe in the knowledge that he’s being well cared for and is happy.

Highly recommended.

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.

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.

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.

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!