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The award-winning home provides a compassionate, person-centred approach to dementia care, working closely with families throughout their loved one’s journey.
Led by the Registered Nursing Manager and General Manager, the experienced, long-standing team offers long-term, respite, residential, nursing and end-of-life care for people living with all...
Care Provided by Wentworth Court
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 65 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
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
All-inclusive care does not include toiletries, chiropody, or hairdresser.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Wentworth Court for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Wentworth Court 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.
Good to Know
Owner
- First Cheltenham Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Remya Kannadan(Registered Nursing Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 50+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: 2015
- Last Refurbishment: 2025
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (65)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (65)
Visiting
- Visitors are welcome daily between 10:00am and 8:00pm. If possible, the home kindly asks that visitors avoid mealtimes, which are 1:00pm–2:00pm and 5:00pm–6:00pm. Visits that may need to take place outside these times will always be accommodated.
Parking
- Limited parking onsite, on-road parking available close by.
Wentworth Court Reviews (57)
Wentworth Court has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.190) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Wentworth Court has 57 reviews.
Wentworth Court has been and is exceptional. The staff are very patient, professional, caring with the residents, but also supportive of us, the relatives.
Thank you. Caring for your husband is just such a joy! His cheeky nature and ability to make us all smile is just wonderful to be around. I'm so pleased you also feel so supported; this is just so important to us. See you soon and take care, Gez x
My husband has been in this care home since July 2022. I have nothing but praise and admiration for the way every member of staff deals with my husband, who has, at times, I know, been difficult. The gentleness with which each person in the home is treated is really lovely. I have no hesitation in recommending this home to anyone who has a member of their family suffering from this dreadful illness, dementia. They are always open to one's suggestions and take them on board and implement them.
Best wishes,
Gez
My husband has been a resident at Wentworth Court for five years. During this time I have been completely satisfied with the care he has received. I know that he is getting the best possible attention sometimes under difficult and challenging circumstances.To the best of my knowledge he has always been treated with patience, kindness, and humour. Staff and management have always been very approachable if I have had any concerns which have then been dealt with swiftly and efficiently. The overall atmosphere within the home is friendly and welcoming and nothing appears to be too much trouble for the hard working and kind members of staff.
Take care and warmest regards, Gez x
I've found that a very stressful time (husband of 60yrs) moving to Wwentworth Court has been made a lot easier by the staff and their caring nature. Knowing that John is being cared for and has his dementia needs met is a massive comfort. I feel very confident leaving John in their care and assured he has very good care.
Thank you for your kind words. We're so pleased we can give you great comfort in knowing that John's needs are well looked after. To us, it's not just about caring for John, it's being there for you as well, and it's always lovely to see you in the home. Take care, Gez x
Bright welcoming ground floor area with staff to match. Always helpful reflecting an overriding caring attitude. My relative is comfortable and well cared for. His needs are catered for in a professional and sympathetic way. Communication from the home is excellent as is the overall experience.
Thank you so much for your kind words. It's an honour and a privilege to care for your Brother as it is to welcome you to Wentworth Court to visit us. Take care, Gez.
The reception staff are exceptional helpful. I feel that senior management are quite unfeeling. The well being team are very good and we always enjoy the trips out. Some of the care staff are quite vague about things and sometimes I feel I am causing a fuss when asking for things or do take my husband to the toilet. My husband has now settled into Wentworth as his dementia has progressed I just wish it could have been a better experience from the beginning - maybe take note on how you treat relatives.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for sharing such kind comments about our reception and wellbeing teams. So pleased you've enjoyed the trips out!
We know how emotional and challenging this journey can be for families, especially in the early days, and we never take that...
Wentworth Court is a excellent care home has all the facilities, management and staff members are highly trained and everyone is very committed to their task.
Thank you so much for your kind words. It's an honour to care for your Mum and have her as part of our Wentworth Court Family x
My husband was admitted Feb 2025 from hospital. He has dementia. From "day 1" he has received patient and gentle care. Staff work hard to establish a rapport with patients. As a visitor 6 days per week I have experienced such kindness and compassion. All the staff are consistently helpful and welcoming and make sure that I am treated with care and with respect. The reception staff are so kind and caring they deserve special praise. Manager is professional and kind and caring - very pleased with the care I and my husband receive.
After 7 years of caring for my husband with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, I made the very difficult decision for him to move to Wentworth Court 15 months ago. On visiting the home 3 times before his move, I knew it was the right place for him with specialist dementia care and I continue to be very happy with how he is looked after. I was and am still struck by the genuine caring, family feel, the scope of activities for the residents and the constant presence of carers diligently doing their jobs in a clean and safe environment. The staff, led by a manager passionate about dementia care, all know my husband, what he can still do in addition to what he has lost and his likes and dislikes. They are always very welcoming and pick me up when I am particularly feeling the loss. Some of my most memorable times at Wentworth Court will be when I have sat with husband singing to him and another resident has joined in. I highly recommend this Care Home.
Leave my loved one in their care confident they are in a clean safe environment.
The gardens are lovely and residents are encouraged to be active and participate in growing vegetables and flowers, also feeding the chickens.
There are many activities if the residents wish to join in, also trips out to parks, garden centres or shopping etc.
I would not hesitate to recommend Wentworth Court.
5 Stars – Outstanding Care and Compassion at Wentworth Court.
We cannot speak highly enough of the wonderful team at WWC. From the moment our grandmother moved in, she has been surrounded by warmth, kindness, and genuine care. The nurses, carers, and management team go above and beyond every single day to make sure she feels safe, comfortable, and valued. At what was a time of uncertainty for our family, choosing WWC turned out to be the best decision we could have made. The level of professionalism, compassion, and attention to detail is truly outstanding. It gives us such peace of mind knowing she is in such capable and caring hands. Thank you to everyone at WWC for treating our grandmother with such love and dignity and for giving our family confidence and comfort. You are all amazing!
My husband was admitted to Wentworth Court in November 2024. He was in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease. The care he receives in Wentworth Court was very good. The staff are always kind and patient and have always kept me informed of any changes relating to his health. It is a very happy place, which is a comfort to the residents and relatives.
I can't say how pleased we were as a family to have finally got Mum onto Wentworth. She had a difficult period of her life running up to this with her dementia. I'm only sad that she didn't then spend more time there before her passing. The staff were amazing. They cared, were attentive and genuinely seemed connected with their residents. Their attention to families at difficult times was on another level. We did see some positive times with Mum in Wentworth when all before had been difficult. My only regret was not getting her there earlier in her diagnosis. The staff were compassionate, connected and always seemed to enjoy their jobs. Nothing was too much for them. The home is led by an inspirational manager, surrounded by a long-serving senior team that believes in person-centred care. They have been there and bought many t-shirts on a journey that families struggle with once in their lives if lucky, and they breathe that experience into the family and your parent.
Kind, compassionate, imaginative. My mother had had a very unhappy time at another care home and arrived at Wentworth Court at a low point. With the kind and imaginative care she received she was able to learn to walk again and the progress in her physical and mental health and well-being has been remarkable. The carers are so friendly, kind and compassionate and the activities and work of the well-being team are fantastically good. Mum has smiled and laughed again in a way she has not done for years. The management team are excellent as well. Thank you for all you have done Wentworth Court to find joy back into Mum's life.
My mother has been at Wentworth Court since April 2023. Placing a parent in care is heartbreaking and Mum hadn’t settled at all well in her 'interim/respite' care home.
Since Mum has been at Wentworth Court she’s been a changed person, she is settled, much calmer, happy, beautifully clean and always well-groomed.
Every time l visit, the staff are delightful, friendly, courteous and visibly caring with the residents.
There is a tangible feeling of a 'happy workplace' which is clearly a reflection on the manager. From day one the manager has been an excellent port of call, welcoming, understanding and wonderfully upbeat, he is clearly an outstanding manager.
Communication is also exemplary, be it from the care or nursing team reaching out or the fantastic updates on the home’s social media page where l regularly see Mum participating in activities thanks to the fantastic events team!
A personal huge thank you to the whole team!
I visit my Dad every day and he's always neat and clean. He says he's well-fed and he loves his room. He loves all the staff and is so much happier than he was at home. Friends who visit frequently comment on how much better he looks.
I am very happy with the care my father receives. He needs specialist dementia care and the staff are experts in this field. I am very impressed with the activities provided and the ethos of wellbeing there. I feel there is also now a happy atmosphere generated by the staff which gives a sense of fun when visiting. The garden is beautiful and a happy place to meet residents in the summer months. My only slight negative comments are that I wish my Dad could hold on to his possessions. Missing items like hats in particular are a problem despite them all being named. I would also love to see my Dad’s bedroom being given a lick of paint. Dad wouldn’t notice, but it affects the way I feel about his surroundings. Thank you to Wentworth Court for looking after my Dad so well.
Wentworth Court have provided my husband with a safe, caring environment to live and be cared for 24 hours a day. Right from the start he settled in well and having all the wonderful carers around him keeps him happy and content. He enjoys the activities and benefits greatly from their ethos of keeping residents where possible together, during the day. This may be inside or out in the garden where in the recent warm weather he likes listening to the music and eating ice cream! It’s his home but also somewhere where I feel supported and very comfortable when I visit.
We have seen Dad settle into Wentworth Court and develop relationships with both the staff and other residents. We sleep well at night knowing that Dad is safe and well looked after.
Wentworth Court definitely has a person centred approach, and we love that Dad is often invited to go with the maintenance team on trips to Screwfix etc which, for Dad is very much something he did when he was at home. I would highly recommend Wentworth Court and wish to take the opportunity to Thank the entire team.
My brother is well cared for and the excellent staff are always happy, helpful and endeavour to ensure that he interacts in a positive manner.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 05 February 2026Requires improvement
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
Inspection ratings
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- 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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News (6) & Events (0)
- 06 Nov 2025
After a couple of months of refurbishment, our stunning upstairs cinema lounge and dining room is now open for residents to enjoy. The space has been transformed with elegant new...
- 08 Oct 2025
Residents at a Cheltenham care home enjoyed homemade cakes and bakes with families and friends at their annual Macmillan Coffee Morning fundraiser. Chefs Manuela Deriu and Jade Robbins, who work...
- 20 May 2025
A nursing home in Cheltenham has marked a decade of delivering specialised dementia care with a garden party and a surprise gesture for staff who have been with the home...
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Awards / Recognitions (6)
- 07 Oct 2019Recipient: Wentworth Court
- 18 Oct 2018Recipient: Wentworth Court
- 01 Oct 2018Recipient: Wentworth Court
Meet the Team (1)

I live in Gloucester with my wife and young family.
How did you get to work in care?
Back in 2002, my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away the following year. Within that 12-month period, she was subjected to weekly chemotherapy treatment and fortnightly drainage of ascites.
The nurses at Cheltenham General were so attentive and empathetic whilst carrying out their duties, and I thought, ‘I’d love to do something like that, I bet I’d be good at it,’ despite having trained and worked as an accountant.
After a time, I saw an advert for a carer in Oxford, applied and following the usual checks, I was offered the position.
Within a year, I had completed my Health and Social Care NVQ Levels 2 and 3 and had become a Senior Carer. Further promotions culminated in my becoming a Care Manager. I joined the team at Wentworth Court in June 2015 and was promoted to Head of Residential Care in January 2016, and was appointed Manager in 2018.
What do you like most about working in the care industry?
It sounds cheesy, but the thought of making a positive impact on a resident’s day, week and/or life is what I really love about care work in general.
What are three great things about working at Wentworth Court?
I’d say the three best things about working at Wentworth Court are the bright and pleasant environment, the wonderful staff that I get to work with and most important of all, the residents.
What do you think makes Wentworth Court a special place?
The family-like atmosphere and the relaxed yet professional approach that has evolved at Wentworth Court.
Frequently Asked Questions about Wentworth Court
What types of Care is Wentworth Court registered for?
Older Person Care, Dementia, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does Wentworth Court have?
There are 65 Single Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at Wentworth Court?
Own Furniture if required, Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Bar/Café, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is Wentworth Court to the centre of Cheltenham?
1.6 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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