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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.
Cannot express how relieved and happy I am to see my mother thriving and enjoying the care she receives at Wentworth Court. She has a new lease of life, loves the activities and says everyone is kind to her. Highly recommend to anyone who is struggling as I was, to consider this home; the evidence in how my mum presents, happy, clean, tidy and so settled, shows she is very well cared for.
Outstanding nursing home. Always goes the extra mile to make sure we as a family and the residents are so well cared for. They always make Birthdays and Christmas so much fun for them all in there. Staff are always on hand if you need a chat about anything.
I have only recently started visiting this care home as a "Mindsong" Volunteer - 4/5 of us meet there once a fortnight to sing songs with the residents. Several of them seem to enjoy this and take part. The staff appear to be caring, patient and professional with the residents and both staff and residents are always very welcoming when we visit. The only slightly negative issue is that it is always very warm and if the temperature was turned down a bit there could be fewer residents asleep and more taking part in music.
As a Mindsong volunteer, I regularly came to the home to sing with the residents. It is evident in my time there that the staff take great care of the residents, making time to do the little things like helping to paint a resident's nails. There are regular and varied activities and everyone is treated with individuality and respect.
My mother has been in this care home for just over a year. I visit her once a week so it is difficult to be accurate in my assessment of the home however she does seem happy there. The home seems well run and the staff are friendly and accommodating.
I represent the Roman Catholic Church here in Cheltenham and visit 3 residents every week to pray and give them Holy Communion. I am so impressed with the care staff here - always kind and sympathetic towards the residents. So much going on there to help the residents paint, make pottery, quizzes etc. Etc. I am so happy to be there. I visit many times and really feel this one is excellent.
I manage not to because I see the dignity and respect that she is treated with when "unwell" (asleep in 1934 when she was 17 years old) and the smiles of the carers when she dances (awake in 1934). Always clean clothes and you always seem to know her, and every other patients, needs and routine.
You're all amazing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Wentworth 4077 (reference to M.A.S.H). Best care anywhere.
I now appreciate this type of care is far more demanding than most people realise and takes a special kind of person to deal with dementia sufferers.
My father (old blue eyes) would want me to say a big 'thank you' to all of you.
Wentworth Court is a really lovely place and is like home. The rooms are a nice size and you can put your own personal touches to it. The gardens are lovely and my dad loved to sit outside in the nice surrounding in the summer. The care he receives is outstanding and the nursing staff will do their best to help you where they can. The food is lovely, nice home cooked meals which look delicious. Even the lady on reception is lovely, nothing is too much :)
Overall my view of my husband's time in the home is positive. Caring for people with advanced dementia and similar long-term conditions is not always straightforward. It requires specialist training and knowledge and while there were a few occasions when I had some concerns, I always felt able to raise them I was listened to and action was taken to make improvements. Since it opened in May 2015, Wentworth Court has worked hard to provide a good standard of compassionate care to its residents.
Very friendly staff, bedroom very nice and good sized bathroom. Always warm and clean. Lovely gardens. The only problems are that personal items keep disappearing - I know that this is because other residents walk into my husband's room and take things, but after 3 pairs of slippers went and photographs also, I have decided not to keep replacing things. I have used marker pens on everything but it doesn't seem to help.
My wife has been a resident at Wentworth Court over the past 7 months and during that time she has been looked after better than I could have looked after her at home. The activities could have been better but maybe this is due to my wife not joining in with the activities that are available.
Husband has dementia. Is resident in Wentworth Court, when visiting one is made very welcome and I find my husband is in very good reliable hands, sometimes when visiting he is very chatty, other times is very quiet and sleepy. But whichever way I find he is always most content and I would recommend the care at Wentworth Court to anyone.
Wentworth Court has been supplying excellent care since he came here in November. We cannot fault the care given in any aspect. The staff are all easy to relate to and always very helpful. We as a family are very happy with my husband's care.
My husband has Parkinson's with dementia has been very well looked after. He is treated with respect and dignity and has grown to quite like living there.
When we had to move my 95yr old father from supported 'independent' living into 24hr residential care we did a lot of research into suitable placements and spoke to social and healthcare professionals. We visited several properties on the resulting shortlist and Wentworth Court was by far the most impressive. Modern, purpose built, clean, light and airy with plenty of clearly identifiable staff on hand. The rooms are of a decent size and Dad could have his pictures on the wall and knick knacks displayed which made it feel 'his'. The outside space is very pleasant to sit in and walk around. He greatly enjoyed the company of others and the arranged programme of activities. He particularly enjoyed sitting in the entrance atrium watching the comings and goings. The food was very good too.
The care he received throughout his all too short stay was exceptional, delivered with compassion and empathy.
My recommendation? - Among Dad's last words.......' I like it here'.
Mum Moved Into Wentworth on July 6th. She had previously been in another care home were she had a fall and broke her hip. Mum was not Happy about returning there so I went to look at Wentworth. I was very impressed in what I saw so decided to move Mum in. This was the best decision ever made on Mums behalf, she is so happy, settled and putting on weight and could not be looked after better. Staff are excellent cannot do enough to help. I would not hesitate to recommend Wentworth,
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 05 February 2026Requires improvement
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
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
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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.
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