Barchester Crandon Springs Care Home

More staff would be good for all.

All the staff are so lovely and caring, we are so lucky.

Crandon Springs, is a lovely care home. Calm, professionally staffed and well equipped. The activities for residents are excellent. Well organised varied and staffed by very well trained carers. They are entertaining, caring and everyone's needs are considered.

Staff most helpful. The visit was a real success with my wife contented and well cared for. I have sampled the food (lunch on the final day) and can vouch for careful presentation and tasty. Suitable helping size for low activities persons.

We recently used Barchester Crandon Springs Care Home for a respite stay for my mother. She is a very reluctant respite stayer in general and we have used various other homes in the past. We found Crandon Springs to be excellent, a lovely environment to stay in and like being in a hotel for a week. The staff and management were friendly, kind and professional. I was able to relax in the knowledge that she was safe and well cared for in a nice, caring, friendly environment, we will definitely be using Crandon Springs again.

I came for three weeks of respite while my broken wrist was healing. My room was very smart and comfortable and the care staff were very kind and friendly and efficient. Meals were mostly good and care was taken to cater for my intolerances. I had three delightful companions at my table with lovely conversations and I enjoyed all the varied activities that kept us entertained and exercised. I also had the freedom to come and go as I pleased to pursue outside activities and packed lunches were prepared if I missed a meal. Altogether, I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was sad to leave.

Food is good with an acceptable choice, in dining rooms that encourage residents to mingle. Wherever possible, help is given to those who need help with cutlery etc. A kindly air pervades.

Thank you to everyone. I am sure we will be using the home in the future and will be recommending it to our friends.

Second visit and was an emergency. No remote control for 4 days. After 5 days there was still no hand wash in her bathroom. For 3 days there was a dirty stain in the toilet. On more than one occasion my mum was dressed in clothes that were men's and clearly not hers - the trousers were so tight I could barely pull them over her hips. They rubbed and left marks around her waist and legs. There was no water available in her room until I insisted. When mum left she was dressed in the wrong clothes and missing numerous items- clothes, pad for her wheelchair and a missing shoe. The first floor supervisor was wonderful over the phone and my issues were resolved. I raised concerns with the general manager that residents were sat in front of their unfinished meal for 2 1/2 hours on a Monday night from 5.15pm - 7.45pm amongst trolleys of leftover food and dirty crockery, while the only two lovely staff tried their best to help residents to bed. Very shortened review due to 1000 characters.

My mom has settled in well and is receiving excellent care.

Mum's physical and mental health improved drastically after moving her to Barchester Crandon Springs Care Home from another care home. She was made to feel very welcome and special by all the staff, as were her wider family whenever we visited. She was a resident there for three years and was very well cared for throughout her stay. The activities are excellent with a good variety of things to do. If ever there was an issue, the staff or management team were on hand to address it.

Our family, all of us, have always felt very welcome at Barchester Crandon Springs Care Home. Always been impressed with all the staff's level of care to all who come here, from the start of my mother's residence here two years ago. I have joined in with activities and thoroughly enjoyed them. As a family, we have no complaints about Crandon Springs. The management is readily available and easy to talk with on the rare occasion we'd like to discuss.

My dad was only with Crandon two weeks recovering. He actually came back in a great frame of mind and fir for which we can't thank them enough for treating him with respect and understanding his needs.

Very impressive and comfortable - staff care, outstanding.

My father lived in Barchester Crandon Springs Care Home for around eighteen months before he passed away in March 2024. He moved in for respite care after a hip operation and was so happy with the care and attention he received, he decided to stay. This was quite a shock as for years he'd insisted that he'd never live in a care home. The friendliness of carers and management was a large part of this, Dad felt safe, valued and relaxed. There were plenty of opportunities to socialise with other residents in the cafe and through activities, social events and guest events. I cannot thank Crandon Springs enough for making Dad's last years happy and content, for being vigilant with his healthcare and for caring for him with compassion and dignity throughout his time there.

I am very grateful for their wonderful care of my mother.

My father has recently passed peacefully at Crandon Springs. He was somewhat apprehensive when he first made the decision to move to the care home in 2022 but he knew that he needed more support than could be easily provided at his flat. He settled in quickly thanks to the great support and care that he received from the staff and took advantage of the events and social program provided to get to know other residents. Being not far from the center of Wells, friends from his old flats used to walk over to see him and we could easily take him out for lunch and walks. More recently he was in hospital and the manager and staff went the extra mile to arrange that he could return to the home as soon as practical to continue his recovery. He was happy, cheerful, and chatty with the staff and residents. We thank everyone involved with his stay and are happy to recommend Crandon Springs to other families.

I would like to thank the Crandon Springs team for the arrangements they made for a group of three of us who visited one of the residents in the dementia care wing yesterday. We were all at college together many years ago! They arranged for us to have lunch in a separate room, which made it much easier to hear what was said (we are all over 80). The staff were wonderfully caring and practical, as well as providing a delicious lunch in a lovely environment.

I find the staff at Crandon welcoming and obliging. Although my mother does not participate in the activities, all seem very popular with the residents. The room cleaning at one stage was not very good, but is now vastly improved. My one concern is staff shortages at weekends, sometimes the residents do not get an afternoon cup of tea.

Caring staff who go the extra mile to ensure residents are included in activities. All the staff are kind, sociable and fully engage with residents. All in all, a lovely atmosphere.