Blakelands Lodge

Gee View, Marston Moretaine, Bedford MK43 2AH
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9.9 41 Reviews
  • Blakelands Lodge, Bedford
Blakelands Lodge is an All-inclusive lifestyle care home in Bedfordshire and offers 24 hour residential and dementia care.

Their staff are caring and compassionate and they pride themselves in ensuring they make a real difference to the lives of their residents. The care they offer is centred around the individual and their needs and independence is prioritised.

The bedrooms are ensuite and come with fitted furniture, a flat screen television and access to WiFi and a telephone point.
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Care Provided by Blakelands Lodge

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 66 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Bar/Café
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1300
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1400
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1300
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1400

Our all inclusive fee gives peace of mind and allows residents to enjoy our facilities and services without having to worry about extra costs. It includes a monthly appointment at our onsite hair salon, regular chiropody appointments, a full and varied activity program, annual eye tests, annual dental check ups and transport and accompaniment to medical appointments where necessary.

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Blakelands Lodge to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Blakelands Lodge 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)

Contact Blakelands Lodge to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • James Eeles-Feeney (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 2022

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (66)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (66)

Visiting

  • The well-being of residents is a priority, and nothing is more important than keeping them in touch with their family and friends in any way possible. Blakelands Lodge are pleased to welcome visitors into their home, with no limit on the number of visitors for each resident. The home pride themselves on having an open-door policy.

Parking

  • Blakelands Lodge has plenty of onsite parking for visitors.

Blakelands Lodge Reviews (41)

9.9

Blakelands Lodge has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.900) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Blakelands Lodge has 41 reviews.

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Review from J M (Niece of Resident) published on 10 June 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My auntie stayed here for some respite. I only visited a couple of times, but on both occasions, I was made very welcome and felt my auntie was being well looked after! I was shown around the care home and was so impressed with the facilities, cinema, library, tea room with outside balcony, hair salon,
sweet shop, and cocktail bar, everything has been thought of to make the residents feel at home. All the rooms have different coloured pastel shade doors with numbers so they look like a front door off a wide corridor. There is no clinical look at all. All staff are very caring and give time to sit and talk with the residents genuinely interested in talking to them about their family and lives. I was able to have lunch there with my cousin and auntie which felt like we were in a restaurant! Nothing was too much trouble for the staff. The manager even took a photo for us and later came back with an A4 size print of it to give to my auntie for her room. I highly recommend Blakelands Lodge.
Reply from Terri Kidd, PR Executive at Blakelands Lodge
Thank you for taking the time to review our home. We are thrilled to hear you enjoyed your visit. At Blakelands Lodge, we do consider ourselves a family and our care team love to go above and beyond…read more
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.900)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.900) out of 10 for Blakelands Lodge is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 20 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 19 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.925 for Blakelands Lodge is calculated as follows: ( (224 Excellents x 5) + (14 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 240 Ratings = 4.925
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.975 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Blakelands Lodge is based on 19 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 3.975
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 66 registered maximum number of service users is 13.2, which has been reached with 19 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Awards / Recognitions (6)

Meet the Team (4)

James

James Eeles-Feeney

Job Title: Home Manager Joined: 2023

James is the Home Manager at Blakelands Lodge.

Hayley

Hayley Lant

Job Title: Front of House Manager Joined: 2022

Hayley is the Front of House Manager at Blakelands Lodge.

Emilia

Emilia Beer

Job Title: Care Manager Joined: 2022

Emilia is the care manager for Blakelands Lodge

Camelia

Camelia Dumbrava

Job Title: Activities Co-ordinator Joined: 2024

Camelia is Activities Co-ordinator for Blakelands Lodge

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