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A committed team work hard to ensure that all provision is tailored to the individual, while allowing them to make the most of a relaxed and homely atmosphere.
All staff are carefully chosen and...
Care Provided by Barchester Oaklands Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Younger Adults
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 55 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
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
This Weekly Fee rate is an indication only of a typical standard fee rate for a resident living in a standard, comfortable room. A final Weekly Fee rate will be confirmed once we have carried out a pre-admission needs assessment.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Barchester Oaklands Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Barchester Oaklands Care Home 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
Group / Owner
- Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Oana Lupu(Senior General Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 30+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: 2008
- Last Refurbishment: 2021
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (55)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (55)
Visiting
- There are currently no restrictions on visiting at this time.
Parking
- Parking available on site.
Barchester Oaklands Care Home Reviews (66)
Barchester Oaklands Care Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.584) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Barchester Oaklands Care Home has 66 reviews.
All of Mum's great care and support were provided. Very friendly and professional staff and really good facilities.
Thank you so much for such a lovely review, Mark, I will pass this on to the team looking after your mum.
My wife is very well cared for by all members of staff who are involved in her care. The home manager and her deputy, the admin staff, the housekeeping team and the maintenance team are all personally engaged with us. The activities team are frankly amazing - a big asset to the community they look after. Her nurses and carers are all friendly, professional and "on the ball", I am confident that she is well cared for at Barchester Oaklands Care Home in a clean and comfortable environment. Overall, l leave after my visits content that my wife is left in very safe and caring hands.
Thank you, Keith, for your very kind words, they meant a great deal to us all.
Dad has been a resident in Oaklands Bottisham for almost a year and from the day he arrived he has had the highest standard of care and attention.
Every single member of staff has smiles to greet the residents and their families and they are always happy to do anything required to ensure their residents are as comfortable and happy as possible.
Dad has been so happy here.
I am amazed how the staff, nurses, carers and everyone pop in to see Dad, calling him affectionately Grandad, even when he is not their patient that day.
Recently, due to Dad’s declining health, I have been staying with Dad and the staff have also been constantly ensuring that I am looked after and comfortable.
I was so worried about Dad when it had come to the time that we could no longer care for him at home but I can’t thank Oaklands and everyone there enough!
100% above and beyond care and love.
Thank you for your very kind words. It has been such a pleasure to have gotten to know you all and to have had the opportunity to care for your father who will be remembered to us all as Grandad.
They have looked after my mum brilliantly. They have also looked after me and my family in a time of great worry. Thank you so much!
I have spoken with the manager on several occasions, while in other care homes, this has not happened at all!
Thank you so much for your very kind words. I will pass this onto the team.
My father spent his last few months at Oaklands and every single member of the staff has been wonderful. We have nothing but praise for the treatment my father and the family have been given.
Thank you for your very kind words, Glynis. Your father was a joy to look after and made our job so much easier with his wicked smile and sense of humour. Although he was not with us very long, he will be sadly missed.
My father is extremely well looked after. The home is clean and warm and also very welcoming. All staff are amazing and a credit to the profession.
This is our second care home for my mother and I wish we had found this care home straight away. All the staff from the carers, receptionists, nurses, cooks, cleaners to utility staff are so professional and thoughtful. They all respect the fact this is my mother's home. Their holistic care takes into consideration all of my mother's needs, which vary from day to day but also that of her family. Oaklands is bright, airy and friendly. I feel safe that mum is in kind hands which is a huge relief for all her family.
My mum has been at Oaklands for a year now. We are very grateful for all that the home has done and continues to do for her. She is professionally cared for and professionally loved. Ultimately, she is safe, and she is happy. Staff are wonderful - with us her relatives, as well as with Mum. We are so fortunate with Oaklands.
I was overseas and my mind was put at ease when my aunt would tell me the staff were so empathetic and thoughtful and caring to my mother. I was comforted immensely knowing she was being properly cared for.
Just a few lines to express my thanks and gratitude for the love and care shown to my mother during her stay with you. Mum came to you in November and was made to feel welcome and at home by the staff. Your staff were caring, attentive and compassionate which contributed to mums final months being both comfortable and peaceful, which was a great comfort to myself and the family. I would especially like to thank the nurse who was like a son to mum, showing her love and respect. I also appreciate him and his wife attending mum's funeral to pay their last respects. Thank you all.
The Oaklands Team really appreciate your kinds words. Thank you so much.
The staff at Oaklands here are very helpful and supportive in arranging respite care for mum at quite short notice and the process was thankfully simple. Mum benefited from the activity programme and the company of other residents while at Oaklands and particularly enjoyed being pampered by having her hair and nails done in the salon. Staff did seem rather overstretched, however, and busy on two occasions when we visited we had to wait 10 minutes before we were let into the main entrance. Overall, mum enjoyed her stay and the three weeks were a lifeline for us.
I feel very reassured that she is being so well looked after.
They made sure he was comfortable and spoke to him. Seeing their sadness when he passed away was so humbling. They looked after me and my partner so well, making sure we had drinks and food.
Nothing was too much trouble; they were very friendly, and the cleaning was immaculate. The food was delicious.
Special mention to the lady in charge, as without her knowledge, help and smile, I don't know how I would have coped.
This is a five-star(plus) care home.
Since her admission to Oaklands, I have nothing but praise for how they have cared for her. The staff have done everything possible to ensure that Mum remains safe, comfortable and pain-free.
The care and nursing staff in the unit are so caring and attentive and do everything they can for Mum, and I can bear witness that this level of care is extended to all residents in the unit.
My father has visited every day and has been made to feel nothing but welcome by all the staff, including those working in other units, and they all know his name. One of the carers told me that he is 'part of our family', and that does ring so true.
We have been kept fully informed by the staff at every stage of Mum's care, and both myself and my brother are so grateful and confident in the care that has been taken of our mother.
Thank you to everyone at Oaklands.
I cannot praise the nurses, carers and kitchen staff enough. My mother-in-law was part of a big very happy family and the quality of her care was second to not. Thank you all for all that you did for her and for how well she was cared for, despite the Covid-19 restrictions.
I am very happy with the care and support mum receives in her home. Things have been very difficult lately with not being able to visit due to Coronavirus but staff have kept us updated via phone/video calls. I was especially pleased with the way everyone helped mum celebrate her birthday recently, video calling and sending photo's so that we could feel part of the celebration. Thank you all.
From what I have seen the thing that stands out in Oaklands is the commitment of the staff to really try hard to maintain the high standards of care they provide. The staff always seem to be trying hard to meet the differing needs of individual people by orgnaising a range of activities as well as providing the core care.
But my wife was very pleased with the welcome and was obviously very pleased with the accommodation she received.
When times are normal I gather there are various activities arranged for the residents but I do not have any information about this.
Generally speaking, we are pleased with Oaklands. The regular permanent staff on the unit, nurses in charge, carers, receptionists, cooks, cleaners and activity coordinators are excellent and we would have liked to select more excellent ratings than we did. We have never seen senior management or owners of the home. The units are often obviously understaffed. Consequently, the carers are sometimes unable to give the care that the residents need and deserve, and this is upsetting for everyone. We have complained about his before and nothing seems to be done to rectify this. They need to listen to their staff.
I have been impressed by the space and size of rooms and the help to settle the person in. The care and friendliness of all the staff and the respect they show to the residents. During this time of not being able to visit, the use of Skype has been an important asset and they have enabled my husband to use this means of communication.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 13 November 2019Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
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
3 Bed Vacancies
Posted: 29 July 2026We currently have limited availability. Please contact us to discuss your needs further, we would love to welcome you for a visit.
News (40) & Events (1)
- 29 Jul 2026
We enjoyed a trial exercise fun game session, from an outside company. The residents engaged well with the games. Following instructions and being competitive.
- 20 May 2026
To celebrate the start of The Chelsea flower show we enjoyed flower arranging in the home creating beautiful displays to have in our rooms and the communities. We shared stories...
- 20 May 2026
At Oaklands, we ensure that all residents are included in our activities. As a large percentage of them are cared for in their rooms, it is important that we still...
- 03 Aug 2026Organiser: Barchester Oaklands Care Home
Awards / Recognitions (15)
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 15 Apr 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Barchester Oaklands Care Home.
Meet the Team (6)

Cristina's main role is to continue to strive and deliver the high standards of care at Oaklands. Her role is diverse and includes supporting and empowering all the staff, nurses and care assistants that work at Oaklands Care Home.

Hi, my name is Gabriela, but everyone knows me as Gabby. I qualified as a Registered Nurse in Romania, but over the past 8 years have worked in the United Kingdom for over 10 years, 8 of which have been in a dementia community. I joined Barchester in 2017 as a nurse and was promoted to Unit Manager and then home clinical lead in 2019. I work with great patience and empathy, ensuring the best quality of care is given throughout our home.

I have been working as a nurse for over 20 years. I have experience in ICU, mental health and elderly care. I am currently working in Willow Drive, which is a unit for younger physically disabled residents. I love my job and my brilliant team.

Jane joined Oaklands as a receptionist in 2009. She began taking on Administrative roles within the Company and now holds the post of Administrator, leading a team of Administrative Assistants.

Rebecca joined the company in August 2022. With her attention to detail and commitment to her job, it was evident from the start that she had a promising career ahead of her. In August 2023 she was promoted to head of the housekeeping team in Oaklands Care Home. Although she's young, she has strong leadership skills and has managed to build up a solid team who have tremendous pride in their work.

Peter joined Oaklands in May 2022 and is striving to deliver the right first-time impression for all the residents, their families and their friends by giving them the home and garden they deserve; one where they can feel relaxed and at home.
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