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Focusing on high quality, personalised care to ensure residents feel right at home, Cepen Lodge offers residential, dementia and respite support to older people. Residents have access to communal dining rooms, lounges, quiet spaces and a garden with paved footpaths and a...
Care Provided by Barchester Cepen Lodge Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 63 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
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
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 Cepen Lodge Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Barchester Cepen Lodge 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)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Jade Hodge (General Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (63)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (63)
Barchester Cepen Lodge Care Home Reviews (127)
Barchester Cepen Lodge Care Home has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.751) out of 10, based on 22 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Barchester Cepen Lodge Care Home has 127 reviews.
Staff are excellent. They have gone beyond to help with Dad and his care.
Always kept us informed of what was happening.
Staff are professional and friendly, put the 'care' in care home. Have told everybody how good this place is.
Would move in myself.
We are extremely happy with everything we've seen so far. The staff are all very helpful, friendly and caring. Nothing is too much trouble for them. My mum is very happy in the home. She thinks she is in a hotel. The meals are very good and the home is very clean throughout. There are plenty of activities to stimulate the residents, which is very good.
Thank you for your review, we really appreciate your feedback.
Dad is getting very good care and is clean, well presented and looked after. Sadly, due to his mobility issues, he is in his room a lot. It is a relief for us to know he is safe and cared for.
Thank you for your review, we really appreciate your feedback.
My father has been a resident at Cepen Lodge for over three years now and continues to be very happy living there. The staff are always extremely courteous to my family and always endeavour to be helpful and informative. They have all become my family too.
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I find this care home an ideal place to be. All the staff here are pleasant and nothing is too much for them.
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Excellent.
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Excellent. A good holiday, near home while my daughter went on her holiday. Am not ready to give up my home yet but will be happy to come later.
Thank you for your review, we really appreciate your feedback and look forward to seeing you again soon.
I find the facilities are excellent, and the staff are very pleasant and understanding. There seems to be a lot of entertainment and things to do most days. I understand the food is excellent and the dining room looks like a posh restaurant as well as the décor throughout the building. As you come in they have been awarded 5 stars by a governing body. Well done to all!
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Everyone is very nice to me and helpful. I love being able to get lots of stations on the TV in my room. The food is very nice.
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We were made very welcome when we visited Barchester Cepen Lodge Care Home for a visit and were very impressed by the friendly and helpful staff and the high standard of the rooms and facilities. We have initially requested four weeks of respite care while we see how Mum settles and we cannot fault the care and kindness she has received so far. All the staff we have met, including chefs, maintenance, receptionists and care staff, have been so lovely and nothing has been too much trouble. Mum has settled well and all the staff are working hard to try to involve her in activities and encouraging her to make some new friends. There is a real homely feel and we are so pleased to have found such a lovely care home for Mum.
Thank you so much for such a lovely review, it has been a pleasure supporting your mum and your family and we are so glad she has settled so well.
An amazing place! All of the staff are so nice and friendly, they really make you feel comfortable. There are always so many activities going on and make the experience so much more homely. It’s a really nice environment.
Thank you so much, we pride ourselves on our activities offered to cater to everyone and ensure lives are fun and enriched here at Cepen Lodge.
The staff are always very helpful and understanding, with a special mention to two team leaders in particular who have gone beyond at this very difficult time for us. It is great to see the recent refurbishment, which has been done to a high standard.
Thank you very much for your review. I will pass your feedback on to the team who will be pleased to hear and the special mention will be shared with the team leaders.
An outstanding care experience for my wife and, as her husband, nothing but praise for every member of staff, including the Management Team, Carers, Reception Team, Chefs, Cleaners and Laundry personnel. Everyone is a pleasure to deal with and very caring.
Thank you so much for your review, lovely words to be shared with our team.
Family are kept informed of his wellbeing and health conditions. The home is always happy to allow very young family members to visit (toddlers) and the resident's pet dog. Glad we chose Cepen Lodge.
Thank you very much for your review. I will pass your feedback on to the team who will be pleased to hear. We treat all residents and their loved ones as part of our extended family.
Lovely surroundings, positive carers, always on hand to help when needed. They make residents and visitors feel like family. Never a dull moment. The carers are always positive and encourage residents to be interactive in activities. Me and the family feel it's a home away from home.
Thank you very much for your review. I will pass your feedback on to the team who will be pleased to hear. We treat all residents and their loved ones as part of our extended family.
Ups and downs a bit over the years but on the whole good. Improvements since Barchester took over. My ratings relate to Barchester.
Thank you very much for your review. The team will be pleased to hear this; we share all feedback with our team.
Visited the home to take in my police dog to show the residents. Warm, friendly environment with lots of smiling faces, lots of people interested in the dog (springer) they were able to engage with the dog and lots of comments of remembering dogs they have had. Great to see the reaction to the dog and hopefully was a highlight for people. Will drop back in again soon.
Most of the staff are excellent nearly 75% of them. It's now my husband's family because of dementia. I could not have chosen a better home. It feels like a home from home. I would rate this home the best locally, excellent all around with staff and residents.
Thank you very much for your review, the team will be so pleased to hear this feedback, we really do see Cepen Lodge as one family.
A lovely home, with lovely people who really care. Mum is very happy here. The events coordinator is great, she really knows how to engage the residents and comes up with some fantastic ideas for them. Always some sort of entertainment going on. Would highly recommend this home.
Thank you very much for taking the time to feedback on your experience at Cepen Lodge, it means so much to all the team that Mum is happy and settled. The activities team work so hard to provide a varied programme of events and activities so will be delighted to hear such wonderful comments.
She resides on 'Memory Lane' where the care is centred around dementia care.
Unfortunately, the nature of her dementia means that she can be quite challenging at times, with family, and carers alike.
In conjunction with the Social Work department, we examined the opportunities in over 60 care homes within the area and Cepen Lodge represented the best facilities for stimulation and the appropriate security for Mum as her illness had worsened and it deemed necessary for her to have a permanent placement.
When visiting and by frequent phone contact, the staff are always polite and in conversation, it is easy to see that they have got to Mum as an individual.
The rooms are always tidy and Mum is always clean and presentable in appropriate clothes for her.
The food appears appetising and is served at a dining area if desired.
The range of stimulus available to Mum at the home is second to none. I would like to concentrate on the staff at Cepen Lodge.
I am aware that no names should be included, but by reading this submission, the staff concerned will know who they are - and in what high regard they are held.
The staff, without exception, are all kind and polite and personally informative on the phone (you know they have got to know Mum), but more importantly, there is never a question of anyone being judgemental about family members, despite circumstances.
I am a senior health care provider in the NHS and can view 'care' with an objective viewpoint, however, it is delivered.
I have been and remain singularly impressed with the training behind what has produced a focused and caring group of staff. I am impressed with the interviewing techniques that have chosen the right staff who care and moreover, I hold the staff who look after my Mum on a regular basis in high regard.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful review of our care here at Cepen Lodge, I will make sure your review is shared with our care team - particularly those in our Memory Lane community.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 07 December 2023Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
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 (166) & Events (4)
- 30 Jul 2026
Our residents had absolute smiles from ear to ear yesterday! We took a trip over to the Chippenham Community Hub to join the wonderful Senior Friendship Group for their annual...
- 22 Jul 2026
It's been another wonderful week full of smiles and meaningful moments for our residents. Our Memory Lane community has been enjoying interactive digital games on our Rainbow Table, encouraging reminiscence,...
- 14 Jul 2026
Saturday was packed with smiles, laughter and fantastic community spirit as residents, relatives, friends and colleagues came together for a wonderful day of fun, entertainment and making memories. We were...
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Awards / Recognitions (38)
- 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 Cepen Lodge Care Home.
Meet the Team (15)

Hi, my name is Jade, and I am the Senior General Manager here at Cepen Lodge. Welcome to our website!
I started working in care at 18 and knew I’d found my calling. I quickly progressed through various roles and completed all of my qualifications, becoming Home Manager 5 years later. I’m really passionate about high-quality person-centred dementia care, and this has always been really important to me, especially as a Manager, to support my team in providing. My favourite part of the job is meeting all of our residents, and finding out about their life histories and backgrounds – I’ve met some really interesting people throughout my career, and think life history plays such a vital part in someone’s care. Now I hope to use the skills I’ve learned throughout the years to provide excellent care to those at Cepen Lodge.
Please feel free to give me a call or pop in for a visit; we would be more than happy to show you our beautiful home.

Hi, my name is Niloy, and I am the Deputy Manager at Cepen Lodge.
My journey started with Barchester in March 2022 as a regional care assistant. I am a trained Dementia Champion and Enable Champion. Despite my roles, I have supported the Activity team in the company. My passion is to support residents with meaningful life enrichment activities, ensuring the people we look after have purpose, meaningful lives, and lives with joy every day. During my journey, I have completed my IAO Level 3 in Adult care and also successfully completed my Care Practitioner program before starting my new role at Cepen Lodge.
I am proud to be a part of this hardworking and enthusiastic team. We aim to deliver person-centred and a premium quality of care to our residents at Cepen Lodge care home.

Hello, my name is Lindsey, and I am the Home Administrator, I joined the team in 2020, and I manage the accounts and financial records here at Cepen Lodge.

Hello. My name is Anita, and I have worked at Cepen Lodge for 5 years. I started as a Senior Care Assistant and now I am the Activities Coordinator, which I really enjoy. I love the interaction with our residents and making their days enjoyable. I am always thinking of new activities and events, and ways to engage with our local community for our residents' benefit. Cepen Lodge is a great team that I am proud to be a part of.

Hello, my name is Kelly. I joined the team in 2020 and I am an Admin Assistant here at Cepen Lodge. I love working on Reception as I get to meet the families of our Residents and show people around our lovely home. I also enjoy the administration part of my job. We have a lovely team here at Cepen Lodge and I am lucky to be a part of it.

Hello, my name is Zoe and I have worked at Cepen Lodge as a receptionist since 2015. I enjoy showing people around our home and answering any questions they have about Cepen Lodge. We all work together as a team and I will help with residents too, making them drinks and chatting with them as I go about my day.

Hello, my name is Mark and I am the second Chef here at Cepen Lodge. I really enjoy working with the residents and not only ensuring their food is nutritious, but it is to their taste.

Hi, I’m Ollie, Head of Maintenance here at Cepen Lodge.
Having worked for over 17 years in the construction industry, I bring a wealth of skills. My previous roles have included working within care settings, care homes and day centres for those living with dementia. I understand the importance of maintaining our home to ensure it remains a safe and secure environment for all who live, work and visit the premises.
Being Head of Maintenance, my focus is to provide the best support to our residents. No one day is the same, and it's a privilege to get to know each of our residents. As a local man, I can chat about the area and what they remember as I work.

Previously, I have worked in retail and hospitality, but my passion is in health and social care.
I strive to make a difference to our residents, whether that is delivering person-centred care or chatting over a cup of tea.I am proud to work for Barchester and to be part of the team at Cepen Lodge.

I joined the team at Cepen Lodge in 2024, I’m the Team Leader for the general residential community. Before moving to the UK I worked as a nurse in India, which has given me strong clinical skills and valuable experience in providing compassionate care.
I really enjoy spending time with our residents and getting to know them as individuals.
Building relationships and understanding what is important to each person helps me support them in the best possible way.I love being part of such a caring team here.

I started my career at Cepen as a care assistant, and I am now a senior care assistant.
Staff at Cepen are really helpful and always there for the residents, which is why I enjoy working here so much.
I believe working at Cepen has grown me as a person and has given me many new opportunities.

I joined the housekeeping team at Cepen Lodge in 2015 and have loved being part of the home.
In 2023 I was proud to be promoted to Head Housekeeper. I am responsible for overseeing the housekeeping and laundry team, making sure the home is clean, comfortable and welcoming for our residents, visitors and staff.
I take great pride in my role and truly enjoy helping to create a warm and homely environment for everyone who lives here.I love spending time with our residents, and being involved in day to day life in the home.

Hello, my name is Tracey, and I have worked at Cepen Lodge for 13 years as a Care Assistant. I love supporting residents with their daily needs and life enrichment, and I love working as part of a team to help the residents live to the fullest.
I am passionate about making a difference in our residents' lives and am very proud to say I work at Cepen Lodge.

Hello, my name is Erika, and I became part of the team at Cepen Lodge in 2012. I have worked numerous jobs as I followed my husband around, who had a career in the RAF.
However, it is working in care that I find has been the most rewarding.
I love seeing the residents smile and being able to lift their spirits.
Working at Cepen Lodge gives me a great sense of achievement – no two days are the same!

Hello, my name is John, and I have worked at Cepen Lodge for the past two and a half years.
I love my role as part of the maintenance team. I find no two days are the same.
I can be a plumber, electrician, painter or decorator all in the same day.
Residents’ safety and comfort are always put first, and I enjoy hearing about their life stories.
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