
I could not wish for a safer and more caring environmentVal B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)



I could not wish for a safer and more caring environmentVal B(Daughter of Resident/Service User)



Situated in the peaceful, residential area of Kenton, Kirkwood Court Care Home offers personalised residential and residential dementia care to older people.
The friendly home offers beautiful en-suite bedrooms, comfortable communal areas and hair salon. The premium rooms offer patio access to the lovely garden area, perfect for afternoons spent in the sunshine.
Kirkwood Court has a range of lovely dining areas where residents can relax and enjoy an intimate dining...
Care Provided by Kirkwood Court Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 72 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
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Kirkwood Court Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Kirkwood Court 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
- HC-One
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Karen Stewart (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 60+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (72)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (7)
Kirkwood Court Care Home Reviews (94)
Kirkwood Court Care Home has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.236) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kirkwood Court Care Home has 94 reviews.
For a number of needy residents, this home is (and has been for some time) understaffed. Too much paperwork for staff to give priority attention to residents.
Secure home - not able to wander in or out. Clean and comfortable. Staff good and helpful. Residents always appear content and well looked after. My mother was a resident several years ago and my husband and I use a chiropody service they provide. We now have been involved for over 15 years.
Really lovely care home. Very clean and very friendly. Everyone speaks as they pass you and always very polite if you ask about anything. My granddad is very well cared for here.
Unfortunately, there has been a change of ownership of the home which resulted in a large turnaround of staff which has been unsettling to the residents. Overall, the home is clean, food is acceptable and the staff are very helpful and pleasant.
Management staff dealt with my mother's application for care in the most professional manner.
And since entering the home the care staff have been exemplary in welcoming her and facilitating her settling, in what by any standards is a traumatic experience after her long stay in hospital.
Long may this quality of service continue.
Very nice place. Staff are friendly and professional. They all work very hard but still have time to help you.
I have lived in Kirkwood Court for about a year. It is my home and it's great, I love it. I have made lots of friends and the staff are all very nice, they look after me. I go on trips on the bus to different places. Food is lovely and I'm eating too much. I would recommend living here.
The care home is above and beyond my expectations. The staff have been amusing in their and care towards my father. We have had a difficult time of late and they have helped in every way they possibly could. The home is immaculate and the food is fabulous, I have been very happy with Kirkwood Court. The lady on the second floor has been an absolute godsend to us all
Since my grandmother has been in Kirkwood Court she settled in very well. Care staff and management staff are wonderful and always there to help. It is a very clean and well presented. Food is excellent. I would recommend highly a really good home.
Thanking you all for all of your kindness, you are wonderful people. Lots of love.
You are good people, the food is excellent. The staff are very helpful and the manager.
Thank you very much for caring of me, I have made lots of friends at Kirkwood. My favourite is the entertainment.
My great-uncle was very independent and became very depressed following a diagnosis of Alzheimer's as he couldn't cope on his own anymore. He eventually agreed to a week of respite care. Although we were not close I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit when he was staying at Kirkwood Court. It wasn't until recently when I visited another care home that I realised how lucky my great-uncle had been. On my visit, I was greeted by the Manager who offered me a coffee and took me to his room. It was lovely, well decorated, clean and tidy, just like the rest of the home. He was never a joiner, and I was very surprised that he agreed to go to the dining room when a carer came to get him for tea. He looked really well and happy. There was great banter between the staff and the residents. I wanted to write a review as a thank you to the Manager and the fantastic team as this was the last time I saw my great-uncle and because of this, I can remember him at his best.
Otherwise, she seems quite happy and is now getting to know the staff.
We endeavour to supply laundry tags as soon as we have new residents but have experienced some difficulties with our current supplier, this is being investigated and we expect this to be resolved shortly. We work hard to manage residents laundry to a high standard and in this circumstance offered the family a full refund to purchase tags at their chosen supplier.
Telephone messages could be passed onto our relatives as they worry if they don't know why we aren't visiting. Apart from that, everything is fine.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 26 September 2025Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- 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 (21) & Events (0)
- 20 Feb 2026
Residents at Kirkwood Court Care Home in Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, enjoyed a joyful and love-filled Valentine’s Day celebration, with a week of activities designed to bring smiles, spark memories...
- 23 Sep 2025
Residents and colleagues at HC-One’s Kirkwood Court Care Home in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, have been busy nurturing their green spaces in a bid to win this year’s HC-One Gardens...
- 23 Sep 2025
It was a day of nostalgia, music, and pure joy at HC-One’s Kirkwood Court Care Home in Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, as residents, relatives, and colleagues welcomed a very special...
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