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Hobbies and interests are encouraged, with outings and musical performances often on the calendar, and a visiting chaplain who provides pastoral care.
Care Provided by Horfield Lodge
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 75 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
Other Care Provided
- Palliative / End of Life Care
Facilities
- Wheelchair Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Horfield Lodge for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Horfield 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)
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
- MHA
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Lesley (Griffiths)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (75)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (73)
Horfield Lodge Reviews (89)
Horfield Lodge has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.607) out of 10, based on 31 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Horfield Lodge has 89 reviews.
Horfield Lodge is the most lovely home because of its kind and caring staff, pastoral support and volunteers. It has been my mother-in-laws' home for the past 5 years and she has been very happy there. Her health and emotional needs have always been met compassionately and with respect. As an example of how each resident is an individual one morning when I visited she was reading a poetry book which had been given to her by a member of staff. We cannot find anything but praise to say about Horfield Lodge.
They tried to make their time here as pleasant as they could.
The carers and staff really got to know their residents which makes all the difference.
The home itself is nice too!
Thank you for your feedback and your comments. It is nice to read that your Father in Law and yourselves were happy with the care given. We pride ourselves on delivering a high standard of care. We will ensure that your comments will be fed back to the care team where all positive feedback is greatly appreciated.
I was a frequent visitor and spoke with many other residents; everyone seemed very happy there. Horfield Lodge provided everything I'd hoped for when choosing a residential home for dad, I always felt welcomed there too. I can't praise it highly enough.
Thank you for taking the time you give us you feedback on the care and service your Father received at Horfield Lodge. It was delightful to see that you feel so able to rate our home as excellent and that you would recommend it to others. We will ensure that the staff team are made aware if such positive comments especially surrounding the person they saw in your Father.
I am also very happy with my mother's care she receives. She is always clean and tidy and her room kept clean.
Thank you for your positive comments. We are delighted to see that you feel well able to recommend this home from the experiences you and you Mother have had at Horfield. Thank you from the staff team.
From entering Horfield Lodge in May 2016 until her death, my mother was treated with total respect by everyone who cared for her. The love and care she was shown were exemplary. We were kept fully informed of her condition, doctor/district nurse visits, changes in medication, etc. This was in stark contrast to the convalescent home she was in beforehand when she had to constantly ask to learn anything about her care/condition. I can sum up by saying that a friend who has a relative at Horfield Lodge said 'If I have to go into a care home then it would be Horfield Lodge' Never a truer word spoken.
Your positive feedback will be truly treasured by the staff team at Horfield Lodge. We were so pleased to see that you are able to give such a high recommendation for the home and the care and support given to your loved one and we thank you for taking the time to send in your comments.
Almost all the staff are very kind and efficient from the manager on. The food has been variable, an aspect which is very important to people here; at the moment we have a good chef and that makes a real difference.
I began on the nursing floor over four years ago and have improved so much that I am now in a care suite and have even started cooking for myself!
We have an excellent doctors surgery and they visit regularly. Friends of my daughters have visited here and the husband is now here and I gather they are happy too.
Sorry that the turnover of staff is not great - there is not a lot of time to get to know them then they leave.
Very good - excellent. Caring very good. Nice happy people - enjoy their smiles. Nothing is too much trouble. Can't fault them.
On April 23rd it was my mother's 97th birthday. Horfield Lodge had also organised a St. George's Day party. The residents and mum's grandchildren and great grandchildren all joined in with party games. The atmosphere was lovely and inclusive and the children played the games with the residents and there was lots of love and laughter and mum's grandchildren and great grandchildren were full of praise and enjoyment for a super afternoon.
It was a delight to see that the staff at Horfield made your Grandmother’s birthday such a positive and inclusive day for her and her extended family. We do understand how important it is to maintain links with loved ones and are pleased that they were able to use the day to get all to join in and make her day even more special.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 06 March 2020Outstanding
- CaringOutstanding
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveOutstanding
- SafeGood
- Well-ledOutstanding
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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