
genuinely caring, gentle and loving, and unfailingly cheerfulTom K(Son of Resident/Service User)

All staff are to be commended for their ongoing kindness, support and patienceM S(Goddaughter of Resident/Service User)

one could not ask for better service from a care homeM B(Son of Resident/Service User)

genuinely caring, gentle and loving, and unfailingly cheerfulTom K(Son of Resident/Service User)

All staff are to be commended for their ongoing kindness, support and patienceM S(Goddaughter of Resident/Service User)

one could not ask for better service from a care homeM B(Son of Resident/Service User)

Located in the pretty village of Iffley, the care home has beautiful large gardens in a very tranquil and peaceful setting.
Not only do the team provide residential, dementia, nursing and palliative care, they also provide respite care, which can be booked in advance. This is ideal if you are caring for a relative at home and would like to take a break, with the peace of mind of knowing...
Care Provided by Iffley Residential and Nursing 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
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 76 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
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- 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
Weekly Charges per Person
Our weekly fees are individual to each of our residents and are subject to a pre-admission assessment, which is required to understand the level of care and support needed. Our 2026 weekly care fees for residential care start from £1675 and for nursing care £2054, but may be in the region of 30% more*. This depends on your care needs and the type of bedroom that is right for you, from our standard rooms through to our premium bedroom options.
*If you require more specialist care such as 1-2-1 support, your weekly fee could be higher.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Iffley Residential and Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Iffley Residential and Nursing 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
- Sanctuary Care Ltd
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Abby Terry (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (76)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (76)
Iffley Residential and Nursing Home Reviews (78)
Iffley Residential and Nursing Home has a Review Score of 8.7 (8.684) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Iffley Residential and Nursing Home has 78 reviews.
Mum has been at Iffley sanctuary since 2018. She was a resident on the ground floor for the first three years and made friends, and there was an amazing continuity with the staff. Since Covid, Mum has moved to the first floor. She is very well looked after, but staff continuity is not so good; NHS needs to look after them better. Office and admin are always excellent and always reply to emails quickly. Very good care home.
The environment is clean and pleasant.
The rooms are spacious with garden access.
The staff are very caring.
There are good activities.
We are please with the choice of this home.
My mum is happy here.
The care my sister receives at the care home is excellent. She very soon settled into her bedroom and responded to the kindness and consideration shown to her. Particularly the patience required in dealing with her moods and needs. Added to this, the food is excellent and the laundry service is regular and of a high standard. The management is helpful and well organised - always ready to assist. I have ample opportunities made to visit. The residents have outings in their minibus and enjoy tea and cakes at their venues. I compliment all staff throughout the home for their kindness, courtesy and patience. Also for how well organised and smoothly run everything is. Well done and thank you.
We have been very pleased with the care offered to our mother over the past 7 months on the ground floor. She has enjoyed the food and her ground floor room looking out at the garden and the carers are normally very kind. When she was recently unwell, they responded to her increased needs and have been very quick to discuss any concerns we might have over her care and health needs.
Excellent all-round care home. Mum was in for two weeks respite and everyone made her feel welcome and very comfortable. All staff were friendly and kind and made her stay happy and comfortable. The food was lovely too!
Sadly I witnessed a resident wait fifty minutes from telling an agency nurse that he wanted to go to the toilet to someone doing something about it. The (presumably senior) agency nurse did have time to do something and went downstairs though! At 12:30, no lunch menus, no lunch!
Thank you for taking the time to review our home. We take your feedback seriously - our management team are saddened to read your review as they were not aware of this and could have helped at the time if they had been alerted. The manager's door is always open for you and welcomes any feedback about your loved one's experience at the home too. Best wishes, Fae
The staff are very friendly and professional. The food is satisfactory. The care is very good, albeit sometimes slow to react. Overall, a very nice clean place and well-run.
Mum moved in January 2022 with Dementia. The staff helped her settle in, and treat her with dignity and respect.
Complete care package for residents unable to do anything for themselves. resident nurse and weekly doctor visits for all. Staff keep in contact to inform of any changes to residents' help or needs. Chiropodist and hairdresser, all available at the home. All requests or worries are dealt with promptly.
I found the staff at Iffley Residential to be very friendly, caring and helpful to my husband and to myself when visiting.
Thank you for your review - our team at Iffley Residential and Nursing Home will really appreciate your kind words. Best wishes, Fae
My mother received kind and caring support from all the staff at Iffley Residential and Nursing Home.
The staff are amazing, we are always greeted with a smile, and the carers are second to none. Mum feels at home at Iffley, everyone is treated with real love and dignity, and even when I take my dad to visit Mum, the staff really looked after him and me. We know that Mum won't be here forever, but the staff make sure her last days are full of fun and love.
Thank you for such a wonderful review for our home and team - your kind words are so appreciated and we do hope your mum remains to be happy with us at Iffley. Best wishes, Fae
My mum has been very well cared for at Iffley, and most importantly she's been very happy there. The facilities are great, the food is excellent, and they took great pains to welcome her and make sure her room felt like "home" when she moved in. The staff are unfailingly kind and cheerful, and have managed her decline with respect and professionalism; I've been so impressed with how they have managed this very difficult year. Overall this is a very happy, excellently run home, and we couldn't have wished for a better place for mum to spend her final years.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home and for your kind words - it's wonderful to hear how happy your mum is with us at Iffley, it is really appreciated by our team. Best wishes, Fae
We, as a family, have been happy with the way our mother has been looked after. The staff have been really nice and we all feel that Mum is in safe and very capable hands.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home and for your kind words about our team, it is so appreciated. Best wishes, Fae
My aunt is well cared for and really loves the staff. She can not speak highly enough of them. The home is well presented and the staff I have had the pleasure of meeting are lovely, and genuinely care for the residents.
Thank you for such a lovely review - it really is appreciated. Best wishes, Fae
My mother has been resident at the care home for almost 5 years. She is happy there and I am currently able to visit her once a week, though I'm not sure she appreciates the screen and it does make it even harder for her to hear what I am saying. The staff are always very kind to her and helpful to me.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home, we appreciate that the screen/social distanced visits may make it difficult for our residents who are hard of hearing however we know it is in the best interest and safety of all of our residents and teams. Thank you for such kind words too, they are so appreciated. Best wishes, Fae
The Iffley Residential and Nursing Home staff have done an outstanding job over the last year, in very challenging circumstances. My mother has been kept safe and well and has been cared for with patience, sensitivity and compassion. It has been a difficult time for everyone, and our family is enormously grateful that my mother is so well looked after, and that she is so content to be a resident in this fine and generous community.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review our home and for your kind words. They really are appreciated by our team. Best wishes, Fae
She has settled very well. Her room, the common parts and gardens are lovely. We could not be happier.
Thank you for such a lovely review of our home - our team really appreciate your kind words and feedback. Best wishes, Fae
Excellent doesn't even come close to the care he received from the entire team, which works in a joined-up sensitive, thoughtful way with all residents who are given the utmost respect as individuals. The same courtesy and kindness are extended to all family members. Dad was made to feel that he was a valued member of the community, and I felt the same. We were all held in a professional, secure embrace by a shining example of resident-centred care.
There is no doubt in my mind that facilitating dad's move here was one of the best things I ever did for him. Sadly, he died recently, but each of those very special staff will hold a permanent place in my heart.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home Wendy, your kind words are so appreciated by our team - they are truly heartwarming. I will be sure to pass this on to the team. Best wishes, Fae.
My dad went into this home earlier this year. He has settled in very well, he now calls it home. The management and staff are brilliant with him. I find them all very caring and helpful; they always make me feel very welcome. Nothing is too much trouble for them. Love seeing Dad so happy.
Thank you for your kind words about our home and team - it is lovely to hear how well your dad has settled in with us. Best wishes, Fae.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 19 October 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
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News (2) & Events (0)
- 21 May 2026
Residents, families and staff at our Iffley Residential and Nursing Home | Oxford Care Home enjoyed a night to remember as the home hosted a lively, charity quiz with a...
- 10 Feb 2025
A talented young musician from Oxford, 15-year-old Zimo, has been recognised for his kindness and dedication to volunteering as part of ITV Good Morning Britain’s ‘1 Million Minutes’ campaign. Since...
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Awards / Recognitions (10)
- 21 Jul 2026Recipient: Sanctuary Care Ltd
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Sanctuary Care Ltd
- 31 Jan 2025Recipient: Sanctuary Care Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Iffley Residential and Nursing Home.
Meet the Team (8)

I grew up in Nepal, and I am a Nurse. I am passionate about providing compassionate care and supporting others. I value Kindness and empathy.
Outside of work, I love being in nature, and I love animals, especially my cat.

I have worked at Iffley for many years, and I am very proud to be a nurse! I really do enjoy everything about my role.

I feel very privileged to have worked in our residents' homes for so many years.

The thing I love most about my job has to be our wonderful residents, they come from all backgrounds and cultures and have some fascinating stories to tell.
I originate from Oxford and joined Iffley in June 2012 as the Home Administrator, previous to this, I was a Bakery Manager in the local area.
I have never looked back and I absolutely love working with our residents.
No two days are the same in the office at Iffley, with it being the main hub of the home, it’s a busy and friendly place to be.

I love working here at Iffley, the people are lovely and friendly and the setting is so pretty!
My job is very varied which keeps it interesting. One of my favourite parts of the job is chatting to the residents and putting a smile on their faces.

I joined Iffley Care Home in April 2022, While I have been a Chef for many years this is my first role within a care home setting. I have enjoyed getting to know the residents through daily interactions, they come with a wealth of life experience and are keen to discuss the menu around their likes and dislikes.

I was born in Bulgaria in 1965 and graduated from the Military University in 1987 as a military engineer. I have been working at Iffley since 2018. This profession gives me great pleasure. I try to help everyone who I come into contact with in the home.

I came to work here just over 5 years ago having never worked in care. It is a role that is very rewarding and I discovered that I really enjoy working with the residents and being in a care home environment.
My current role gives me the chance to interact with all the residents living in the home on a daily basis and make sure that their rooms are clean and homely.
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