Almond Valley Care Home

1 Almondside, Livingston EH54 6QU
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  • Almond Valley Care Home, Livingston
Almond Valley Care Home is a luxury, purpose built care home located in the heart of West Lothian and is dedicated to providing exceptional care and comfort to its residents.

The home offers a comprehensive range of care, including residential, dementia, nursing, palliative, and respite care, all delivered with compassion and respect.

Their highly trained staff are committed to ensuring each resident receives the personalised support they need to live comfortably and with dignity.

Almond Valley offers a variety of engaging activities designed to suit the diverse interests and preferences its residents, promoting both mental and physical well-being.

The kitchen team prepares fresh, nutritious, and delicious meals, catering to individual dietary requirements to ensure every resident enjoys a healthy and satisfying dining experience.

At Almond Valley Care Home, they prioritise both care and quality of life, making every day meaningful the residents who live there.

Care Provided by Almond Valley Care Home

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Learning Disability / Autism
  • 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 66 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease

Facilities

  • 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

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1785 – £1785
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: £1785 – £1885
  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: £1935 – £1935
  • Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: £1935 – £1935
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1935
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1935
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1935
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1935

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Almond Valley Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

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 choose a care home based in Scotland, you may be eligible for the Scottish Government's Free Personal Care funding of up to £248.70 per week (if you are over the age of 65) and Free Nursing Care funding of up to £111.90 per week. This support is is not reflected in this fee amount.

Good to Know

Person in charge

  • Maggie Allison (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 2024
  • Number of floors: 3

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (66)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (66)
10

Almond Valley Care Home has a Review Score of 10 (9.960) out of 10, based on 21 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Almond Valley Care Home has 21 reviews.

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Review from Rachel M (Wife of Resident) published on 21 October 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I couldn't have chosen a better care home, for my husband, the whole team go above and beyond for him and myself. I can leave him, knowing he's in the best and safest place and that he'll be well cared for, which puts my mind at rest, he was the first resident in the Almond Valley care home, in Livingston.
The team made his first day so special for him, the whole team are amazing and I can't thank them enough.
Reply from Maggie Allison, Home Manager at Almond Valley Care Home

Thank you very much for your review. It's important to us that we support our residents and families alike to ensure they receive the best care. It was our pleasure to welcome your husband as our first resident to our beautiful home.

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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.960)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.960) out of 10 for Almond Valley Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 21 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 21 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.960 for Almond Valley Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (239 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 248 Ratings = 4.96
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Almond Valley Care Home is based on 21 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 66 registered maximum number of service users is 13.2, which has been reached with 21 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Inspectorate (CI) Quality grades

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Bed Vacancies

10 Bed Vacancies

Posted: 18 hours ago

Offering residential, nursing and dementia care we welcome enquiries to our beautiful, purpose built luxury care home.

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Meet the Team (18)

Maggie

Maggie Allison

Job Title: Home Manager Joined: 2024

Maggie is a most experienced Home Manager who brings a great amount of passion to her role to ensure that the residents live in a warm, safe and loving environment, where they are supported and encouraged to enjoy the lifestyle on offer.


Throughout Maggie’s early years she gained many qualifications in Health & Social Care which led to a promotion to Deputy Manager in 2016.


After further studying for Management & Leadership qualifications in December 2018, she took on the Manager’s role.


Maggie is now our Home Manager, she has a great insight to the health and wellbeing of her residents, staff and their workload due to her starting at ground level.


Maggie’s knowledge and understanding of our residents and the home allows her to advise and support so that the best possible care is given to residents and equally to the support of her staff.

Nicolle

Nicolle McArthur

Job Title: Clinical Deputy Manager Joined: 2024

We would like to introduce you to Nicolle McArthur - Clinical Deputy Manager.


Nicolle has 10 years of experience as a Nurse and has always worked in Care Homes for the elderly. Nicolle is passionate about residents receiving a high standard of care and providing support to the staff team to develop their skills and knowledge.
We are all about the care delivered.

Eryn

Eryn McCabe

Job Title: Administrator Joined: 2024

We would like to introduce you to Eryn McCabe - Administrator.


Eryn has 18 years of experience in Administrator roles and is passionate about ensuring residents and families are provided with relevant information to ensure the move into the home goes smoothly for the residents and families.


We are all about getting it right.

Frank

Frank McSherry

Job Title: Maintenance Manager Joined: 2024

We would like to introduce you to Frank McSherry - Maintenance Manager.


Frank has 20 years of experience in maintenance within Care Homes. Frank enjoys working in the care home environment getting to know the residents and being able to provide them with a safe environment to live in.


We are all about keeping our environment safe.

Lynne

Lynne Smith

Job Title: Activities Lead Joined: 2024

We would like to introduce you to Lynn Smith - Activities Lead.

Lynn has over 20 years of experience working with the elderly within a care home environment and the community delivering person-centred activities to suit individual residents' interests and hobbies.


Lynn is passionate about residents living a good life and supports them to take part in daily activities through 1-2-1 and group activities while creating positive connections with the community to ensure her residents have fun while living an enriched and happy life.
We are all about having fun.

Alan

Alan Williamson

Job Title: Head Chef Joined: 2024

Alan has been a chef for 20 years and is passionate about ensuring our residents are provided with a health well balanced diet and likes to spend time with our residents getting to know their favourite food to ensure our menu creator for everyone.

Liberty

Liberty LIano

Job Title: Registered Nurse Joined: 2024

Liberty has been a nurse for 32 years and has worked in Scotland as a nurse for 20 years. Liberty is passionate about working with the elderly. Residents are like her own family, and she enjoys learning about their life stories to build good relationships to provide the best person-centred care to her residents, ensuring they get the best out of life.

Nicola

Nicola Duffy

Job Title: Registered Nurse Joined: 2024

Nicola has been a nurse for 16 years and has 8 years of experience working as a nurse within care homes.


She enjoys getting to know her residents, and learning about their lives to be able to provide person-centred care is important.

Lorraine

Lorraine Graham

Job Title: Senior Care Assistant Joined: 2024

Lorraine has been working in the nursing/care profession for over 40 years. Lorraine enjoys being hands-on and loves to help people and spend time getting to know each individual person to support them best to live an independent life.

Gail

Gail Bridgman

Job Title: Senior Care Assistant Joined: 2024

Gail spent many years looking after her dad and was passionate about providing care to others. Gail loves to support others to live independently and support them to achieve their own goals and seeing others happy is important to her.

Alanna

Alanna Price

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2024

Alanna started caring when she looked after her mum and after she could see the difference her care made to those with health issues she started working in the community before joining the team at Almond Valley. Alanna finds it rewarding to make a difference in someone's day.

Rachel

Rachel Garner

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2024

Rachel has worked in care for just under a year and was inspired by her mum who worked in the care industry. Rachel enjoys making those around her smile and helping them with everyday daily activities ensuring they thrive through their own independence.

Shannon

Shannon Geddes

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2024

Shannon has been a carer for over a year now and loves nothing more than seeing others happy and supporting them with all daily aspects of their life.

Kayleigh

Kayleigh McDonald

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2025

Kayleigh has worked in care for over a year and is passionate about providing care and support to the elderly.

Eryn-Jo

Eryn-Jo Heeps

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2025

Eryn-Jo has just started out on her career as a care assistant. She enjoys helping others and making a difference to their day.

Shona

Shona Ramsay

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2025

Shona has been doing care for over 40 years and is passionate about getting to know her residents needs likes and dislikes to ensure She can met their needs.

Lewis

Lewis Rae

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2025

Lewis has been doing care for 3 years and loves getting to know our residents and spending time chatting with them.

Nicola

Nicola Hines

Job Title: Care Assistant Joined: 2025

Nicola has been doing care for over 2 years and is passionate making a difference to others and loves nothing better than seeing then smile.

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