Appleton Lodge Nursing Home

I have found the care and support very good. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. I have enjoyed all the meals. They are very good. The activities are very variable and some are better than others. It would be nice to have some activities at the weekends.

My mother came to Appleton Lodge after a fall at home for some respite care. She has been very well looked after during her stay and her health has improved a great deal. All the staff are very friendly and approachable and answer any questions openly regarding mum. The care she has received has been excellent. She has enjoyed all the meals and her appetite has returned.

He enjoys his food, particularly his cooked breakfast.

My father has been a resident of Appleton Lodge for just over 18 months. He's 93 years old and aside from immobility issues, remains mentally very sharp. Something I always say is that no-one, sorry few, people want to leave their own home to live in a care home, and this is the same for Dad. However, he has settled in well at Appleton Lodge and this is primarily because it has a much more family-style, but wholly professional, feel to its environment. Looking for a Home for him, opened our eyes to the broad spectrum of care and environments across this industry. In Appleton Lodge, we as Dad's family, feel we could not have found better. I personally visit several times a week, and am welcomed with courtesy and professionalism. Dad repeatedly tells me that the care receives is 'Excellent'. He really is looked after 24:7 and both day and night he is looked after with care, courtesy and sensitivity. This sums up the staff and care at Appleton Lodge.

My wife has only been a resident in Appleton Lodge for three weeks but her care in all aspects has been excellent.

My niece arrived at Appleton Lodge for rehabilitation. I have found the staff and management very helpful and cheerful. I feel my niece is safe here and is becoming her more cheerful self, eating and drinking better. We are hoping being looked after so well, she will get well enough to return home.

Absolutely amazing home with lovely caring staff who go above and beyond. Food was amazing . The home is spotlessly clean and feels very family orientated. The staff are always smiling and caring. My dad was only there for 3 months before passing but my family take great comfort in knowing it was the best 3 months he had in there. I really cannot praise this place enough nurses the carers the cleaners and the chef.

My brother was cared for with kindness and respect. Appleton Lodge is a beautiful, quiet home. It has a lovely communal area for residents. We can't thank the staff enough for their help at a difficult time.

I have nothing but praise for everybody involved in the running of Appleton Lodge, and I thank you all

I have visited Appleton Lodge a few times, and the moment I first visited , I could not believe how Wonderfull this care home is , The home itself is so clean and very spacious, The Staff are all very friendly and caring. When I go to visit a friend, she always says how lovely and quiet it is.

We clearly made the right choice. Top marks to all staff members for making her welcome.

My mother has just completed 2 weeks of a respite stay. She seems very happy. The staff are all very friendly and caring yet professional. She likes the food and activities. Her sight is such that she can't fully join in all the activities but she likes to go to them anyway for the social contact. She seems to me to be more alert than she was at her previous residence and I think this is because there is more going on here.

This appears to be a well-run establishment. The registered nurses are excellent as are most of the carers. My mum says the catering and cleaning staff are really helpful and kind. My mum has always appeared clean and well taken care of. Any issues are addressed quickly and competently. I have no concerns about the care she is receiving as it is of a high standard. Keep up the good work!

Staff are so friendly and helpful! Food is average. Love the other residents who are less able than me.

My mum has only been in Appleton for a number of weeks, the process was smooth and all the staff involved were extremely helpful and friendly. As soon as I visited Appleton I felt the warmth and care all the staff have for their residents, as it’s such a small home it felt like a family environment. Mum has settled well. Her room is very cosy always clean and has a lovely view of the downs.

We have been very happy with the whole process from initial contact, through assessment and finally getting my godmother settled in. The staff are lovely, friendly yet professional and always happy to help. The rooms are very comfortable and have a pleasant outlook plus the communal area is large, light and airy. If there is a downside, it would be a minor fact that my godmother likes her breakfast earlier but she does realise there are other residents that need feeding too!

All the staff are very kind and supportive nothing has been too much trouble in helping her to settle in. Everyone works as a team and I have been kept updated with everything.

One size does not fit all.

Appleton Lodge is an amazing care home. Not just a beautiful, homely new build, as that is only skin deep, but also in the love and care and dignity they give to my mother every day. She is treated like this is her home, and with the respect that a person who has 6 children, 18 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren deserves.

Excellent care provided for my Nan for a respite period of 4 weeks. The facilities are a lovely, clean, and friendly environment. Nan has enjoyed her time and has been looked after very well by all staff.