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Middleton Manor Care Centre is located just outside Darlington, on the airport route and in scenic rural grounds.
Run by Prestige Care Group, it can provide nursing care for a person living with dementia or related syndrome and is governed by person-centred principles.
It offers 83 rooms, all for people living with dementia or a related condition and require nursing care.
Middleton Manor Care Centre is a purpose-built or adapted facilities, adapted to...
Care Provided by Middleton Manor Care Centre
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- 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 83 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
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Minibus or other 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
Fees will be published on launch. This care centre also takes fully funded LA assisted placements. Please contact your local council for details
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Middleton Manor Care Centre for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Middleton Manor Care Centre 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
- The Prestige Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Julie Fieldman (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2026
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (83)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (40)
Visiting
- 24 hr visiting only ask consideration for residents who may be sleeping should visitors need to visit out of office hours
Parking
- Ample parking at front and rear of the building
Middleton Manor Care Centre Reviews (39)
Middleton Manor Care Centre has a Review Score of 7.2 (7.242) out of 10, based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Middleton Manor Care Centre has 39 reviews.
The care all staff showed to both my mum and dad was amazing. After mum passed, dad needed a lot of reassurance, they were so patient and kind.
Thank you so much for your lovely words. It truly meant a great deal to all of us to care for your mum and in turn your dad, we are very honoured that we could support your family during such an emotional and difficult time.
We are deeply sorry for the loss of your mum. Knowing that...
Well yet another care home that is worse than disappointing! How come care homes don't show compassion in any way. My poor mam has dementia, which is bad enough, I go to visit my mam and she is covered in bruises all over her already frail body! And management don't like it when i challenge them about these bruises.All accidents are unwitnessed, I may as well have let my mam loose on the streets than get them to so called take care of my mam. The managers treat the staff with utter disrespect too and your lucky if they last 6 months before another manager comes along to promise to sort the place out, yet it doesn't happen.Recently under yet another embargo, well doesn't that tell you something? They withhold medical charts, care notes and body maps from someone who legally has power of attorney, that would tell me that they clearly have something to hide after already not giving my mam the anti seizure medication she needs daily.Units are filthy, residents left unwashed.AVOID Middleton Manor
Living with Dementia is extremely difficult for the individual and their families and sadly explanations cannot always be provided when incidents occur, however when such incidents occur we...
I was very happy with the original management team but on my recent visit saw that the new team have made many improvements. The level of cleanliness has definitely gone up to a very high level - both in the communal areas and in my mother's room. All of the staff are still just the most amazing bunch of people - upbeat and friendly, considerate and caring. It is tremendously reassuring knowing that mum is in a safe secure caring environment which is now being managed by a strong senior team who have upped general standards, and hopefully all of the staff are also now enjoying an improved workingenvironment. Their efforts are greatly appreciated by all my family.
My wife was keeping her mum at this care home in hope it would sort through it's major issues but after months of being patient it was getting much worse. Making sure that the correct people are looking after our most vulnerable people should be priority. Anyone who is reading this will know putting your nearest and dearest into care is one of the hardest decisions to make and when you feel your unable to come home and be happy that the care is to an acceptable level then something is very wrong. But my advice would be to find another care home because the difference has been outstanding.
My mother spent her final months of her life at Middleton Manor (17 months). During her last days the home provided mam with the utmost care and welcomed and facilitated our family whilst visiting. The staff were no less than amazing. The new management have improved the general running and functioning of the facility no end and the current team are the most caring set of people we as a family could ever of wished for.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. I will share this with the team at Middleton Manor.
We did try to work through issues but they become extremely worrying to say the least.
Mum is in a new home and it's so nice to see her laughing again.
The unit started to slowly get more residents, but mostly EMI residents who could be quite troublesome and my sister is bed bound unable to defend herself, however she coped with the situation very well.
Eventually she was moved to a completely different section of the building as we were told general nursing should not be mixed with EMI residents. We didn't want her to move to become isolated which is what happened. Then old management left.
This is when the real problems started and it became extremely worrying, my sister wasn't getting proper nursing care at all. Medication errors/delays. Lack of any care compassion and understanding resulting in my sister becoming very unwell. Lack of strong leadership.
My sisters last few months in this care home and the things we have witnessed has been utterly shocking.
Very good.
We did not select this home, she was sent there by the hospital, but we think she was very lucky. There were sufficient staff with sufficient time to care for the residents. The staff were also very kind to me, especially towards the end.
Thank you for taking the time to complete a review. It is lovely to see that your mum and yourselves were treated with dignity and respect and the support given to you and your mum during the time spent at Middleton Manor. We will pass this lovely review on to the team within the home.
Clients are always well-presented and appear happy in their environment.
Food is appropriate for the clients and dietary needs are catered for.
If my mother has any extra needs or if I have concerns I can approach carers or management and they are dealt with in a timely manner.
It is very reassuring for me to know that my mother is cared for and in good hands.
Thank you for your review, it is great to see that you are happy within the service and your mum's care and support needs are fully met. We will share these comments with the staff team within the service.
My mam has been a resident of Auguste just over a year now, this is her 3rd care home! Due to no fault of her own. We moved our mam due to lack of care all we want is for our mam cared for and how we would look after her, if that's possible! We have addressed any issues we have had and they have all been addressed promptly. I must add that one of the staff at Auguste is amazing! I just wish all care homes had staff like her! She is our go-to person should we need anything with regards to my mam, and this carer will tell us how it exactly is! No pussyfooting around which we'd rather it was that way. The care home is clean and tidy and my mam's bedroom is always clean. The majority of the staff are accommodating and will speak upon arrival and will answer any questions asked. I believe my mam deserves to be in a care home that will do everything it can to help her with her illness and allow her to be comfortable there as if she was in her own home and Auguste does that.
First of all thank you for taking the time to express your experience of Auguste, Happy that it has been a positive experience for yourself and mam.
My husband spent his final two weeks at this care facility and his care was exceptional. A member of staff even returned when off duty to offer comfort and support.
Thank you for this lovely review, lovely to see yourself and your husband received a high level of care from the team at Auguste. We will share these comments with the staff team and we send our condolences to you and your family.
My grandad was admitted to this nursing home in November, visited Xmas day, no activities, staff on their personal phones (personal phone cases visible - not pcs devices!) no music, no Xmas atmosphere, no staff spending time with residents, residents struggling to eat their Xmas chocolates. I had to tell staff that people were hanging out of their beds. Role onto January, an altercation between my grandad and another resident, ended up with my grandfather being hit and falling to the ground breaking his hip, unfortunately passed away days later, had staff intervened when this altercation began our loved one would still be here. Now we are planning his funeral. That being said, the clinical lead is supportive, caring and has a passion to the care sector. Shame about the rest of the management team.
Thank you for your review, I am sorry to hear about your experience, thank you for bringing these issues to our attention we will review this information in which you have shared.
I visited today to see her with my brother.
I can only say how delighted we were with the home, staff and how settled my mam was. The staff spent time with us too explaining what was happening and what they were working on with Mam.
The staff appeared well versed and knowledgeable in the specialism that Auguste has, and we both came away relieved and happy in the knowledge Mam was in excellent, caring hands.
Thank you for taking the time to write and inform us how you felt on your first visit to Auguste, it's important for us that people feel supported.
My experience visiting my friend (long-term friend) has been very positive, very welcoming by office and care staff. They are friendly and chatty. My friend says how nice and kind they are to her too.
It's nice to hear that you feel welcomed when you visit Auguste Communities Care Centre.
My mother came to Auguste Communities Care Centre on 21/9/23, therefore, has only been in for six days. She has settled very well. All the staff are helpful, pleasant and reassuring to Mum and family. Her room has a lovely view to the front so she can see people coming and going. The gardens are pretty and peaceful.
Thank you for taking the time to let us know that you feel Mum is settling in well.
The nursing home's care for my husband, who battled dementia and ultimately passed, was truly exceptional. The staff's kindness and support created a compassionate environment that eased his journey. Their expertise in handling dementia-related challenges and their inclusion of our family in decision-making were invaluable. I'm deeply grateful for the comfort and care they provided during this difficult time.
Thank you for such lovely comments and that you felt well supported at such a hard time for you and your family.
We visited an elderly friend with whom we have been friends for over 40 years. She was quite poorly so wasn't able to communicate with us. Absolutely all the staff we were involved with - reception, gardener, cleaner, and carer were so supportive, helpful and efficient. Well done team Auguste Communities Care Centre - we know they our friend is in good caring hands.
Thank you for the feedback on your visit to Auguste Communities Care Centre will pass on to my staff.
We found all the staff we met greeted us and were very pleasant. The staff showed respect to the patients they were caring for.
Thank you for taking the time to write your review, this will be fed back to my staff.
Father moved to Aguste a couple of months ago and has been happy during his stay to date. Staff are friendly and accommodating, and the care home is well maintained with a lovely garden to rear for residents to enjoy.
Thank you for taking the time to give the home feedback; this will be feedback to the team.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 13 January 2026Requires improvement
- CaringRequires improvement
- EffectiveRequires improvement
- ResponsiveRequires improvement
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledInadequate
Inspection ratings
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- 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Middleton Manor Care Centre
What types of Care is Middleton Manor Care Centre registered for?
Older Person Care, Dementia, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does Middleton Manor Care Centre have?
There are 83 Single Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at Middleton Manor Care Centre?
Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Bar/Café, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is Middleton Manor Care Centre to the centre of Darlington?
4.9 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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