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The home offers plenty of activities to take part in, a team of highly-trained and qualified nurses, as well as experienced care assistants to support residents around the clock.
Bedrooms are bright and spacious, with television and telephone connectivity. Cooksons Court has an onsite hairdressing salon, coffee bar, WiFi and IT facilities for residents' use.
Care Provided by Cooksons Court
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Eating Disorders
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 65 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
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- 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
Cooksons Court fees start from £1,680 per week, adjusted to individual care requirements.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Cooksons Court for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Cooksons Court 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
- Somerset Care
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Kristie Chubb(Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2015
Room Information
- Single Rooms (65)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (65)
Cooksons Court Reviews (97)
Cooksons Court has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.856) out of 10, based on 35 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Cooksons Court has 97 reviews.
The care and support my mother has received from everyone at Cooksons Court has been without exception excellent. The staff make every effort to ensure my mother's needs are fully catered for.
Physico and care night and day all excellent. All friendly and helpful.
Everyone has been so kind and helpful. No complaints whatsoever. I would recommend Cooksons Court to any of my friends who needed help. Thank you so much for my break, especially over Christmas, it has been a great help. What would we do without the help you provide? Thank you so much. With all my love.
Where to start? My wife spent the last months of her life here. The staff are absolutely amazing, I feel that they welcomed my wife and treated her as their family, she was loved and looked after in an amazing way from start to finish, as like myself and all other visitors. I really cant thank them enough, so supportive and helpful, kept us all informed of day to day changes all the time, more importantly showed my wife love and care. No words can ever express how amazing the staff are, even down to the cleaners, thank you so much.
My mum has been living at Cooksons Court for nearly 5 years and sees this very much as her home - somewhere to continue living her life and not just a 'care home.' The staff are amazing across the board - always a smile, always there for the little things as well as the big things. It's difficult trusting others to look after your loved ones on a day to day basis when you're not able to, however when we leave Mum we do so knowing she's happy and cared for.
My 86-year-old mother spent a little over a year in Cooksons Court as a resident. During this time, the entire staff showed such kindness, humour and professionalism in looking after her that I had absolutely no concerns about her day-to-day care whatsoever. Mum thoroughly enjoyed the food and often commented on how lovely it was. Her warm, clean and comfortable room had patio door access to the well-maintained garden. The home's activities were frequent and entertaining, so much so that I had to plan my visits around them, lest Mum miss some! Sadly, Mum passed away after a short illness. The kindness, respect and compassion shown to her and the family by the staff during this stressful time was superb. I can’t thank everyone at Cooksons Court enough.
The professional and difficult care by the staff during my Fathers last few weeks of his life was excellent. Cooksons Court were extremely sensitive and supportive to my husband and I the day my Father died and I cannot thank all the staff enough.
My 92-year-old mother was sent to Cookson's Court, rehab unit (Pippin) by the hospital and initially, she was very reluctant to go into 'one of those homes'. She quickly changed her mind as the staff were all friendly and helpful and the food was very good apparently. She was only there for about 10 days but in that time she changed her mind about how she would be treated and the level of service that would be provided should she ever feel the need to become a resident.
My mother really enjoyed her time Cooksons Court, she enjoyed the social side combined with the entertainment. The food was really good, if she didn't fancy what was on the menu, they would get her something different. Sadly Mum's stay was never going to be a long stay and she was very ill but the staff were excellent with her and treated her with great care and dignity. Everlasting thanks to all the staff from my family and me.
The communal areas are spotless and homely.
The physiotherapists, nurses, HCA‘s and office staff are friendly and reassuring.
The whole package from the amazing doctor at the hospital to Cooksons Court confirms my lifelong belief in our NHS and care services.
Thank you, everyone.
Very happy and staff are very good. Everyone is very friendly. Came for respite but considering staying.
My mother has been extremely well looked after, I think she does feel very satisfied with her care. The only feedback I would say is that when she arrived here from the hospital at short notice, I was unable to be there and it would really help if relatives had a point of a designated person they can speak to as I didn't know what the score was and didn't like to both busy staff.
Mum was at Cooksons Court while under the care of the hospital for rehabilitation so did not have full use of the facilities. The home was clean and comfortable with friendly staff.
We think that throughout Mum's journey from pre-admission from hospital to end-of-life care, Somerset Care should be credited with excellent care provision.
The room was clean and bright but the care she received promoted dignity and a personal touch, I felt I could trust them to do a good job. The gold standard meant that when she died, everything was arranged and so caringly.
I feel extremely lucky to be at Cookson Court and spend what must be some of my later days here.
Excellent.
The food I rate six out of ten and the service was excellent. My mattress was uncomfortable. My room/bathroom was kept beautifully clean and so was everywhere. The staff were extremely helpful and cheerful over all levels. Thank you. Excellent. P.S. my waitress was replaced as soon as I complained.
Dear Wendy, many thanks for taking the time to write a review following your respite stay at Cooksons Court. We were so pleased to read your praise for our helpful team and the cleanliness of the home. We understand that a comfortable mattress is a very individual preference and we're glad to be...
My 98-year-old mum spent several weeks at the rehab unit at Cooksons Court Care Home following hospital stays after falls. She was treated with kindness, respect and dignity. All the staff are a credit to Somerset Care. They went over and above to secure a permanent place in a residential care home nearer to her family and their devotion to their resident is second to none.
My mother was admitted to Cooksons Court Care Home for the final weeks of her life. The staff were attentive and very kind. Nothing seemed too much trouble. We were so grateful that she didn't have to return to hospital but received compassionate and professional end-of-life care in a pleasant, homely place. Thank you.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 28 November 2025Outstanding
- CaringOutstanding
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- 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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Awards / Recognitions (3)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Somerset Care
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: Somerset Care
- 15 Feb 2016Recipient: Somerset Care
Accreditations
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Meet the Team (1)

My name is Kristie Chubb and I am the Manager at Cooksons Court. I have worked in care for over 22 years and started as a Community Support Worker providing care in the community.
I’ve gained invaluable skills, knowledge and qualifications over the years and learnt from some great Managers. These experiences have made me the Manager I am today, providing quality care to our residents and welcoming families in to our home.
Teamwork is very important to me as everyone that works at Cooksons Court has an important role to play to ensure that our residents live the life they choose. I am very passionate and proud of what we all do, and it is important to me that we continue to be the best we possibly can.
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