
All staff have been fantastic throughout - caring, friendly and helpfulM G(Grandson of Resident/Service User)



All staff have been fantastic throughout - caring, friendly and helpfulM G(Grandson of Resident/Service User)



Ideally situated near the vibrant town centre of Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, St Clare’s Court is a friendly, purpose-built care home offering residential and residential dementia care.
A luxurious home with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, St Clare’s Court offers high-quality and personalised care and support across two communities, Bluebell and Apple Tree.
Both communities benefit from luxury decoration and hotel-style facilities across their living areas, dining rooms and bedrooms, all...
Care Provided by St Clare's Court Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 58 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
Other Care Provided
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact St Clare's Court Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact St Clare's Court Care 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)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- HC-One
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Emma Grebby (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 60+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (58)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (58)
St Clare's Court Care Home Reviews (117)
St Clare's Court Care Home has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.445) out of 10, based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time St Clare's Court Care Home has 117 reviews.
So pleased we have our mam is this home. The staff are excellent, very attentive to Mam's needs. She seems very happy here and calls everyone her friends. To have your elderly parent in any home can be very distressing, but it's good to know she is in good hands.
Superb and friendly.
Sadly, my amazing, wonderful mum, who suffers from advanced dementia, last summer took a nasty fall and fractured her left femur. Needing 24-hour care, she had to go into care. Following a second fracture femur and with all the trauma... fractures, no longer able to live in her home and needing 24-hour care... Mum was in a terrible state. A decision was made, after much thought and discussion and research, to move Mum to St Clare's to be near myself, her youngest daughter. A huge decision. I felt so very anxious in case I’d made a wrong choice and put Mum through even more trauma with such a big move. But I had a gut feeling that it was the right thing to do for so many reasons. And how happy I am to have made the decision I did. Mum is cared for, safe, smiling and laughing again, eating well and seems settled and happy. Not scared or lonely anymore. St Clare's is everything I could have ever hoped for Mum. The staff genuinely care. They are kind, gentle and professional. An absolute blessing!
My mum has only been in St Clare's for a few weeks, having moved from her previous care home and hospital in Yorkshire. Mum has vascular dementia and has had a very upsetting and confusing few months prior to her move to St Clare's. The care and compassion Mum has received since moving to St Clare's have been wonderful. She is now very happy, well looked after, settled and mostly extremely cheerful. My sister and I have also been fully supported and looked after by the management and whole team during the very difficult move from Yorkshire. So much thanks and gratitude to all.
All staff wear full PPE, administer a lateral flow test with courtesy and request extensive information to allow, on a negative test result, a visit indoors in a designated visitors room.
Thank you all for ensuring Mam is given the best care and attention.
We really appreciate all that they’ve done, especially during the last year while coping with Covid.
The staff are so kind and fill me in on mums progress. It's never a bother when I call for a chat.
Mum always looks great. It's a pleasure to see her looking like mum always did, hair done, her favourite skirts and twinsets and her lippy!
I know she's settled and cared for so well. Thanks to all.
Enjoyed visiting the care home. Lovely staff and very helpful. They look after my wife extremely well.
I could not have asked for any better care during these sad and difficult times.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The care provided for my father is second to none. My praise for all the staff is at its highest. I feel very comfortable with the amount of care given and my father does too.
St Clare's Court is the cleanest home I have visited. The staff are very friendly and helpful towards the residents and family. Particularly the cleaning staff who are wonderful at their job and very caring towards the residents.
High standards in terms of the building inside and out. The staff could not be more helpful and professional which includes great communication both my email and verbal.
Dad has dementia and the staff have encouraged and enabled him to join in lots of different activities, both in and out of the home and they look forward to his wee dog visiting as much as he does.
As a family, we are delighted with the excellent facilities in the home, how well Dad has settled in and we can see how well looked after and loved he is - thank you!
A first-class care home. Staff are very friendly and professional and always approachable. Feedback is given when requested and they look after residents like they were one of their own family members. All staff are very caring and compassionate. We are over the moon with dad's progress - he loves living here. Would definitely recommend to family and friends. Couldn't fault it.
St Clare's Court is an exceptionally well-run establishment, with very high standards. The manager runs a 'tight ship' and is approachable, efficient and proactive, from this relative's point of view.
Admin very helpful at all times.
Good support all around.
Really pleasant and caring home.
The only small criticism I have is due to how busy all the staff are and I found it very difficult to find a manager to ask questions.
That said I cannot recommend highly enough the care and high standards this home offers.
Welcoming, very high standards of cleanliness. Staff were exceptional, going out of their way to assist in any way possible. A much more relaxed feeling than other homes, staff are very well trained, that really matters given the multitude of variety in residents needs. A very caring environment. Thank you all.
Through the transition of putting mam into St Clare's, was hard enough, but the staff helped Mam and us to get through and make this move as smooth as possible. Mam has been made to feel great through all of this which is our priority and there's. You're all fabulous St Clare's.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 15 May 2025Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveOutstanding
- 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 (15) & Events (0)
- 04 Jun 2025
HC-One care homes across Britain are preparing to open their doors to welcome in visitors from their local communities to join them in this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations...
- 20 Nov 2024
HC-One care homes across the UK are marking International Men’s Day on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, which aims to raise awareness of men’s wellbeing. HC-One resident’s wellbeing is a key...
- 18 Nov 2024
HC-One care homes across the UK took part in fundraising activities on Friday, November 15, to raise vital funds for BBC’s Children in Need. Children In Needs supports charities and...
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Awards / Recognitions (11)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: HC-One
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: St Clare's Court Care Home
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: HC-One
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