Dementia Care

The decision to move into a care home – or to help a relative make that decision – is seldom easy. Facilities, skills and environment are hugely influential factors in your decision, and they are never more important than when the person’s life is already being changed by dementia.

Woodlands Nursing Home cares for residents with a range of nursing needs, including dementia. Dementia is not a natural part of getting older; it’s a term covering a number of conditions which progressively affect the brain, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy Body dementia and frontotemporal dementia. Our entire ethos centres around forming supportive, trusting relationships with our residents, and we ensure our nurses and carers receive up-to-date dementia care training.

We take the time to properly get to know everyone who comes to live with us. It’s one of the advantages of being a smaller, family-run care home; by exploring each resident’s life and personality, we’re better equipped to help them live the way they want to live. Stimulation, enjoyment and fulfilment are all perfectly possible when living with dementia. Yet this requires the right environment and the right level of support.

Feelings of stress, anxiety and disorientation are common with dementia. Our home is designed to counter these emotions by being homely, well-lit, and decorated in a way which makes it easy to find your way around. Familiarity is absolutely fundamental to reducing confusion; our size, our staff and the welcoming feel we’ve created help our residents feel secure and positive.

As part of getting to know each resident, we explore their likes and dislikes, so we can design activities which they enjoy. Our beautiful gardens provide a calm, comforting safe space, where residents can remain connected with nature.

Contact us today on 01444 243 579 to discuss your situation - we are here to help you every step of the way. Alternatively, you can use the 'Contact Us' form to get in touch.

Woodlands Nursing Home may be right for you - or it may not be. The advice below, produced by Alzheimer's Research UK, NHS England and the Alzheimer’s Society will help you to ask the questions to be able to make the right decision.