Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home

42 Shelley Road, Worthing BN11 4DA
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9.9 51 Reviews
  • Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home, Worthing
Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home is conveniently located in the centre of Worthing and offers a high standard nursing care service including a specialised floor for people living with a form of dementia.

The facility has benefitted from being completely rebuilt, having underfloor heating, ceiling tracking, hydrotherapy, free WiFi, air conditioned dining rooms and lounges, two way speaking call bells, a private direct line and phone (not charged) large LED TV,with SKY on request. All beds are electric profile and air mattresses provided when required. Every room has en-suite with shower, high low baths are also nearby.

The private gardens are very well maintained and sheltered from the wind but receive sunlight most of the day.

Care Provided by Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home

  • Primary Care Categories
  • Dementia
  • Older Person Care
  • Respite Care
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Care Types Provided
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 64 Service Users
  • Privately Owned
  • Care Offered
  • AIDS/HIV
  • Alzheimer's
  • Bariatric Care/Obesity
  • Cancer Care
  • Challenging Behaviour/Psychosis
  • Colitis & Crohn's Disease
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Epilepsy
  • Head/Brain Injury
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Neuropathic
  • Orthopaedic
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Speech Impairment
  • Stroke
  • Visual Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Convalescent Care
  • End of Life Care
  • Own GP if required
  • Palliative Care
  • Physiotherapy
  • Separate Specialist Dementia Care Unit

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Eloisa Esguerra (Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • Ages 65+
  • Room Information
    • Single Rooms (64)
    • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)
  • Care Home Design/Build
    • Purpose Built: Yes
    • Last Refurbishment: 2023

Funding & Fees Guide for Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home

  • Funding Types Accepted
  • Self funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top-Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Funding
  • Weekly Charges per Person
    • Self-Funded Nursing Care £1,643 – £1,696
  • (these prices are only a guideline, please contact Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home to find out the exact price for your requirements)

Facilities

  • Close to Local shops
  • Gardens
  • Lift
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Near Public Transport
  • Own Furniture if required
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Television point in own room
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visiting
  • Welcome to visit at any time
    Well-behaved family pets may be brought to visit.


    Regular activities and entertainers, to which visitors always welcome to attend, no invitation required.


  • Parking
  • Limited parking on site. 2 Disabled Bays
    Parking in street chargeable at peak times.


Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home Reviews (51)

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9.9

Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.861) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home has 51 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My husband has been at Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home since October 2024 and so far, I am very impressed with his care. He is treated with respect and dignity. The staff are very patient, supportive and professional. The place is clean and the food very good. An establishment runs smoothly if it is led
by a capable management team and I can't praise the manager enough - she is professional and always has time for the family - an asset to Berkeley Lodge.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mum and stepfather have been at Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home for almost a year now. They both have very different needs. Mum found it hard to settle down at first but the staff and management have been wonderful. Using different techniques and working with me to help her. All the staff are lovely
and caring. The home is very clean and they both have lovely rooms. They have their own activities staff and Mum has been encouraged to join in. She has enjoyed this much to my surprise. They are very well looked after. I live in France, so have found it difficult, but the staff have always been on hand to help and support me. It is all the little things they do that mean so much. I was lucky to find Berkeley Lodge and even luckier to find a home that would take them both together. Thank you.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My wife has been in Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home for over six years. There has been inevitable changes in staff during this time, but I have always found management and staff thoroughly professional, businesslike and friendly.
My wife has been cared for extremely well, during this lengthy time.
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example very recently, was that my wife suddenly deteriorated, in the middle of the night. Her condition was evaluated by the duty nurse, and stabilized. The nurse phoned me and explained what had occurred and how it had been dealt with, to my entire satisfaction.
First thing, the following morning, the manager, recently appointed, phoned me and updated me on what the Doctor had reported to her. Everything very efficient as one would expect from a top class Nursing Home.
My wife has recovered to some degree and continues to receive excellent care.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mum has severe dementia and is unable to communicate. The staff have treated her with unfailing kindness for a long time and have been excellent in communicating with my sister and me.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My first impression was the cleanliness, friendly atmosphere. Helpful reception and staff. Shown around the home and informing of the different staff, i.e. chef, welfare etc. My mum has only just arrived from hospital after breaking her hip from a fall. My mum is not an individual who enjoys joining
in and is far more content to remain in her room. I'm hoping, in time, she will become more interested in making friends.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

After one year, my wife has received first-class service from all excellent staff in purpose-built, spacious accommodations with many communal areas. From research of other homes, Berkeley Lodge is recommended and is excellent value for money.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Berkeley Lodge is a lovely home. My mother has settled in okay. The manager and staff are all very kind, helpful and supportive and friendly.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My father has been in Berkeley Lodge since February. He is lovingly cared for by the team. Although he is sometimes reluctant to join in with activities, the staff have encouraged him to join in with things that he has not participated in for several years (e.g. painting and choir). It was a very difficult
decision for us, as a family, to make to place him in a care home, but we really had no alternative. We feel that this is the best we can do and are relieved that he is in a lovely home where he is well cared for and treated with kindness and respect.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My father has been looked after by Berkeley Lodge for the past couple of months. He is a type 1 diabetic and loves his food. The nurses look after his diabetes so well and keep it under control as best as they can. He came with a pressure ulcer, which they dress most days due to its severity. The staff
are friendly and caring and look after him with dignity. Due to his poor eyesight, he is assisted to eat. It would be lovely to have more activities available for those who are almost blind, is my only thought.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are always friendly and caring, from tea staff to all carers.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Really nice staff and management. Excellent care for all residents.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Dad's dementia means that his mod and ability change several times within the same day. At his age, he has other health-related conditions which the staff cope with in a very caring and understanding way, I'm delighted with the way in which he is looked after.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We are very pleased with the assistance and care all the staff at Berkeley Lodge have given. Right from the start they have made sure our dear cousin has been settled and happy in her new home. There have been regular updates made and action taken if any changes are required. When visiting there is
a smile from all the caring and friendly staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are always friendly - admin, nursing and cleaning.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My husband settled in immediately when he arrived at the home thanks to the friendly and caring staff. The home is always clean and the food is good but the most important thing is the kind, efficient and helpful staff. I have been most impressed.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Within 24 hours of moving my mother into Berkeley Lodge, she was a different person.
Drugs were reduced substantially, her dignity reintroduced instantly, freedom to move around the home safely was immediate. The whole team transformed our mother’s life, health and well-being before our eyes.
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staffing team, across the board, are kind and loving; they are tactile, so Mum feels loved. They respond to her needs with compassion and respect her for who she is. Her care plan is very personal whilst on this dementia journey. Mum makes choices and is now so clean and showered every day. She is made to feel special and individual.
The home and garden are beautiful, and the food is wonderful. Mum can breathe and be herself with a new sense of freedom. There is never a fuss - staff are calm and positive with many strategies.
They are true professionals. It is a joy for us as a family to have Mum at Berkeley Lodge.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since my mother was moved to Berkeley Lodge a year ago her care has been outstanding. Staff are kind, compassionate and show extraordinary levels of patience. The manager has kept us informed of changes to my mother's needs and has worked hard to ensure that the family is supported as much as the resident.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 2.0 out of 5

The day-to-day staff here are truly angels in human form. Unfortunately, I feel that they are let down by their management. My father was assaulted in his bed by other residents and subsequently hospitalised. I requested (repeatedly) the Director's investigate the incident and provide a comprehensive
report into the incident. The outcome of an investigation has not been forthcoming (from SCNH) and to absolutely aggravate the situation at such an awful time for us, the Director I approached has 'dismissed' my requests for information and refuses to engage. I really think the care staff are absolutely exceptional and can't praise them highly enough, but the behaviour of the Director(s) completely undermines this and absolutely causes pain at a particularly horrible time in our lives.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother has settled down extremely well since her discharge from hospital. Before that, she was living on her own and with dementia and other illnesses and it was necessary for her to receive constant medical care. I am confident she is now receiving this care at Berkeley Lodge. There has been a remarkable
improvement in her general well-being since her arrival in May this year. The staff are caring and friendly. The food l am told by my mother is excellent. She has made friends with other residents and is a lot happier than before her arrival at Berkeley Lodge. There have been no problems in telephoning or visiting my mother during this covid epidemic. The staff are following all the guidelines imposed by the government.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am very pleased that Mum managed to be accepted into Berkeley Lodge after suffering a severe stroke last September. The superb care and attention she has received has enabled her to celebrate her 100th birthday in January against the odds, and I am sure contributed to an amazing recovery of her speech
capability, so that now visits are even more rewarding.
The staff at the home are so professional and caring, especially throughout the exceptionally testing times they have endured. I cannot thank them all enough for looking after Mum so well, who is always smiling and happy when I visit.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.861)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.861) out of 10 for Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 17 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.861 for Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home is calculated as follows: ( (173 Excellents x 5) + (28 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 201 Ratings = 4.861

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home is based on 17 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 64 registered maximum number of service users is 12.8, which has been reached with 17 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Performance

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 23 Jan 2020

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    Good
  • Effective

    Outstanding
  • Responsive

    Good
  • Safe

    Good
  • Well-led

    Good

Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home

What types of Care is Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home registered for?

Older Person Care, Dementia, Respite Care & Sensory Impairment are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

What additional types of Care does Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home provide?

Palliative Care, Convalescent Care, Physiotherapy, Separate Specialist Dementia Care Unit, Own GP if required & End of Life Care are other types of care provided.

How many Rooms does Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home have?

There are 64 Single Rooms.

What are the Facilities & Services at Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home?

Own Furniture if required, Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room & Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home to the centre of Worthing?

0.4 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.