Garden Hill Care Home

32 St Michaels Avenue, South Shields NE33 3AN
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8.6 68 Reviews
  • Garden Hill Care Home, South Shields
Garden Hill care home provides residential, dementia, nursing and respite care in a friendly, welcoming environment.

The home which is purpose-built is located over three floors and offers en-suite bedrooms on each floor. On the ground floor, there is a self-service coffee shop, conservatory, lounge and dining room. The middle floor has a cinema room and the top floor another dining room for residents. The home has secluded, spacious gardens.

The home has a 5 star food hygiene certificate and offers cooked breakfast, choice of lunch and dinner as well as a hospitality trolley with home made cakes made in the home kitchen.

The home has a full-time activities coordinator who organises a variety of fun and creative activities, entertainment and events for residents to choose from depending on their interests and hobbies.

Organised day trips and charity fundraising events give the home strong links with the local community and people from outside the home are often invited to take part in entertainment and events.

Visitors are welcome anytime.

Care Provided by Garden Hill Care Home

  • Primary Care Categories
  • Dementia
  • Eating Disorders
  • Learning Disability
  • Mental Health Condition
  • No Medical Intervention
  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Respite Care
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Care Types Provided
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 40 Service Users
  • Privately Owned
  • Care Offered
  • Cancer Care
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Colitis & Crohn's Disease
  • Down Syndrome
  • Epilepsy
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Speech Impairment
  • Stroke
  • Visual Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Convalescent Care
  • Own GP if required
  • Palliative Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Lindsey Cheyne (Home Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • Ages 65+
  • Room Information
    • Single Rooms (36)
    • Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
  • Care Home Design/Build
    • Purpose Built: Yes
    • Last Refurbishment: 2016
    • Number of floors: 3

Funding & Fees Guide for Garden Hill Care 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 Residential Care from £1,309
    • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care from £1,339
    • Self-Funded Nursing Care from £1,567
  • Prices are subject to an individual care needs assessment and the type of room and services chosen. Please contact us for further information.


  • (these prices are only a guideline, please contact Garden Hill Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements)

Facilities

  • Bar/Café
  • Close to Local shops
  • Gardens
  • Lift
  • Near Public Transport
  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Television point in own room
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visiting
  • Visitors welcome at any time.


  • Parking
  • A car park is available to the front of the home.


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8.6

Garden Hill Care Home has a Review Score of 8.6 (8.583) out of 10, based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Garden Hill Care Home has 68 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Mum has been very well looked after by all staff, in very comfortable surroundings. Excellent home.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Generally, all staff demonstrate professionalism, dedication and commitment to the residents. There are plenty of activities for the residents and visitors are always welcomed.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I visit my wife every day so experience a lot of the workings and activities of every day and am always impressed by the surroundings and workings of the home and staff.
Any comment I make which is seldom may I add is seen to immediately.
I go home each evening after seeing my wife to her room and
have not a worry about her well being although I worry about her decline with this terrible disease.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I called for an unannounced visit as part as part of my own background checks before considering placing my mum into the care of Garden Hill. I was welcomed by a very helpful receptionist who "buzzed me in" and arranged for me to speak with the manager. She was well informed and offered a "tour" of
the home.
Residents were clean, well presented, looked comfortable and staff were visible on each floor. Cleaners were active and tables already set for tea. A range of menus and activities displayed on boards. Some residents doors were "open", showing a "nothing to hide" attitude. The manager was efficient, worked well with social services who kept us fully informed. This has eased mum's transition into the world of nursing care. Although we are only 5 weeks into this new world, the team at Garden Hill appear to work well together to meet mum's needs. They have welcomed our input into mum's likes and dislikes and hopefully mum will start to fit in, as although she has dementia, she responds well to TLC.
The rooms I have seen are all clean and well presented and overall, I believe it deserves this recognition.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother has now been in care for 4 wks, so far I'm very impressed with staff (always pleasant and keep me updated on my mother). I have been at different times throughout the day and everything about the home seems to be decent and well looked after. Everything is kept clean and tidy and the staff
and nurses are on top of med situation. Can't comment on meals at the moment but will update you later. Management has kept in touch, especially with my sister.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

As a retired nurse and former matron of a nursing home, I was and have been on previous visits, greatly impressed with the home. The cleanliness is at once noticeable. Staff are pleasant and happy, showing respect to both clients and visitors.
When we visited at the beginning of February, my brother-in-law
was in the process of making a cake and happily waiting for it to cook so it could be iced, something I have never known him do. He laughed at us because he was wearing an apron.
It was a delight and reassuring to see him to happy.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My Grandma is in Garden Hill and she is very settled here. Although due to health issues, she can become unsettled. However, the staff are marvellous with her and very patient in helping to make her feel settled and secure. The communication between the staff and families work very well. It is very
clean and the meals look fantastic. There are lots of activities to keeps minds ticking and overall a nice home.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We could not be happier with the care my nan received and my mother-in-law is currently receiving at Garden Hill from every member of the staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Extremely good care.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Mother and father-in-law admitted together, staff extremely attentive and compassionate to enable the transition to go smoothly. The facilities are more than adequate, clean and well maintained. It is my first experience of care facilities so I have no real comparison but confident my in-laws are in
very good hands.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have found Garden Hill to be a very professional run home. My mother and father moved in on 31st October this year and are doing really well. The staff are very friendly and attentive to my parent's needs. Thank you.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I have visited my mam and dad at Garden Hill Centre on a number of occasions. On these visits, I have found the staff to be helpful and cheerful. I have also found the staff to be courteous, warm and emphatic to my mam and dad. The home has activities regularly which is a good structure to mam and dad's
day. The staff keep our family informed of any changes to my mam and dad or any concerns to regarding their physical conditions.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My sister has only been in this home for a matter of weeks but she seems more relaxed as the days go on. She is being encouraged by the staff in her mobility and personal care which is making my other sister and me happy. She is asked to attend activities, enjoys getting her hair done. The staff seem
to respect her wishes if she declines these offers.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Very caring and friendly.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Have found Garden Hill a really nice place. Friendly staff. Overall a comfortable place. Good management and staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I was very apprehensive about leaving my husband of 56 years in care, as you can tell we have never been separated, it was not easy to accept the new arrangements. I feel a lot better now I have seen the care he is receiving. There was a couple of issues but are now sorted. The staff are very good so
gentle and considerate and get the best out of my hubby as he has Parkinson's.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

From my first visit I have been very pleased with all the staff that look after my wife, the home is like a home form home, clean and well run. Each visit you are greeted well and made welcome. All your questions are always answered very quickly. I can recommend this home to anyone.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Mum was admitted to Garden Hill from rehab - we have been very happy with her care. The carers and nurses are all lovely with her - there are always activities etc. plenty to stimulate her.
She has been quite poorly for periods during her stay and all the staff have been very caring and concerned and
done their utmost to make her comfortable.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are always friendly and professional. They treat my father with dignity and respect and have a sense of humour.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

What a fantastic care hone Garden Hill is. Staff are very helpful from management to kitchen. I couldn't ask for better care for my mother.

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Current Review Score: 8.6 (8.583)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.6 (8.583) out of 10 for Garden Hill Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 4 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.9 out of 5 from 4 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 4.708 for Garden Hill Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (37 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 48 Ratings = 4.708

  • 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 3.875 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Garden Hill Care Home is based on 4 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 = 3.375

    • 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 40 registered maximum number of service users is 8. 4 Positive Reviews ÷ 8 = 0.5

  • 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: 9 Sep 2021

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Good

  • Caring

    Good
  • Effective

    Good
  • 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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Kate Charlton

Job Title: Deputy Care Home Manager

Joined: 2021

Kate is a registered Nurse with 16 years' experience of working in elderly care in Nursing Homes and a Hospice.