St Brendans Care Home

44 Sandhurst Road, Crowthorne RG45 7HU
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9.2 47 Reviews
  • St Brendans Care Home, Crowthorne
St Brendans is an impressive, purpose-built home developed to a high specification across four levels. The home is within easy reach of local amenities and is situated at the end of Crowthorne’s charming High Street.

The home is within easy reach of the town centre and neighbours Crowthorne’s picturesque Chaucer Woodland.

St Brendans offers fully inclusive, 24-hour person-centred residential and dementia care, as well as a week-long 'lifestyle programme'.

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Care Provided by St Brendans Care Home

  • Primary Care Categories
  • Dementia
  • Older Person Care
  • Respite Care
  • Care Types Provided
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 62 Service Users
  • Privately Owned
  • Care Offered
  • Alzheimer's
  • Challenging Behaviour/Psychosis
  • Colitis & Crohn's Disease
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Neuropathic
  • Orthopaedic
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • Speech Impairment
  • Visual Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Convalescent Care
  • End of Life Care
  • Own GP if required
  • Palliative Care
  • Separate Specialist Dementia Care Unit

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Miranda Smith (Home Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • Ages 65+
  • Room Information
    • Single Rooms (62)
    • Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (62)
  • Care Home Design/Build
    • Purpose Built: Yes

Funding & Fees Guide for St Brendans 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 £1,400
    • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care from £1,400
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care from £1,400
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care from £1,400
  • (these prices are only a guideline, please contact St Brendans Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements)

Facilities

  • Bar/Café
  • Close to Local shops
  • Gardens
  • Lift
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Near Public Transport
  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Television point in own room
  • Wheelchair Access

St Brendans Care Home Reviews (47)

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9.2

St Brendans Care Home has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.183) out of 10, based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time St Brendans Care Home has 47 reviews.

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Review from Valerie H (Daughter of Resident) published on 1 May 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St Brendans Care Home, Crowthorne, is a very caring and professional care home. Staff are excellent, always with the best interests of the residents at heart, safety and consideration to everyone's needs come first, to provide a pleasant and welcoming place of rest to those who need that extra care.
We as a family are so thankful that our mum is being looked after by such a dedicated team.

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Review from Juliet G (Daughter of Resident) published on 8 March 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Home is warm and comfortable. Carers are attentive and professional. Mum has settled in well and is happy.


The system that allows the family to see exactly what the resident had done/eaten etc on a day can sometimes not be accessed by staff, maybe a training issue.


Activities are good but sometimes

Mum seems to get overlooked, maybe just problem with staffing.


Mum not always happy with the food and I think for the money she is paying this could definitely be improved. Main meals should always include salad or vegetables as part of a balanced diet.


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Review from J B (Resident) published on 8 March 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Since beginning residing here I have felt much more comfortable and safer (I was at home with carers four times a day). The home is well designed and the room is very comfortable. The staff are very caring and pleasant and helpful. One may be as active as one wishes with a good choice of activities.
Although obviously, there could be more staff, the staff are very conscientious and capable. The grounds are very attractive and should be lovely in summer. The food is a good English general menu.

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Review from Anne K (Resident) published on 7 March 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

This is only the second care home I have been in and this is a great improvement on the first, although obviously more expensive. I like the cleanliness in all areas of the home and the reliable lifts. I do not like lifts but these are good. It is also nice to have a hairdresser and chiropodist when
needed. There is one thing I miss and that is a fridge in the bedroom. Perhaps this could be arranged sometime in the future.

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Review from Joan S (Resident) published on 7 March 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I have found staff and management kind and comforting and always willing to be helpful. As I am extremely deaf, I rely on them to make/receive telephone calls and make contact with outside services which they do when I need them.

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Review from D K (Son of Resident) published on 9 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Admin staff are strong.
Care staff - appear good but short of resources; worry when home achieves full capacity if staff would cope.
Chef problems - evident that the home is struggling to attract and retain good quality kitchen staff.
Value for money - the food is pretty average; at GBP140 per day
you'd expect better.

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Review from Chris B (Son of Resident) published on 7 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Warm, but sometimes too warm, clean and bright environment. Staff caring but sometimes under pressure. Management have responded well to mum's issues and have adapted her room accordingly. Will be interesting to see how the staff cope as the number of residents increase and think car parking space will
become an issue!

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Current Review Score: 9.2 (9.183)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.2 (9.183) out of 10 for St Brendans Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 10 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.6 out of 5 from 9 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 4.557 for St Brendans Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (84 Excellents x 5) + (23 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) + (6 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 115 Ratings = 4.557

  • 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 4.626 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for St Brendans Care Home is based on 9 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 = 3.9

    • 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 62 registered maximum number of service users is 12.4. 9 Positive Reviews ÷ 12.4 = 0.726

  • 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: 18 Mar 2022

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  • Caring

    Good

  • Effective

    Good

  • Responsive

    Outstanding

  • 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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Bed Vacancies

3 Bed Vacancies

posted 14 Mar 2025

Single en-suite or Companion rooms


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Meet the Team (1)

Carlene

Carlene Norman

Job Title: Registered Manager

Joined: 2021

Carlene has a passion for working with older people and striving to improve outcomes, providing the best possible quality of care. She studied Health and Social Care at college and received a BA Hons degree in Management at the University of Gloucestershire. She achieved the level 5 Registered Managers Award, after working in the adult social care sector as a manager since university. During her career, she has worked for the Local Authority, and for Quality Assurance where she assessed the quality of a variety of care service providers including residential, nursing and supported living care. She is happiest working alongside others and meeting new people, which is why she decided to return to care home management.