Edendale Lodge Care Home – Belmont Healthcare
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Staff warmth score
of reviewers answered yes
Good to know
- Registered beds
- SpecialismsThe home cares for people with various needs including dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. They welcome both younger adults under 65 and older residents.
- Last inspected
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The Evidence
What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.
What families say
Families describe staff who really listen during those crucial early days. When residents need time to settle, the team shows genuine patience, helping with daily routines until everything feels more familiar.
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth68
- Compassion & dignity65
- Cleanliness50
- Activities & engagement50
- Food quality50
- Healthcare50
- Management & leadership67
- Resident happiness65
What inspectors found
Inspected · Report published
Is this home safe?
{"found":"Edendale Lodge holds a CQC rating of Good overall. This means inspectors assessed the home as safe at the time of the inspection. No specific safety findings, incident records, staffing ratios or medicines management detail are available from the public data reviewed here. The home cares for people with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments, which means safe moving and handling, fall prevention and medicines management are all particularly important areas to probe.","quotes":[{"text":"The patience they have shown whilst he adapts is amazing and always willing to help and make his life as peaceful as it can be.","attribution":"Google reviewer"}],"family_meaning":"A Good CQC rating tells you inspectors did not find serious safety failures, but it does not tell you what happens on a Tuesday night with two staff on and a resident who is unsettled. For your mum or dad, the question of safety is most acute after 8pm, when staffing typically reduces and the staff who know your parent best may have gone home. The reviewer's description of patience during a settling-in period is a positive sign that staff did not rush a vulnerable person through a difficult transition. However, you cannot assess safety from reviews alone. When you visit, ask specifically how many staff are on the dementia unit overnight and whether the same people cover those shifts regularly.","evidence_base":"The IFF Research and Leeds Beckett University rapid evidence review found that night staffing levels are where safety most commonly deteriorates in care homes, and that reliance on agency staff undermines the consistent relationships that reduce falls and distress incidents in people living with dementia.","watch_out":"Ask: how many staff are on duty between 10pm and 6am, and what is the ratio of permanent to agency staff on night shifts in a typical week? Then ask to see the falls register from the last three months."}
Is the care effective?
{"found":"Edendale Lodge's Good CQC rating indicates inspectors found the home effective in its care delivery at the time of inspection. No detail is available about dementia training content, care plan quality, GP access frequency or food and nutrition practice from the public data reviewed here. The home supports people with dementia alongside those with physical disabilities and sensory impairments, which requires staff to hold a range of specialist knowledge and adapt care plans to very different needs.","quotes":[{"text":"They have taken in my dad and made a world of difference.","attribution":"Google reviewer"}],"family_meaning":"Effectiveness in a care home is largely invisible until something goes wrong. For your parent, the most important markers are whether care plans are updated regularly and whether your parent's changing needs are noticed before they become a crisis. A Good CQC rating suggests the basics are in place, but the quality of dementia-specific training and the frequency of care plan reviews are things you need to ask about directly. The fact that one family member felt staff had made a real difference to their dad suggests care is being delivered with some thought rather than just routine, but one review cannot confirm systematic good practice.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies care plans as living documents that should be updated at least monthly for people with dementia, with family input at each review. Homes that treat care plans as administrative tasks rather than practical guides tend to miss the early signs of deterioration.","watch_out":"Ask: how often is my parent's care plan formally reviewed, and will I be invited to contribute? Ask to see an anonymised example of a care plan to judge whether it captures the individual as a person or reads as a checklist."}
Is this home caring?
{"found":"The most direct evidence available for Edendale Lodge relates to the caring domain. Two reviewers describe staff as patient, friendly and helpful. One family member specifically highlights the patience shown to their dad during his transition into the home, describing staff as always willing to help. A second reviewer, not directly related to a resident, describes all staff they interacted with as great, friendly and helpful across multiple contacts. The home holds a Good CQC rating, which means inspectors assessed the caring domain positively.","quotes":[{"text":"The patience they have shown whilst he adapts is amazing and always willing to help and make his life as peaceful as it can be.","attribution":"Google reviewer"},{"text":"All staff I have spoken with throughout this process have been great, very friendly and helpful.","attribution":"Google reviewer"}],"family_meaning":"Staff warmth and compassion are the themes families care about most in our review data, accounting for over half of what drives a positive family experience in care homes. The reviews here, though small in number, consistently describe the same quality: patience and genuine willingness to help. For your mum or dad, particularly if they are living with dementia, being met with patience rather than hurry during difficult moments matters enormously. Non-verbal communication, tone of voice and unhurried physical contact are as important as words for someone who may have lost reliable language. On your visit, watch how staff greet your parent in a corridor when no one is watching them perform.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base highlights that for people living with advanced dementia, non-verbal warmth, including physical touch, calm tone and unhurried presence, is more meaningful than verbal communication. Staff who default to task-completion rather than relational contact undermine wellbeing even when physical care is adequate.","watch_out":"On your visit, sit in a communal area for at least 20 minutes without being guided anywhere. Watch whether staff passing through acknowledge residents by name, make eye contact, or stop briefly. If staff move through the room without engaging, that tells you more than any planned tour."}
Is the home responsive?
{"found":"No detail is available about activities, individual engagement, one-to-one support or personalisation at Edendale Lodge from the public data reviewed. The home's Good CQC rating indicates inspectors found it responsive to residents' needs at the time of inspection. The home serves a mixed client group including people with dementia, younger adults under 65 and those with physical and sensory impairments, which means meaningful responsiveness requires genuinely individualised programming rather than a single group activity timetable.","quotes":[{"text":"Theresa is a wonderful manager.","attribution":"Google reviewer"}],"family_meaning":"A Good CQC rating in responsiveness means inspectors were satisfied the home was meeting individual needs at the time of their visit, but activities and personalisation are the areas most likely to slip between inspections without family scrutiny. For your parent, the question is not whether there is a timetable on the wall but whether there is something meaningful planned for them personally on a rainy Wednesday afternoon. Our review data consistently shows that families who describe a home positively mention activities and engagement, while those who raise concerns often describe a parent who sits in a chair unstimulated for long periods. The mixed client group at Edendale Lodge is relevant here: ask specifically what is offered to someone with your parent's level of need.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies Montessori-based approaches and everyday household task involvement as particularly effective for people with dementia, providing a sense of purpose and continuity with familiar roles. Group activities alone are insufficient for residents who cannot participate reliably in group settings.","watch_out":"Ask: what activities happened yesterday for someone with my parent's level of need? Then ask to see the actual activity records from last week, not the planned timetable. Ask specifically what one-to-one engagement is offered to someone who finds groups difficult or distressing."}
Is the home well-led?
{"found":"Edendale Lodge holds a Good CQC rating overall, which includes a positive assessment of leadership and governance at the time of inspection. One Google reviewer names the manager Theresa directly and describes her as a wonderful manager, which suggests she is visible and known to families. The home has also engaged in local community sponsorship activity, coordinated by a staff member called Lisa, which points to outward-facing leadership and community involvement. No detail is available about governance structures, staff culture, incident learning or communication systems from the public data.","quotes":[{"text":"Theresa is a wonderful manager.","attribution":"Google reviewer"},{"text":"Lisa from Edendale Lodge Care Home approached the company I work for to see if they could help with Sponsorship. They were seeking to help out their local community.","attribution":"Google reviewer"}],"family_meaning":"Leadership quality is the single strongest predictor of whether a care home improves or deteriorates over time. A manager who is named positively by families, who is visibly present and who builds relationships beyond the home's walls is a meaningful positive signal. For your parent, good leadership means that when something goes wrong, someone takes responsibility and makes a change, and that staff feel supported enough to raise concerns rather than hide them. The Good CQC rating confirms inspectors found governance satisfactory, and the named manager reference adds a human dimension to that. Ask how long Theresa has been in post, as manager stability is a strong predictor of consistent quality.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies leadership stability as one of the strongest predictors of quality trajectory in care homes. Homes with high manager turnover show measurable declines in staff morale, consistency of care and family trust, even when CQC ratings remain unchanged in the short term.","watch_out":"Ask: how long has the current manager been in post, and how long have the most senior care staff been at the home? Ask how staff are supported to raise concerns if they think something is not right. A home where staff feel unable to speak up is a home where problems go unnoticed."}
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
Against the DCC Good Practice in Dementia Care standards, this home’s evidence aligns most strongly on The home cares for people with various needs including dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. They welcome both younger adults under 65 and older residents.. Gaps or open questions remain on For those living with dementia, the patient approach during settling-in periods can make a real difference. Staff understand that adjusting to new surroundings takes time. — areas worth probing directly during a visit.
The DCC Verdict
Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.
DCC Family Score
These scores are based on limited public data: a CQC overall rating of Good, four Google reviews averaging 4.0 stars, and two usable review excerpts. The Good rating anchors scores above 50 across all themes, as CQC inspectors will have assessed safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Staff warmth and management scores are nudged higher because one reviewer directly describes patient, helpful staff and names the manager positively. All other themes remain at 50 because no inspection text, food observations, activity descriptions, cleanliness notes or healthcare detail are available to score above the floor. Treat these scores as a starting point for your own visit, not a definitive assessment.
Homes in typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Families describe staff who really listen during those crucial early days. When residents need time to settle, the team shows genuine patience, helping with daily routines until everything feels more familiar.
What inspectors have recorded
The manager stays closely involved with families, making themselves available when questions or concerns arise. This hands-on approach seems to give relatives confidence during what can be an anxious time.
How it sits against good practice
Getting to know the team at Edendale Lodge could help you decide if it feels right for your family.
Worth a visit
Edendale Lodge holds a CQC overall rating of Good, which means inspectors found the home to be safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led to a satisfactory standard at the time of their last visit. The small number of public reviews available gives only a partial picture, but what is there is encouraging: one family member describes staff as patient and genuinely caring during their dad's settling-in period, and the manager Theresa is named warmly, which suggests visible, relationship-based leadership. The home also shows community-mindedness through local sponsorship activity. These are positive signals, but four reviews covering a home that cares for people with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments is a very thin evidence base on which to make a decision about your parent. This Family View is based on limited public data rather than a full inspection report, so it cannot score food, activities, cleanliness, healthcare or night-time safety from direct evidence. The Good rating is reassuring, but your own visit matters more here than it would with a richer data set. Use the checklist questions above as your guide: ask about staffing levels after 8pm, how dementia-specific care is delivered, how the environment is adapted, and how the home communicates with families when something changes. Watch how staff interact with residents in corridors and communal areas, not just in the room where you are being shown around. If the warmth and patience described by the reviewer is genuinely embedded in the culture, you should be able to see it within a short visit.
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In Their Own Words
How Edendale Lodge Care Home – Belmont Healthcare describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Patient support through every step of settling in
Dedicated residential home Support in Battle
When someone you love needs specialist care, those first weeks matter deeply. Edendale Lodge in Battle understands this, with staff who take time to help residents adjust at their own pace. This care home supports people with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments, welcoming both younger and older adults who need that extra bit of understanding.
Who they care for
The home cares for people with various needs including dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. They welcome both younger adults under 65 and older residents.
For those living with dementia, the patient approach during settling-in periods can make a real difference. Staff understand that adjusting to new surroundings takes time.
Management & ethos
The manager stays closely involved with families, making themselves available when questions or concerns arise. This hands-on approach seems to give relatives confidence during what can be an anxious time.
“Getting to know the team at Edendale Lodge could help you decide if it feels right for your family.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
