Rosewood Lodge

What families say

Families talk about carers who strike just the right balance — gentle when residents need comfort, encouraging when they need motivation. There's real warmth in how the team interacts with everyone, and relatives appreciate being able to visit at times that work for them.

Based on 11 Google reviews · 0 reviews on carehome.co.uk · most recent 2026-04-10

The eight family priority themes

• Staff warmth55
• Compassion & dignity55
• Cleanliness55
• Activities & engagement50
• Food quality50
• Healthcare52
• Management & leadership60
• Resident happiness52

What inspectors found

Inspected 2018-11-16 · Report published 2018-11-16 · Inspected 2 times in the last three years

• Is this home safe?

  Good

  {"found":"Rosewood Lodge was rated Good for safety at its last inspection in November 2018. The published text does not include specific observations about staffing levels, medicines management, falls recording, or infection control. A monitoring review in July 2023 found no new safety concerns. The home is a small 20-bed residential service, which can support consistent staffing, but this has not been independently verified in recent years. Families should treat the Good rating as a starting point rather than a detailed safety assurance.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"For families, safety questions that matter most in practice are often the ones least visible in published ratings: how many staff are on at night, how often agency workers cover shifts, and how quickly the home acts when someone falls or becomes unwell. Good Practice research consistently identifies night staffing as the point where safety most often slips in small residential homes. At 20 beds, Rosewood Lodge is small enough that staffing should be relatively consistent, but you need to ask directly. The inspection findings do not give you the specific numbers.","evidence_base":"The IFF Research and Leeds Beckett University rapid evidence review found that agency reliance and night staffing gaps are among the strongest predictors of safety incidents in small residential dementia settings. A small home is not automatically safer; the quality of the permanent team matters most.","watch_out":"Ask the manager to show you the actual staffing rota from last week, not a template. Count how many permanent staff versus agency names appear on night shifts, and ask what the minimum staffing level is overnight for 20 residents."}

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• Is the care effective?

  Good

  {"found":"Rosewood Lodge was rated Good for effectiveness at its November 2018 inspection. The published text does not describe care plan content, GP access arrangements, medication management, or the nature of dementia training provided to staff. The home is registered as a specialist dementia provider, which means it should be able to evidence specific training and care approaches, but these are not described in the available findings. No concerns about effectiveness were identified during the July 2023 monitoring review.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Whether a home truly knows what it is doing for someone living with dementia often comes down to two things: the quality of individual care plans and the depth of staff training. Good Practice research shows that care plans work best when they are written with the person and their family, updated regularly, and used by staff in day-to-day care rather than sitting in a folder. For a 20-bed home specialising in dementia, you should expect staff to be able to describe specific approaches, such as how they manage anxiety, how they support someone who refuses personal care, or how they adapt communication as dementia progresses. The inspection findings do not confirm this level of detail, so ask for it directly.","evidence_base":"The Leeds Beckett rapid evidence review found that care plans function as living documents in high-quality homes, updated at least monthly and genuinely reflecting the person's current needs, preferences, and history. Homes where care plans are reviewed infrequently or written without family input tend to show poorer person-centred outcomes.","watch_out":"Ask to see a blank version of the care plan template the home uses, and ask how often plans are reviewed and whether you would be invited to take part in those reviews. Ask specifically what dementia training staff have completed and when they last did it."}

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• Is this home caring?

  Good

  {"found":"Rosewood Lodge was rated Good for caring at its November 2018 inspection. The published findings do not include descriptions of staff interactions, observations about dignity and privacy, or quotes from residents or relatives about how they are treated. Staff warmth and compassion are the themes families mention most in our review data, accounting for over half of positive reviews, but there is no inspection-recorded evidence here to confirm or describe what caring looks like at Rosewood Lodge in practice.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Staff warmth is the single biggest driver of family satisfaction in DCC review data, mentioned in 57.3% of positive reviews. Compassion and dignity follow closely at 55.2%. These qualities are hard to capture in a rating and impossible to judge from a published report alone. When you visit, watch for the small signals: do staff greet your parent by their preferred name, do they crouch to eye level when speaking to someone seated, do they move without hurry? Good Practice research highlights that non-verbal communication matters as much as what is said, particularly for people living with advanced dementia who may not understand words but respond clearly to tone and pace.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies unhurried, individualised interaction as the most consistent marker of genuine caring in dementia settings. Homes where staff are observed to be rushed, task-focused, or using institutional language tend to score lower on resident wellbeing measures regardless of their official rating.","watch_out":"During your visit, watch how staff greet your parent or any resident you pass in the corridor. Do they use the person's name, make eye contact, and pause rather than walk past? Ask the manager what name your parent would be known by and how that is recorded and shared with all staff."}

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• Is the home responsive?

  Good

  {"found":"Rosewood Lodge was rated Good for responsiveness at its November 2018 inspection. The published text does not describe the activities programme, how the home supports individual preferences, or how end-of-life care is approached. As a registered dementia specialist, the home should be able to show how it adapts care and activities for people at different stages of dementia, including those who cannot participate in group activities, but this is not documented in the available findings.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"For families, responsiveness means your parent has a life here, not just a bed. Activities that matter are not the group sing-alongs on the weekly poster but the small, individual moments: a staff member sitting with your dad to look through old photographs, or supporting your mum to fold napkins because she always kept a tidy house. Good Practice research highlights that Montessori-based and everyday-task approaches significantly improve wellbeing for people living with dementia, but these approaches require deliberate planning and trained staff. In a 20-bed home, one-to-one engagement should be possible, but you need to ask whether it actually happens and how often.","evidence_base":"The Leeds Beckett evidence review found strong evidence that tailored individual activities, including familiar household tasks and sensory engagement, produce better wellbeing outcomes for people living with dementia than group-only programmes. Homes that rely solely on scheduled group activities tend to leave residents in advanced stages of dementia without meaningful engagement for extended periods.","watch_out":"Ask the activities coordinator (or the person who leads activities if there is no dedicated coordinator) to describe what they would do with a resident who cannot join a group session. Ask how many hours per week are dedicated to one-to-one activities and whether they can give you a recent example."}

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• Is the home well-led?

  Good

  {"found":"Rosewood Lodge was rated Good for being well-led at its November 2018 inspection. A named registered manager, Mrs Victoria Maria Tyler, is confirmed as being in post. The home is owned and operated by Mr Jagath Nanda Kumar Adikaram and Mrs Antonia Adikaram. The published findings do not describe the management culture, how staff are supported, how complaints are handled, or how the home uses feedback to improve. The July 2023 monitoring review found no evidence of concerns.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Leadership stability is one of the strongest predictors of quality trajectory in care homes, according to Good Practice research. A manager who has been in post for several years, is known to residents and families by name, and is visible on the floor rather than office-bound tends to be associated with better outcomes. Management accounts for 23.4% of the positive themes in DCC family reviews, and communication with families is a distinct theme at 11.5%. The published findings do not tell you how long the current manager has been in post, how she communicates with families, or how the home responds to complaints. These are essential questions to ask.","evidence_base":"The IFF Research and Leeds Beckett rapid evidence review found that leadership stability and a culture where staff feel able to speak up are the two strongest predictors of sustained quality in small residential dementia homes. High staff turnover, even in a Good-rated home, is a warning sign worth investigating.","watch_out":"Ask the registered manager directly how long she has been in this role, what the staff turnover rate has been in the past 12 months, and how she shares information with families when their parent's health or care needs change. Ask whether there is a regular relatives meeting or equivalent."}

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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 Rosewood Lodge provides residential care for people over 65, including those living with dementia.. Gaps or open questions remain on The home welcomes residents with dementia as part of their wider care community. Staff understand the importance of maintaining routines and encouraging residents to stay engaged with daily life. — areas worth probing directly during a visit.