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Eynsham Road
Farmoor
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 9NL

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Care Type Care Home
Care Category Residential | Nursing | Dementia | Respite
Availability Yes
Weekly Prices From £1,850.00
Regulator's Rating Good
Meet The Manager

Pete Watt is Home Manager at Wytham House.

“Wytham House is a wonderful home-from-home with a fascinating history and a wide range of activities and facilities. There is an energetic and compassionate team working with me to deliver the highest standards of care.

We are really fortunate to have such extensive and beautiful grounds, and it is well-documented what a positive impact being outdoors can have on everyone’s mental wellbeing, so I will be working with my colleagues and our residents to make sure we are making the most of those opportunities.

Every person in our community has a story to tell and our role is to help those stories be told, shared, and understood. We put the individual at the heart of everything we do, celebrating their stories, and helping them write new chapters.”

Pete Watt

Wytham House care home with nursing in Farmoor, is a purpose built home set within 23 acres of beautiful gardens and parklands in the heart of rural Oxfordshire, providing the highest level of specialist residential dementia and nursing dementia care, for up to 40 elderly residents, including long-term care, trial stays, short-stay and convalescent care.

We are dedicated to providing dignified and respectful residential dementia and nursing dementia care. What matters most to us is the wellbeing of each of our residents, whatever their circumstances, whatever their needs.

Before each resident’s arrival we create a detailed individual care plan, in consultation with them, their family, and any appropriate health and social care professionals. This guides us in understanding likes, dislikes, needs and wants, helping residents to feel at home quickly. It includes a wealth of information from preferred waking times and food favourites to pastimes, interests and health issues, and is frequently updated to reflect any changes.

We believe it’s possible to live well with dementia, and by helping residents to continue to enjoy meaningful, tailored experiences, we can reduce the anxiety and frustration that their condition can cause.

All of our team members who deliver dementia care receive our unique dementia training ‘Living In My World’, which is accredited by City and Guilds. The training highlights the importance of meaningful activities and a stimulating environment for people living with dementia, as well as addressing clinical aspects of their care.

Caring Homes has also been commended for its commitment to training and has been honoured with the prestigious ‘Princess Royal Training’ Award.


Care Options We Can Provide
Support For Companionship, Convalescence, Nursing Dementia / EMI, Palliative, Personal care.
Disability Support Bed Bound, Physical Disability, Physically Frail, Requires Hoist , Walking Frame, Wheel Chair Bound.
Medication By Mouth, Injection, Suppository.
Type Of Dementia Mild Dementia, Moderate Dementia, Severe Dementia (EMI).
Dementia Behaviour Mild Forgetfulness.
Dementia Specialisms Alzheimer's.
Respite Care Yes

Autumna has invited care providers to evidence the infection control measures they are carrying out, above and beyond those laid out by the government, in order to keep residents, staff and visitors safe.

What we're doing to keep residents & visitors safe

We are working within the government guidelines to help protect our staff and clients.We use Nkind products and invest in new cleaning equipment.

Infection Control Initiatives in place
safe-tick Independent Assessments We have been independently assessed in our approach to infection control.
safe-tick Infection Control Training Our staff are trained to use measures which prevent and control infections.
Connectivity for resident testing, monitoring & communications

Infection control and the safety of both residents and staff often requires quarantine measures and the isolation of care home residents. To test, monitor and allow residents to communicate with relatives, the prevalence of room-level connectivity within the home is becoming increasingly relevant.

Wireless Internet access (WiFi)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Telephone for external calling

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Family Portal

Yes, our care home has provides families with a family portal. Find out more about Family Portals.

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With the restrictions on visiting during the pandemic, social media platforms such as these offer real insight when you are choosing a provider.

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Minimum Age
50

Our Building and Facilities

Design interventions can have a positive impact and help people to live well with dementia. Our home is designed to be dementia-friendly. Caring Homes has been working with guidance from Stirling University for over 25 years to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers.

Stirling University is an international centre of knowledge and experience including architects, designers and dementia specialists dedicated to improving lives and decrease everyday problems that come with dementia using a range of techniques based on continual research.

The immediate environment is critical to the health and wellbeing of someone living with dementia. With impaired memory and reduced cognitive ability, those with dementia need more visual cues to help to make sense of their environment and what’s happening around them.

Sometimes the loss of function of people with dementia is incorrectly blamed on dementia, when appropriate design is at the basis. This is where specialist knowledge from clinical experts and designers is required (Van Hoof 2005)

Our ethos is to create a care setting that promotes good health, based on research and should increase independency for the person living with dementia.

  • Keep design simple – make spaces free from unnecessary features
  • Make spaces appropriate to their function – our home should be homely
  • Make objectives easily understandable and recognisable, able to be used intuitively
  • Make design layouts logical in order to slow down or reduce the decisions about wayfinding
  • Make objectives and features clear and easy to see by the use of tonal contrast and good lighting
  • Reduce noise in the environment
  • Give people as much choice and control of their environment as possible

Throughout the home, we have memory aids to promote maximum independence and confidence and welcome you to tour our home and experience these for yourself.  Our dementia design features include strong lighting coupled with the use of colour and contrast for safety and perception, plus clear signage with icons to help residents find their way.

When you visit our home for the first time our team will share with you our building elements such as doors, windows, handrails, lifts, wallcovering, paint finishes, comfort under foot/flooring, safety cleaning, furniture, fixtures and fitting, sockets, communal rooms, dinning, crockery, kitchen areas and bedrooms including our acoustic monitoring.

Our clinical team can also demonstrate our electronic care planning system and talk about how we will work with our residents and families to understand them, their wishes and needs to ensure our care is individual and tailored to their needs.

Benefits of good design

Good design can have a positive impact on everyone living in with dementia but especially those with any visual impairments.  Specific benefits can include

  • Reduced confusion and agitation
  • Improved wayfinding
  • Better social interactions
  • Reduced risks of falling
  • Improved physical fitness – eating better, walking better and more interactions
  • Reduced incidence of depressions
  • Reduced reliance on pharmacy (medication)

Is Our Home Purpose Built
Yes

How Many Floors We Have
2

Who Owns Our Building
Private

Communal Rooms
Bistro, Coffee Shop / Café, Dining Rooms, Sitting Rooms, TV Lounges.

What Else Do We Provide
Coffee Shop, GP, Hairdressers, Lift, Physiotherapy.

Our Garden
Communal Garden, Communal Patio, Scenic Views, Seating, Wheelchair Friendly Access.

Description

Room Facilities

En-Suite Emergency Call Point

Level Deck Shower

En-Suite WC, Basin & Shower

En-suite Automated Lighting

Free Swing Doors

Monitored Light Levels (D)

Private Terrace/Patio From Bedroom

Lowered Cill Heights

Secure Patio Area

Television

Fully Furnished

Bring Your Own Furniture

Colour Contrast Walls (D)

Colour Contrast Switches (D)

Free WiFi in Bedrooms

Movement Alarm (D)

Locks on Rooms

High Contrast Walls, Carpets (D)


About Our Rooms
Number Of Rooms 40
Number Of Ensuite Rooms 40

Type Of Room
Single Room.

Room Features
Furnished, Garden View, Unfurnished.

Room Facilities
Alarm, Catch up TV, Freeview TV, Internet Access, Private Patio, Sky/Cable TV, Telephone Point.

Weekly Fees Start From Fee
Residential Fees From / Price Per Week £1,850.00

Funding Types
Local Authority Oxfordshire
Region South East
We Accept Self-Funding Clients Yes
We Accept Local Authority Funding Yes
We Accept NHS Continuing Healthcare Yes
We Accept Local Authority funding with a Third Party Top-Up Yes

Choice Dining Logo

Choice Dining is a food-focused accreditation designed to give care-seekers like yourself the ability to consider and compare the dining experience within different care settings.

To be awarded the Choice Dining badge, a care home will have committed to delivering exceptional dining experiences with a strong focus on preference, individuality, hygiene and the environment. You can explore the specifics of all participating homes in the tab below to learn more about the food on offer, how it is served and presented and what they’re doing to cater for your personal taste. Find out more about Choice Dining.

Styles of Food Pink tick icon Gluten-free Pink tick icon Halal Pink tick icon Pureed Pink tick icon Vegan Pink tick icon Vegetarian
Dining Locations Pink tick icon Bedroom Dining Pink tick icon Bistro Pink tick icon Lounge/Diner Pink tick icon Restaurant
Dining Styles Pink tick icon A la Carte Pink tick icon Hot Trolley Pink tick icon Room Service
Hospitality Pink tick icon Guests are welcome for dinner (Covid permitting)

The preparation, nutritional value and presentation of food.

Pink tick icon Attractive drinks and adaptive cups/glasses are available and accessible where needed.


Pink tick icon Individual dietary needs are person centred.


Pink tick icon Meals reflect the nutritional needs of the residents.


Pink tick icon Our menu is balanced.

Pink tick icon Snacks are provided for residents that require texture-modified food.


Pink tick icon Sweet and savoury foods are provided between meals (this does not just include cakes and biscuits).

Pink tick icon A la Carte


Pink tick icon Hot Trolley


Pink tick icon Room Service

A critical component for good health.

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Pink tick icon 5 Star Rated by UK Food Standards.


Pink tick icon Hand hygiene for both residents and staff.


Pink tick icon We are following best practice including NICE guidelines as a standard.

Pink tick icon We are conducting internal and/or 3rd party food safety audits.

Pink tick icon We have allergen management policies in place.

A freedom to eat the food you want, when you want it.

Pink tick icon Families are invited for meals [Covid permitting].


Pink tick icon Residents dining in their own room have the same food options as elsewhere.


Pink tick icon Residents dining in their own room have their food presented to same standard as elsewhere.


Pink tick icon Residents have access to Dining Room.


Pink tick icon Residents have the option of dining in their own room.


Pink tick icon Staff also dine themselves with the residents they support.


Pink tick icon Staff sit with the residents they support when they dine.

Pink tick icon Residents can order food not on the menu, or have access to an ‘evergreen menu’.


Pink tick icon Residents have access to a flexible meal service beyond defined times.

Pink tick icon More than one option is available at mealtimes for all residents, including those with special and theraputic diets.


Pink tick icon Residents with dementia are shown food or visual menus to help them decide.


Pink tick icon There is a weekly menu.


Pink tick icon We offer catering for special events.

Pink tick icon Residents are involved in the creation of the menu.

Pink tick icon The best interest choices are made for residents unable to make their own choices.

Understanding the wants and requirements of every individual be it cultural, religious or dietary.

Pink tick icon Halal food can be served.

Pink tick icon Gluten-free food can be served.


Pink tick icon Vegan food can be served.


Pink tick icon Vegetarian food can be served.


Pink tick icon We can support people with Diabetes.

Delivering a respectful and quality service.

Pink tick icon Residents are given appropriate and dignified crockery / glassware and cutlery.

Pink tick icon Staff are hospitality trained to present / serve meals.


Pink tick icon Tables are well laid.


Pink tick icon We have food theme days/nights.

Pink tick icon Staff understand and pre-empt potential meal-time behaviours which can impact nutritional intake.

Pink tick icon Staff always use appropriate and dignified language (e.g. it is an ‘apron’ not a ‘bib’).


Pink tick icon We promote an inclusive dining experience.

Pink tick icon There are no unnecessary disruptions during mealtimes.

Being environmentally and socially responsible and thoughtful.

Pink tick icon We correctly dispose of our waste.


Pink tick icon We have a waste management system.


Pink tick icon We monitor our food waste.

Pink tick icon We use locally sourced and locally grown or reared food.

Pink tick icon Our energy usage is well maintained.


Pink tick icon We are actively reducing food mileage.

Activities Are So Important

Our specialist group of activities co-ordinators make sure there are a range of mental, physical and social activities for our residents to participate in and enjoy.

A packed schedule of games, activities and trips means there is a social event to suit every resident's taste. Residents are able to take pleasure in a range of entertainment options, including singers and dance troupes, from the various types of visiting entertainment.


Activities At Home
Animal Petting, Birthday Celebrations, Board Games, Card Games, Crafts, Excursions, Gardening, Music Entertainment, Painting, Pet Therapy, Reminiscence, Singing, Themed Events, Visiting Entertainment.

Activities Outside Our Home
Park, Pub, Shopping.
go green logo

The Go Green badge is designed to give care-seekers like yourself the ability to consider and compare a care home’s sustainability and green practices.

The below statements are changes that the care provider has acknowledged they have implemented towards a more sustainable future.

The operation, maintenance, and repair of a property

safe-tick Do you use LED light bulbs? Yes
safe-tick Do you use motion sensors? Yes
safe-tick Is your boiler less than 15 years old? Yes
safe-tick Do you have an EPC rating? Yes
safe-tick Do you use eco-friendly cleaning products? Yes

The sourcing of goods and the landfill/recycling journey

safe-tick Do you monitor your waste? Yes
safe-tick Do you train your team on recycling practices? Yes
safe-tick Do you have systems for recycling throughout the home? Yes

Energy reduction and renewable energy usage

safe-tick Do you measure your energy consumption? Yes
safe-tick Is your boiler less than 15 years old? Yes
safe-tick Do you have an electric vehicle charging point? Yes

Using digital rather than paper based processes

safe-tick Do you use digital payslips? Yes
safe-tick Do you use online rotas? Yes
safe-tick Do you use digital care plans? Yes

Eynsham Road
Farmoor
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 9NL

Regulator: CQC

Current Ratings
Overall Good
Safe Good
Well Led Good
Caring Good
Responsive Good
Effective Good
Inspection Reports
Last inspected 27th January 2022
Last rated 28th March 2020
Current Report

Wytham House Care Home - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)

Historic Reports

Wytham House Care Home - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)

Registration Date 7th July 2016
Service Provider Caring Homes Healthcare Group Limited, CO4 9YQ
Transport
Bus Stop nearby, Car Park on-site.

Nearby Services
Local Walks & Bike Rides, Park, Pub, Restaurant, Shops.

Frequently asked questions about Wytham House

Wytham House was given an overall rating of "Good" by the CQC in March 2020.
Wytham House provides Residential, Nursing, Dementia and Respite care.
Wytham House has 40 rooms.
Prices for Wytham House start from £1,850.00 per week.
Wytham House is owned by Aria Care.
Yes. Wytham House does offer Residential care.
Yes. Wytham House does offer Respite care.
Yes. Wytham House does provide care for people with Dementia.
Wytham House comes under Oxfordshire.
Wytham House accepts Local Authority clients.
Wytham House accepts NHS Continuing Healthcare clients.
Pete Watt is the manager of Wytham House.

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