West Oak is a purpose-built home with gardens in a quiet residential area in the market town of Wokingham, Berkshire, set within a quiet housing estate, close to Wokingham town centre. It is nearby to Wokingham train station, and the 190 bus route to Reading. The M4 and M3 motorways are also very easy to access. Wokingham town centre and a small park are a short walk away from the home.

West Oak provides 24-hour nursing care for older people, including people living with dementia. The purpose-built home is set in pleasant gardens, winning Barchester in Bloom’s internal competition in 2014 for its sensory garden.

Dementia Care

West Oak's dedicated Memory Lane Community provides a safe, homely environment for people living with dementia, which has been designed following these guidelines ensuring the care we provide supports residents’ freedom of choice. We aim to maintain their life-skills, improving their self-esteem and helping them to maintain and develop their independence while they are living with us.

Staff undertake specialist dementia care training developed by our team of Dementia Care Specialists and academic partners, the Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University. Together they ensure our training programmes are informed by the very latest thinking. We ensure that the people we support feel comfortable and safe in their surrounding environment, helping ensure they live life with dementia to the full.

Choosing a care home for a loved one or friend who may be experiencing dementia can be difficult and we have created a guide to showcase how we ‘Enrich the lives of people living with dementia’ in our care home.

West Oak has an inclusive, family atmosphere. We welcome visitors to the home and residents are encouraged to invite their relatives to join them at any time. We are always here to help.

Our 'Paying to live in a care home' guide is designed to try and help you understand more about the funding options available and what to consider when choosing a care home.

Read our Paying to live in a care home brochure

Types of care

Here at West Oak, we achieved an overall 'Outstanding' rating in our latest CQC inspection, which reflects the quality of care and commitment of our staff, many of whom have been working in the home for over ten years. When you walk around our units, you can't miss the smiling faces and laughter from residents and staff. Our team are naturally caring and work to provide residents with the highest standard of person-centered care. We believe that all residents are individuals, with their own personalities and lifestyles, and see our role as enabling them to maintain their decision-making and independence at all times, and give people the confidence to keep living their own lives with the opportunity to explore new experiences and relive old ones.

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Nursing care

Dementia care

Respite / Short stay

Read our brochure 'Enriching the lives of people living with dementia' for more information on our support.

Discover more about our events and activities

Read our brochure 'Providing great quality care and wellbeing' for more information on how we're here to help you and your loved one.

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Facilities

Day trips

Internet access/wifi

Nutritious & delicious menus

Digital care planning

Amenities on site

Access to kitchen facilities

Conservatory

Day trips

Exercise classes

Care duration

Accept direct referrals

Accept referrals from local authorities

Emergency placements

Intermediate care/home from hospital

Accommodation

Double rooms

Electric profiling bed

En-suite toilet

En-suite toilet plus bath/shower

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Our Team

The dedicated and experienced team are passionate about providing quality care to each individual living at the home.

Simona Cioinac

Senior General Manager

Hello. My name is Simone and I am the General Manager here at West Oak. Welcome to our website.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I love to see prospective residents, families and friends, new members of staff and the local community taking an interest in our community.

My role is to ensure that we deliver what we say we do. I am responsible for overall service delivery to our residents and community, inspiring and leading the team and to ensure high standards of governance and compliance are achieved.

I trained as a nurse in Italy, and worked there for 20 years in that capacity. The last 7 years before leaving Italy I had the privilege of serving the public healthcare sector through managing and leading frontline hospital services. In 2017 I came to the UK and joined the NHS, which I was particularly proud of. I have learnt a great deal from these colleagues along my career journey.

I truly believe in the values of responsibility, integrity, kindness, compassion and doing what I can for others. The care sector has afforded me the opportunity to ‘live’ these values in the workplace, for which I am truly grateful.

After serving in the NHS I was immediately drawn to Barchester because of the culture and principles the organisation aspires to.

I am now passionately working with the community and my team here at West Oak to take the home’s services forward. My team and I are fully committed to embedding the Barchester Values: RESPECT, INTEGRITY, PASSION, EMPOWERMENT and RESPONSIBILITY.

My door is always open to the community, family, residents and staff: do not hesitate to come and talk to me should you need anything or if I can assist in any way.

Thank you for your interest in our lovely home.

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Our staff are like family

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Our people

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation distributes over £150,000 per year to individuals and small community groups/charities across England, Scotland and Wales.

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Life at West Oak Care Home

Ensuring that we deliver high quality care to those we support isn’t our only priority here – we also want to offer excitement and, most importantly, to ensure that everyone feels at home. That is why we employ trained staff who are committed to delivering a stimulating activities programme and nutritious cuisine, which are supplemented by services and facilities that are designed to make life here as pleasant as possible.

Food & Nutrition

Our fantastic catering team are always on hand to prepare tasty and nutritious food with fresh, seasonal produce that is cooked to the highest of standards.

Food & Nutrition at West Oak Care Home

Activities & Events

Our varied activities programme reflects the dedication of our skilled staff, who bring a certain uniqueness to the home, which can&apost be found anywhere else.

Life at West Oak Care Home

Care & Facilities

Our home is equipped with a number of facilities and features that serve to enhance the lives of those we support.

Care & Facilities at West Oak Care Home

What people say about us

West Oak Care Home in Wokingham

CQC Overall rating

Outstanding

08 December 2018

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Your next steps to finding care

Our team are here to help you when you are ready to talk about the care and support you need. Please call our team to arrange a visit and come and take a look around our home.

Call our team

Call our team for more information about our care home and to arrange a visit. Phone lines are open 8am-8pm

01189 145 483

Send a message

We'll be happy to answer your questions about the next steps for moving into our care home. Send us a message online

Download a brochure

Download our brochure to find out more about life in our care home

Our fees and contract

We want to be as transparent as possible about how we charge for the different services we provide as well as what's included in our contract.

View typical fees View Our Contract Paying to live in a care home guide

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