Enter and view: Greenacres Care Home

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Healthwatch Calderdale and Healthwatch Kirklees undertook an enter and view visit to Greenacres Care Home on 28 July 2025.

Greenacres provides a welcoming, safe and supportive environment where residents can live with dignity and as much independence as possible. During the visit, Healthwatch observed many positive interactions between staff and residents, as well as a calm, clean and homely environment. 

Residents enjoy a wide range of meaningful activities, and visitors feel involved and welcomed. Staff showed dedication and compassion in their roles, even when acknowledging the challenges of busy workloads. Healthwatch found several examples of good practice—from the settling-in process to how meals were served and residents supported to enjoy the gardens. 

The facilities available – including a cinema, shop, hair salon, garden, and café – add to a strong sense of community and engagement. The lifestyle coordinator and wider team are clearly dedicated to improving quality of life for all residents, with many people saying they felt happy, cared for and valued.

There is room for improvement in a few areas, such as weekend activities, and some practical elements around food and dining. However, these did not detract from the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received. The team at Greenacres care home should be commended for their person-centred approach, attention to detail and strong culture of respect.

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General details

Local Healthwatch
Healthwatch Calderdale
Healthwatch Kirklees
Date evidence capture began
Date evidence capture finished
Key themes
Building, Decor and Facilities, including health and safety
Caring, kindness, respect and dignity
Cleanliness, Hygiene and Infection Control
Consent, choice, user involvement and being listened to
Food, nutrition and catering
Lifestyle and wellbeing; wider determinants of health
Patient/resident safety
Service organisation, delivery, change and closure
Staffing - levels and training

Methodology and approach

Was the work undertaken in partnership with another organisation?
No
Primary research method used
Observation (eg Enter and View)
If an Enter and View methodology was applied, was the visit announced or unannounced?
Not Known

Details of health and care services included in the report

Details of health and care services included in the report
Care home
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