Care Provision

Facilities

The Home is friendly and comfortable and aims to provide a safe Homely environment. We have a range of equipment of assist with all aspect of daily living including adjustable beds where necessary, pressure relieving mattresses when required, bath rails, bed rails and a Shaft Lift. All rooms are furnished but Residents are welcome of bring in any of their own pieces or pictures that they wish. The Home is not suitable for total wheelchair dependent Service Users.

As to assist our Service Users with Dementia we have alleviated steps where possible from the internal structure of the building.

We also have assisted Bathing facilities for our Residents who are particularly frail or mentally impaired and need assistance bathing.

A professional cook does our catering with individual dietary needs being dealt with.

We have an in house laundry system but ask that all items of personal clothing are marked with the Residents name and that anything requiring special laundry Care is dealt with by relatives and that the staff are made aware of these.

Residents

The Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following the introduction of the Care Standards Act in April 2000 and we specialize in the Care of elderly people especially those diagnosed with Dementia. We can accommodate Residents in the OP (Elderly) & DE(E) (Dementia over 65 years of age) Service User Categories. The Home can accommodate 23 persons at any one time.

All Residents are assessed prior to admission to ensure that as far as is possible we can meet all the individual needs and requirements to guarantee a comfortable and happy stay with us. This will be confirmed in writing prior to admission to the Home in a letter from Mrs. Bartlett or Mrs. Kitchen, who will confirm that the room is available and that Care can be offered. Unless of course, there are unforeseen changes in the Residents condition or expectations on arrival at the Home.

We are not a Nursing or Secure unit facility, therefore we can not administer Nursing Care and we have an open door policy.

We can not accommodate Service users with or who develop challenging behavior or who have an aggressive nature to others.

Please note due to our “open door philosophy” and the physical location on the Home, we can not accommodate Service Users who have a tendency to “wander externally to the boundaries Home” as this would pose a risk to the Service User.

Health and Personal Care

We try to ensure that the Resident's privacy and dignity is preserved during the delivery of health and personal Care.

We refer to appropriate professionals to meet the health needs of each Resident. We produce with each Resident a plan of Care based on the initial assessment and which is then by continuing assessment, updated monthly.

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