Northamptonshire Care Services Directory 2018/19
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Northamptonshire Care Services Directory 2018/19 Sywell Country Park The comprehensive guide to choosing and paying for care • Home support • Specialist care • Useful contacts • Care homes In association with The Beeches Residential Care Home for the Elderly The Beeches is a family run, 24-bed Care Our Services Include: Home, where excellence of care is the • Permanent, Long Stay, Respite and Day Care standard. Our care manager has several years’ care experience and leads a team • Wide range of activities and functions provided by our full-time activities of highly trained, professional, dedicated co-ordinator and caring staff. • Hair-dressing, chiropody and motivation Providing care for the elderly and those therapy with dementia, the home is set in half • Freshly made meals an acre of pretty, secluded and secure • Second floor accessed by lift with gardens where our residents have the wheelchairaccess throughout space for quiet reflection while being • All rooms have wireless nurse-call points and close to local amenities. are decorated to a high standard The house has two sitting rooms, a • Large secluded gardens giving a safe and quiet area to relax conservatory and a separate dining room. Offering in-house cooks producing a • Close to local shops and public transport varied range of freshly made meals, withThe • Registered Beecheswith the CQC and special diets catered for. ResidentialNorthamptonshire Care Home County Councilfor the Elderly We welcome visits atThe any Beeches time tois acome family and run, meet 24 bedded the staff Care andHome, residents where excellence of care is the and to havestandard. a tour Providing of the caregrounds for the and elderly facilities and those with dementia, the home is set in half an acre of pretty, secluded and secure gardens where our residents have the space for quiet reflection while being close to local amenities. The house has two sitting rooms, Tel: 01933 318498a conservatory • www.thebeechescare.co.uk and a separate dining room. 12 Higham Road,• OurRushden, care manager Northamptonshire has several years care experience NN10 and leads 6DZ a team of highly trained professional, dedicated and caring staff • A home for life is provided for the elderly and those with dementia • Permanent, Long Stay, Respite and Day Care • Wide range of activities and functions provided by our full-time activities co-ordinator • Seasonal outdoor activities arranged for residents, families and friends • Hair-dressing, chiropody and motivation therapy • In–house cooks producing a varied range of freshly made meals, with special diets catered for • Second floor accessed by lift with Wheelchair access throughout • All rooms have wireless nurse-call points and are decorated to a high standard • Large secluded gardens giving a safe and quiet area to relax • Close to local shops and public transport • Registered with the CQC and Northamptonshire County Council We welcome visits at any time to come and meet the staff and residents and to have a tour of the grounds and facilities Tel:Tel: 0193301933 318498318498 •• www.thebeechescare.co.ukwww.thebeechescare.co.uk 1212 HighamHigham Road,Road, Rushden,Rushden, NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire NN10NN10 6DZ6DZ Beeches FP 2014.indd 1 16/12/2014 11:10 Contents Areas covered by this Directory 4 Debt recovery 44 Welcome 5 Frequently asked questions about charging 44 How can I get support from Adult Social Care? 5 Specialist care 45 Sensory loss – hearing or sight 45 Personalised care and support 6 Learning disability 47 Personal Budgets 6 Brain injury 49 Personal Health Budgets 7 Mental health 49 Moving on from hospital – planning your Dementia 51 discharge 8 Residential dementia care checklist 53 Reablement 8 Essential information 54 Intermediate care 8 Comments, compliments and complaints 54 Support at home 9 Advocacy 54 Care and repair agencies 9 Inspecting and regulating care services 55 Major adaptations 9 Out of county care homes 56 Equipment and adaptations 10 Finding care options in your area 56 Assistive technology checklist 11 How solicitors can help 56 Making life easier at home 12 Safeguarding adults at risk 57 Are you looking after someone? 17 Northamptonshire Residents’ Panel 58 Care in your own home 19 Healthwatch Northamptonshire Paying for home care 19 – your voice counts 59 Home care agency checklist 21 The Silver Line 59 Home care providers 23 The Northamptonshire Association of Registered Care Homes 59 Health and wellbeing 35 Useful contacts 60 First for Wellbeing 35 Stop smoking 35 Care home / care home with nursing listings 64 Alcohol harm reduction 36 Index 82 Get a free NHS health check 36 Falls prevention 36 Northamptonshire County Council’s distribution Housing options to consider 37 of this publication does Assisted Living, Extra Care and Very not constitute its support or recommendation Sheltered Housing 37 of any of the products or services advertised or Care villages 38 listed within. All the listings in this publication are Care homes 39 supplied by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Types of care home 39 and neither Northamptonshire County Council nor NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Care Choices can be held responsible for any errors Nursing Care 39 or omissions. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of going Care homes checklist 41 to print. However, no responsibility can be held by Paying for care 42 Northamptonshire County Council or Care Choices for The financial assessment process 42 verifying claims made by advertisers. Council funding towards residential care 43 Self-funding your care 43 To obtain extra copies of this Directory, free of charge, Contributions towards non-residential care call the Customer Service Centre on 0300 126 1000. and support 44 This Directory is available electronically at www.carechoices.co.uk. Alternative formats There is also a Browsealoud option for those requiring the information in the spoken word. Visit www.carechoices.co.uk for further assistance with your search for care 3 Areas covered by this Directory Home care listings 23 n Kettering 69 Care homes 69 Care home listings 64 Care homes with nursing 71 n Corby 64 n Northampton 73 Care homes 64 Care homes 73 Care homes with nursing 64 Care homes with nursing 77 n Daventry 64 n South Northamptonshire 79 Care homes 64 Care homes 79 Care homes with nursing 65 Care homes with nursing 79 n East Northamptonshire 66 n Wellingborough 81 Care homes 66 Care homes 81 Care homes with nursing 67 Care homes with nursing 81 Braunston Marina Rockingham Corby Oundle Kettering Rushden Wellingborough Daventry Northampton Abington Park Towcester Brackley All Saints’ Church 4 For assistance with finding care and support, call Care Choices on 0800 389 2077 Welcome We hope you will find this Directory useful, it also, using compatible software, can be listened to provides information on the care and support through Browsealoud when visiting the website services available across Northamptonshire. www.carechoices.co.uk Fundamental to enabling you to make the right For more information about the range of services choices is providing you with information and advice delivered by Adult Social Care services, you can visit of the highest calibre and making sure that the our website at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ information reaches you. This Directory combines adultsocialcare both aspects – equipping you with information to make informed decisions, delivered in a way you Councillor Elizabeth Bowen told us suits you. We will continue to provide the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care information you need, and will engage more with Northamptonshire County Council you to develop a better understanding of how much you already know so that we can identify the gaps. This Directory can be viewed electronically and How can I get support from Adult Social Care? If you feel you need support, you should have an with so you can live as independently as possible. assessment of your needs to establish what you With your agreement, we may also talk to other might need help with and if you have eligible people who know or support you, including your support needs. doctor or nurse if you have one. Your first step should be to visit How do I request an assessment? www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/adultsocialcare You can request an assessment via our website. We where you will find information to help you may need to visit you to perform your assessment. If understand how adult social care works and how to this is the case, the Customer Service Centre will pass request an assessment. your information to the social care team based in your local area. An assessment worker will then visit Alternatively, you can contact the Customer Service you at home to carry out an assessment. Please see Centre. page 42 for details of financial assessments, which may also be required. One Angel Square, 4 Angel Street, Northampton NN1 1ED How quickly will you do my assessment? Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 6.00pm This will depend on how urgent your needs are and Tel: 0300 126 1000 • Email: to what extent your difficulties are affecting your [email protected] independence. We will endeavour to complete your assessment within 28 days but, if your situation is If you are in hospital, you should ask a nurse on your urgent, we will complete your assessment as soon as ward to refer you to the Health Partnership Teams possible. based in the hospital. Am I guaranteed to receive support directly from Your assessment is about you, and can be completed the council? by you or you can be supported to complete it. It Your assessment will give us the information we involves you answering some questions about your need to decide whether you are entitled to support life, what you can do and what you might need help from Adult Social Care.