Care Homes in Whittlesey

Whittlesey has 3 CQC registered care homes. 3 are rated Good. 1 of the 3 was last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

What Residential Care in Whittlesey Involves and What to Look For

The help on offer

Residential care covers the ordinary business of a day: getting up and dressed, meals, help with medication, keeping clean and warm, and the company that living alone often removes. Staff are trained carers rather than nurses, so a home of this kind suits someone whose needs are practical rather than clinical. Ask how care plans are written and reviewed, who a family should contact when something changes, and how the home responds if someone becomes frailer or develops dementia. Ask what happens if needs outgrow the registration, since that is better settled before a move than after one.

Three Good reports, read side by side

The Hermitage, Keneydon House and Aliwal Manor Care Home all hold a Good rating, so the reports are where the differences show. One may be praised for the way care is planned, another for activities or for how families are kept involved, and the strength that counts depends on the person moving in. Check the date of each inspection, because a judgement can be a few years old and managers move on. Where inspectors asked a provider to strengthen something, ask what has changed since and what evidence supports it.

Getting an Assessment and Funding a Place

Asking for the assessment

Anyone who may need residential care can ask for an assessment of need, free of charge and whatever their savings. It records the help needed across an ordinary day and becomes the written account homes read before offering a room. Requests go to Cambridgeshire County Council Adult Social Care, which also arranges the financial assessment that decides whether funded support applies. Where the move follows a hospital stay, ask for the discharge team to be involved early, because those timescales are much tighter than for a planned move.

Fees and the terms to settle

Fees are quoted as a weekly figure covering the room, meals, laundry and personal care, with hairdressing, chiropody and outings normally charged separately. Where capital falls below the national threshold, the council may contribute once its financial assessment is complete, and above it the place is funded privately. Ask every home for its fees in writing, together with the policy on annual increases, notice periods and what happens during a hospital admission. Where a property is involved, ask about a deferred payment arrangement before anything is signed.

Care Homes near Whittlesey

• Peterborough
• March