Nursing Homes in Brixham

Brixham has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 2 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement. 2 of the 3 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Choosing a Nursing Home in Brixham and What to Look For

Who is actually on duty at night

The first thing to establish on a visit is who is actually on duty at night. A registered nursing home must have a qualified nurse on the premises at all hours, so ask how many nurses and carers cover each shift, how vacancies and sickness are filled and how much agency cover the home relies on. Ask how pressure care, continence support, swallowing difficulties and medication reviews are managed, and how quickly a general practitioner or district nurse attends when someone becomes unwell. If end of life care may be needed, ask what the home can provide and who supports its staff with it.

Reading the three records

Three Corners and Hill House Nursing Home both hold a Good rating, so read their reports for the strengths inspectors identified and note how recently they called. Douglas House is rated Requires Improvement, which is a reason to read that report in full rather than to rule the home out, since it names the specific shortfalls found. Ask the manager what has changed, when it changed and what evidence supports it. A judgement can be a few years old, so the date on a report matters as much as its wording.

Arranging the Assessment and Settling the Funding

How the assessment works

A nursing placement normally rests on an assessment of need followed by a financial assessment. The first is free, open to anyone who asks, and records the help required with mobility, medication, nursing tasks and the daily routine. Ask Torbay Council Adult Social Care to carry it out and to arrange the financial assessment alongside it, since homes will want to read the outcome before offering a bed. Where the move follows a hospital admission, ask for the discharge team to be involved from the start.

Fees and what sits outside them

Nursing fees are quoted weekly and run above residential fees, because they pay for qualified nursing hours as well as the room, meals, laundry and personal care. Where capital falls below the national threshold, the council may contribute up to the rate it will meet, with the resident paying from income such as pensions. Where registered nursing is confirmed as necessary, the health service pays a contribution towards the nursing element directly to the home. Ask for the fee in writing, with the policy on annual reviews and hospital stays.

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