Nursing Homes in Broadstone

Broadstone has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 2 are rated Outstanding, and 1 has not yet been rated. 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 Broadstone and What to Look For

Two Outstanding ratings and one home without a rating

Two Outstanding judgements on a short list is unusual, and it changes where your attention should go. Burwood Nursing Home and The Links both hold that rating, so their reports are worth reading closely for what the inspectors describe as better than the standard expected, whether that is clinical leadership, end of life care or the way families are involved. The Potteries has no published rating yet, which may simply mean it has not been inspected since registering. Ask that home when it registered, whether an inspection is expected and how it checks its own standards in the meantime.

The questions that matter in nursing care

Ask how many qualified nurses and carers cover each shift, how vacancies and sickness are filled and how much agency cover the home uses. 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. Ask what happens if needs change and whether the home can support someone to the end of life. Visit twice if you can, once by arrangement and once at a quieter hour, and watch a mealtime if you are offered the chance.

Arranging the Assessment and Settling the Funding

How the assessment works

A nursing placement usually rests on an assessment of need followed by a financial assessment. The first is free, open to anyone who asks, and records the help needed with mobility, medication, nursing tasks and daily routine. Contact Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Adult Social Care to request it and to have the financial assessment arranged alongside, 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 exceed residential fees because they pay for 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, hospital stays and extras such as hairdressing and chiropody.

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