Nursing Homes in Corby

Corby has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate.

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

Choosing a Nursing Home in Corby and What to Look For

Reading three very different judgements

An Inadequate rating is the most serious judgement the Care Quality Commission gives, and it changes how a home should be approached. Shirelodge Nursing Home holds that rating, so the report should be read in full, and any conversation with the manager should cover what has changed, when it changed and what evidence exists for it. Willow Brook House is rated Requires Improvement, and its report names the particular shortfalls inspectors found. Glenmoor House Care Home is rated Good, so read its report for the strengths identified and the date of the visit, since judgements age and a home may now be in a different position.

The checks that matter in nursing care

A registered nursing home must have a qualified nurse on duty at all hours, so ask how many nurses and carers cover each shift, how vacancies and sickness are filled and how much agency cover is relied 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. Ask to see a sample care plan and the recent activity programme. Visit twice if you can, once by arrangement and once at a quieter hour, and watch how people needing help to eat are supported.

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 North Northamptonshire 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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