Nursing Homes in Crawley

Crawley 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.

What Nursing Care in Crawley Involves and What to Look For

The difference a nursing registration makes

Nursing care differs from residential care in one decisive respect, and it shapes every question worth asking. A registered nursing home must have a qualified nurse on duty at all hours, so clinical needs such as wound care, injections, feeding tubes and complex medication can be met without moving someone again. 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 it.

Reading the three records

Ferndale Nursing Home and Ullswater Cottage both hold a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission, while Burleys Wood is rated Requires Improvement. That third judgement is a reason to read the report closely rather than to rule the home out, because it names the specific shortfalls and the provider may have acted on them since. Ask the manager directly what has changed and what evidence supports it. Check the date of each inspection as well, since a rating can be a few years old and senior staff change, and the two Good reports will each name their own strengths.

Getting an Assessment and Funding a Placement

Starting with the assessment

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 daily routine. Ask West Sussex County 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, because those timescales are far shorter.

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, hospital stays and extras such as hairdressing and chiropody.

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