Care Homes Owned by St Matthews Healthcare

seeks to offer a varied programme and keep fit, music, animals etc are offered by other providers.
Garden could be improved with residents'help/input.
I'm not always notified of meetings.

so much effort is put into everything this home does. They celebrate every occasion and involve the residents as much as they can. I can't say a bad word about Maple Leaf. My mum has been in this home now for 5 years.

every time I visited my wife she would be sat in her recliner chair wet with urine. I asked one person, I won't even call them care staff, to change my wife and she said it's only 2 hours since we changed her and she's not due for a change for another 2 hours. I even found my wife, who I must add is of zero capacity and can't do anything for herself, in bed soaking wet at 10am and it was from during the night, some of the sheet was dried yellow. Please don't send anyone to this non caring care home

at last.

an inflating mattress to prevent sores, no one has taken responsibility always passing the buck. Despicable care.

took place.
My grandad was left for 6 days with a fractured arm. How they were able to complete personal care without knowing was a joke, his arm was swollen and bruised and he was in pain!
I noticed his arm and a doctor was called in. He was then on morphine for the pain in the hospital. He then deteriorated that much after losing 10kg and the fractured arm that he passed away from aspiration which caused pneumonia so I was right he did have problems swallowing and if he had been assessed by the salt team he wouldn’t have lost 10kg in 4 weeks of being there. All of this led to the death of my grandad! The issue is it’s all agency staff that come and go. Never would I allow a family member to go here.

point most of the time we have given up. In July, fire alarms were set off, at least twice a day for Staff training due to high turnover. Consideration? Was this given to the residents, who were left alone, or sitting below an extremely irritating fire alarm? Management is very rarely available for any concerns. Covid jab was given, request for this not to be done. I could go on and on!
A few staff have been excellent, but they are under pressure supporting the constant turnover of staff, no new member of staff can replace a permanent member it takes weeks and time with the resident to be a 100% member of the team. This 'home' is run on tick-boxing exercise and no more!

and then further seen as the family being unreasonable (my brother had texted because the weather was warm and he just wanted to go out for few hours). I was shocked at the response and more importantly, was told the nurse has gone home stressed because of the family (all we did was ask for a reason for the change/refusal ? and a copy of the change of policy). Then to our shock, we all went park without my brother but then got a phone call from our neighbour that he was dropped off there! no communication from the care home at this point to say this happened and on top of that the 121 left him on his own there! I really hope other people feel like they cannot voice themselves and it really healthy to have 2-way communication.

and attitude was excellent. As dad has deteriorated they have shown compassion and understanding. They have provided dad with dignified care and us with moral and practical support. They have listened carefully and addressed our concerns. They have involved other professionals as needed and continued to keep us up to date and fully informed on dads needs and condition. We have requested dad stay at Hawthorn House for the rest of his now time limited care, secure in the fact he and us as a family will continue to be supported. Thank you to all staff involved.

As a family, we had already chosen a care home we had hoped he could live at post assessment, but such is the care he receives from absolutely every member of staff at Maple Leaf House, that we hope to secure a permanent placement once the assessment is over.

plays a part in making care completely special. Life is unique and precious and this home attempts to respect and reflect that in its care.

would be a difficult time, they have made a lot easier.

always adapts the menu to suit my mums need, which can be challenging. A special mention goes to the two entertainment carers. They have worked hard to provide activities to stimulate all the residents. Facetime has been invaluable in these difficult times. Well done all!