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Beechcare provides permanent and short-term respite care for those with nursing needs 24 hours a day. The team work closely with a GP who visits the home weekly to make sure all medical...
Care Provided by Beechcare Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Younger Adults
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 66 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Beechcare Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Beechcare Care Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Support you may be entitled to
- If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- The Bondcare Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Steph Larby(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 18+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2017
- Number of floors: 1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (66)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (66)
Beechcare Care Home Reviews (69)
Beechcare Care Home has a Review Score of 8.8 (8.829) out of 10, based on 5 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Beechcare Care Home has 69 reviews.
Peaceful, clean and good, caring staff. Most go above and beyond their duty.
We thank them all!
Thanks so much, Antoinette for your incredibly positive review. Reviews like this give such a boost to all our hardworking staff!
Keep Well
Beechcare Care Home is an excellent home. I did a lot of research before choosing Beechcare and consulted friends in the healthcare industry for their opinion and I am very happy with my choice. My Dad is always clean, tidy, well-kempt, alert, content, he never presents with anything that would cause concern. When he arrived from hospital, he was so sick that I didn't think he'd make it to Christmas, so it is a testament to the staff that he is still here two years later. Thank you for everything that you do for him.
From the outset, we have received the most professional, prompt and most importantly, caring levels of service.
My father is now 'home' and we could not be happier to know that he will be cared for as if he was living with us.
Thank you all.
Thank you, for your comments about your recent experience at Beechcare Care Home. Our residents’ wellbeing is our main priority and it is great to hear that you were so pleased with the quality of our care. If there is anything more we can do, please do not hesitate to reach out.
The management and staff are responsive to requests and suggestions made on behalf of my brother.
Thank you, Mary, for your feedback and for taking the time to share your experience of Beechcare Care Home. We are pleased to learn it has been so positive and look forward to seeing you again soon.
My son has been a resident of Peter Gidney Neurological Care Unit in Beechcare for approximately eight months. Due to the care he has received, there has been a significant improvement in his awareness and although limited, he can now communicate by the use of visual cards. All the staff at the centre are very caring and support our son whenever help is needed.
Thank you, Michael, for letting us know how we are doing at Beechcare Care Home. The care and wellbeing of every resident is our number one priority and it is rewarding to have such positive feedback about how we are doing.
My Mummy had such amazing care here, all the staff are wonderful, so very caring. All my questions were answered, could not have asked for more, home from home. A really amazing home, I can't thank you enough.
Thank you for your lovely feedback about your experience of our home. We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know how we are doing. Thank you so much.
You should be very proud of the staff that you have and the way your care home is managed, we now know the difference between a business and a care home, your residents are looked after and cared for with such dedication and compassion and this is truly a wonderful thing to see. It is one of the hardest professions to be in as far as we are concerned but your staff never lost sight of bringing a caring human side to their work.
We will miss our visits as we were starting to get to know many of the residents and we will miss them as much as anything.
I have very little experience of care homes but find Beechcare Care Home more than satisfactory. The main drawback is that management has to use agency staff at times who have no knowledge of my mother and her requirements. Agency staff service is poor and is required too frequently. A new manager is in place and I hope for improvement.
We are very pleased with the care given and the facilities available. We have had a few occasions when we were a little unhappy but these have been promptly sorted out to our satisfaction.
I would certainly recommend this care home to anyone.
We are so pleased with the kind people who are taking care of our Mum. They are so helpful and nothing is too much for them. The home is so clean! The food is very varied and looks fabulous. There are lots of different activities for the people living here to do.
My first impression of Beechcare is of well-maintained grounds and a welcoming entrance and friendly atmosphere. The running of the home is most efficient and every member of staff is always ready to help you with a smile. The staff are very caring spending a lot of time with residents. They have endless patience. I am most impressed by the cleanliness of carpets and also the cream lounge chairs. Food is prepared fresh each day again by pleasant staff who cater for resident's tastes and dislikes. There is a choice of menu and should a resident be off colour staff will do their best to tempt them to eat something. There are varied activities most days enjoyed by the residents. The laundry service is excellent. It is a truly caring home making sure its residents are as happy, well and comfortable as possible.
This is a very good care home and my friend is so happy and well looked after.
I have been coming to Beeechcare since July, every week until December this year. I have seen my friend go from unhappy to happy. The care has been first class. Thank you.
Really pleased with the care my Mum has received in settling in at Beechcare. The staff are very kind and caring and always have time to talk to the residents and family. Food is excellent, activities encourage stimulation and the rooms are clean and spacious. Feel really lucky to have secured a place at this home.
Very impressed with all the staff and making it a special day when it's someone's birthday. It's very nice to see activities taking place and everybody having such a good time. The staff are always happy and helpful and it's reassuring knowing the people you care about are in such good hands. A big thank you and well done to them all.
Happy and cheerful staff.
All staff from top to bottom very caring and friendly to all patients. Very welcoming to family and visitors.
The care home is always very clean when I visit and there is always something of interest to stimulate the residents, i.e. making cakes or playing armchair bowls and many more activities.
I am really pleased with the way she had been looked after since being here. She feels at home here...
The care home is a lovely well run place with great people working there from the top down. Highly recommended.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 04 March 2023Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
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