Apollo House
The Avenue, Dallington, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN5 7AJ
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Care Provided by Apollo House
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 61 Service Users
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
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
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Lift
- Gardens
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
- Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1,650
- Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1,650
- Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: from £1,650
Fees are a baseline figure and are subject to change following an individual assessment.
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
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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
Owner
- Admire Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Shiju Sebastian (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2009
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (61)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (61)
Apollo House Reviews (75)
Apollo House has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.634) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Apollo House has 75 reviews.
Delighted with the care my relative is receiving. Thank you.
Find staff very helpful. Relatives meetings useful to find out what is going on.
The residents are all contented. The staff are caring.
Visit Auntie and she always looks presentable and relatively happy. Staff are all nice people
My friend is a recent resident. I visit him about once a week. He seems comfortable and well looked after, also in good spirits. The home has a friendly atmosphere, and the staff are also friendly and helpful.
Argyle House is always kept tidy and clean. Staff are very helpful and willing to help in every way. Mother is in good spirits and likes her room and surroundings. No complaints.
The staff are very friendly and welcoming to visitors, and also appear caring to the residents.
There is an up to date timetable of activities for every day, which is on display for all to view.
The outside is well laid out, with clear parking spaces, well lit at night when it is dark.
This home is a good home but does need some updating. Staff are very good but not enough are experienced, at this time agency staff are being used who do not know the resident's needs.
There is a good atmosphere here and everyone is welcome the management go out of their way to make sure everything runs smoothly. Food is adequate but not thoroughly thought through and could be better. On the whole, Ok.
Thank you for taking the time to write a review and your kind comments. We always ensure that the home is staffed with the appropriate numbers, therefore it is necessary when we have a vacancy to use agency staff to provide adequate cover. We endeavour, when possible to use regular agency staff....
I feel that since mum has been at Argyle House (admitted January 2015) the staff on the second floor have been outstanding. Not a single member of staff, but all the staff are absolutely brilliant! Mum can be very unsettled from time to time but they really try hard all the time to accommodate her needs. Although mum pays privately, I do feel it's really, really expensive and that the staff don't get the rewards and recognition that is reflected in the price.
They have an excellent rapport with the residents. The rooms are spacious, kept clean, the domestic staff/laundry staff are helpful and compassionate. The standard of food could improve, the meals I have seen appear bland and not colourful.
I have an ongoing issue with the laundry as do most relatives! Unhappy she has been attacked twice since admission, sustaining injuries that need a visit to A&E, however the home deal with the situation promptly and I have no complaints.
Thank you for your feedback. We have recently appointed a new Chef. The person who became aggressive has moved to a more suitable placement and plastic name tags are readily available to ensure laundry gets to its rightful owner. Our Manager Carol Wilson is always happy to discuss any concerns...
Staff kind and friendly towards dad.
(At some stages the staff are over worked and stressed out: but still give their all).
We chose this home ourselves after having a look around and found it very homely. After my mum moved in we were very pleased with the care given and all the staff very helpful. I would recommend Argyle House to anyone as it is a caring home.
I have visited this care home for some time and everything possible is satisfactory with all staff/ management etc. very helpful at all times. In fact I can't fault anything.
My friends are being very well cared for according to their differing weeks. The staff are so friendly and efficient.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 23 December 2022- Caring Requires improvement
- Effective Requires improvement
- Responsive Requires improvement
- Safe Requires improvement
- Well-led Requires improvement
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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