Bryony Lodge Nursing Home

Leechmere Road, Sunderland SR2 9DJ
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  • Bryony Lodge Nursing Home, Sunderland
Bryony Lodge Care Home is located in Sunderland's Grangetown area and is close to shops, amenities, public transport and the A19.

This purpose-built care home provides accommodation in single occupancy rooms, all of which have en-suite facilities.

Bryony Lodge features TV lounges and a quiet sitting room for relaxation. Separate dining rooms, where residents can socialise at meal times, are also available. Traditional home cooked food is served using fresh produce, with residents being able to select from the choices available daily. Special diets can be catered for.

Residents may benefit from the regular visits made to the home by an experienced hair stylist and qualified chiropodist. Complementary therapies can be arranged.

The home provides a varied programme of activities for residents' enjoyment.
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Care Provided

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 52 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Bariatric Care/Obesity
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1050 – £1450
  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: £1150 – £1500
  • Self-Funded Nursing Dementia Care: £1150 – £1550

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Bryony Lodge Nursing Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

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 £254.06 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Good to Know

Person in charge

  • Sharon Nicholson (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 50+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 1995
  • Last Refurbishment: 2019
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (52)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (12)

Visiting

  • Visitors for residents welcome at any time. Visitors welcome to look around the home at any time, but please contact the home first to ensure a member of staff can be made available to provide a tour of the home.

Parking

  • Bryony Lodge provides free parking facilities to visitors.

Bryony Lodge Nursing Home Reviews (73)

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Bryony Lodge Nursing Home has a Review Score of 10 (9.967) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bryony Lodge Nursing Home has 73 reviews.

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Review from Brenda W (Relative of Resident) published on 17 November 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would like to say a big thank you to all staff for the care they are giving to my relative and no doubt others! There are many people like this in the world, but they mostly go unnoticed, so may I take the opportunity to give them a shout out - thank you so much for all you do for me! Briony Lodge,
Hendon rocks! Well done all you fantastic people.
Reply from Sharon Nicholson, Manager at Bryony Lodge Nursing Home

Hi Brenda, thank you so much for your kind words. The Care Home does value your comments.

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Review from A S (Daughter of Resident) published on 24 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Mum has been here only two weeks but the care has been excellent. Like many older people, she has many health problems. The staff have dealt with them all with absolute professionalism. She has settled so well and it is a great comfort for us too. I can go home and not worry.
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Review from L W (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 7 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are very helpful and always friendly. My Mother in Law is very happy. I can't praise staff enough.
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Review from P W (Son of Resident) published on 6 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has been in Bryony Lodge now for almost one year after her previous care home was closed. It helped her that some of her friends moved with her, but she has been made to feel welcome from the start and is settled and content. For me, and the rest of the family, it has been reassuring to know
that she is well cared for and that everything, including her personal and medical care, is well looked after.
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Review from C S (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 6 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff in the care home are exceptional, always going the extra mile with my grandad to make sure he is happy every day. The staff have great high-quality care and my grandad classes them as family. He is very happy here. Rooms are very clean and tidy. Staff are very friendly and happy to help in
any way.
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Review from L H (Niece of Resident) published on 6 January 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Aunt has been a resident at Bryony Lodge for over 6 months and is shown respect and kindness at all times. She has settled better than I ever thought possible. The staff have taken the time to find out her likes and dislikes and as a result, she is content.
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Review from Neil I (Son of Resident) published on 1 July 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Only been here for 5 weeks but very impressed so far with everything.
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Review from Sylvia C (Sister of Resident) published on 25 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have only been coming to Bryony Lodge Care Home for about 10 months, in that short time, there is a tremendous difference in my sister. I can relax in the knowledge that my sister is being well fed, looked after and had constant care.
I have been to the home today (Valentine's day) and was pleased
to see that entertainment was surprised. I enjoyed it myself as well as the residents.
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Review from Maria W (Daughter-in-law of Resident) published on 25 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother-in-law has recently moved into Bryony Lodge and now that she has settled and got used to being here, I'm pleased to say she is happy and I feel she is well cared for.
The staff have been helpful and caring.
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Review from John L (Son of Resident) published on 13 February 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother was only a short time in Bryony Lodge.
At Christmas time she was to be discharged from a hospice and could no longer be cared for at home due to complex nursing needs.
I spoke to the manager and one of her nurses and she went on to make a comprehensive assessment and assured me her staff
could care for Mam.
It was so difficult for us all to accept that care at home was no longer an option but all the staff on the nursing unit made the process as easy as possible with their efforts.
After extensive disease progression, Mam died this morning. My daughter and her young children were visiting and the nurse was wonderful. She called me in then went on to take the children into her care while my daughter sat with her grandma in her last moments.
In Mam's last hours the nurse had given her appropriate medicines and, most importantly, spent time with an anxious and dying lady.
There is only one chance to get it right and I shall always be grateful for this care.
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Review from Ruth D (Daughter of Resident) published on 21 August 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All the staff are friendly and helpful.
Mum is very happy here, so glad we found this home.
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Review from Pauline W (Daughter of Resident) published on 12 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother was a resident here for a short period of time but the care she received was exceptional. The managers, nurses, carers, housekeepers, admin staff, treated her with great love and affection. As a family, we can't praise them enough and made her recent passing so much easier for us. She died
peacefully and with dignity.
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Review from Linda N (Niece of Resident) published on 6 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I visit my uncle every day and I am quite happy with the care he is receiving.


The staff are so friendly to us when we visit him as a family.


The rooms are large and comfortable. A very clean establishment.

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Review from Sheila M (Sister of Resident) published on 6 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Since coming in the home, my sister has had first class attention. Staff very friendly. Sister seems as if she is making good progress.
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Review from Joan R (Resident) published on 5 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am happy with the staff and manager. 2 weeks into my stay I am enjoying my time here. I have enjoyed activities, cooking, pamper days. I like sitting in the garden. I used to own my own home but now I have a lot of friends around me.
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Review from Deborah W (Daughter of Resident) published on 5 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I was so anxious that my Father was going into residential care but was totally amazed at the excellent standard of care, staff compassionate, caring and professional, every need was catered for to the highest standard. They treated him like a family member. I couldn't ask for more. Would recommend
most highly.
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Review from Paul B (Friend of Resident) published on 1 June 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Friendly, clean, helpful.
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Review from Keith G (Son of Resident) published on 1 May 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
No adverse comments.
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Review from Colin G (Brother of Resident) published on 3 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Bright surroundings with a good, positive atmosphere. Rooms are spacious and able to be personalised. Staff are exemplary from management, nursing and care assistants. All have a bright, positive can-do attitude and they seem to understand the needs and feelings of family and visitors as well as the
resident themselves. We chose Bryony Lodge for its modern outlook and our sense of how the staff would respond to and handle my brother's needs and we have not been disappointed.
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Review from D C (Son of Resident) published on 30 January 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The people make you feel at home. The food is great. Also, the activities are great, so are the outings. The home is clean and tidy.
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.967)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.967) out of 10 for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.967 for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is calculated as follows: ( (268 Excellents x 5) + (7 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 276 Ratings = 4.967
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is based on 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 52 registered maximum number of service users is 10.4, which has been reached with 23 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 16 May 2018

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
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  • Responsive Requires improvement
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Sharon Nicholson

Job Title: Home Manager Joined: 2018

Hi, I am the Home Manager here at Bryony Lodge Nursing Home!


I am proud to say that I am a dedicated qualified registered manager I have completed QCF Level 5 in Leadership and Management. And I am fortunate to be in a position to lead such a wonderful group of staff I have worked in healthcare since I was 19 and started out as a healthcare assistant within a care home providing complex nursing care for residents, as well as rehabilitation and palliative care. I also managed a Home Care business where I provided help and support into the community.


I love my role at Bryony Lodge and take great pride in supporting the team. The nurses and the staff are a dedicated and well-established group, and are all very proactive. I live local to the care home so I have good knowledge of the area.


Our staff are what holds the home together. Each one of these team members are dedicated to providing high quality care and services to those we support, and ensuring the residents enjoy all aspects of life at our home.v

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