Care Provision

Facilities

The Home is friendly and comfortable and aims to provide a safe Homely environment. We have a range of equipment of assist with all aspect of daily living including adjustable beds where necessary, pressure relieving mattresses when required, bath rails, bed rails and a Shaft Lift. All rooms are furnished but Residents are welcome of bring in any of their own pieces or pictures that they wish. The Home is suitable for total wheelchair dependent Service Users.

As to assist our Service Users  we have alleviated steps where possible from the internal structure of the building.

We also have assisted Bathing facilities for our Residents who are particularly frail or mentally impaired and need assistance bathing.

A professional cook does our catering with individual dietary needs being dealt with.

We have an in house laundry system but ask that all items of personal clothing are marked with the Residents name and that anything requiring special laundry Care is dealt with by relatives and that the staff are made aware of these.

Residents

St John’s Nursing Home is registered with the Commission for Social Care Inspection as a Care Home with Nursing, in the following Service User Categories for both sexes:

Maximum number registered 34

Old Age, not falling within any other category 34

Physical Disability 34

St John’s Nursing Home has been approved by the Countess Mountbatten Hospice in Southampton to take Service Users who require palliative Care.

Elaine Evans, Manager and Linda Curtis, Deputy Matron have undergone training as Palliative Link Nurses and St John’s operates the Liverpool Care Pathway for end-of-life Care. All trained members of staff are regularly updated in the use of syringe drivers.

Health and Personal Care

We try to ensure that the Resident's privacy and dignity is preserved during the delivery of health and personal Care.

We refer to appropriate professionals to meet the health needs of each Resident. We produce with each Resident a plan of Care based on the initial assessment and which is then by continuing assessment, updated monthly.

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