Nursing Homes in Honiton

Honiton has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 3 are rated Good. 2 of the 3 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Choosing a nursing home in Honiton and what to check

A nursing home is distinguished from a residential one by a single decisive fact, that registered nurses are on duty at all times. That is the reason for choosing one, so it is where the questions ought to concentrate.

Nurse cover across the whole day

Ask how many registered nurses are on duty during the day and overnight, and how many residents each is responsible for. Ask what happens when a nurse is off sick and whether agency nurses are brought in to cover. Ask how nursing staff are supported clinically, who they escalate to, and how often their competencies are checked.

Which clinical needs can be met

Ask directly which needs the home manages as routine, such as wound and pressure care, catheters, feeding tubes, diabetes management and syringe drivers, and which would be declined or prompt a move elsewhere. Ask how medicines are stored, administered and audited, since this is among the commonest subjects of inspection comment. Ask what equipment is kept on site, from pressure relieving mattresses to hoists and oxygen, and who maintains it.

Using the reports where ratings match

Honiton Manor Nursing Home and Gittisham Hill House both hold a Good rating, so the reports underneath are the only genuinely comparative material available. Read the sections on staffing and medicines in each and set them against one another. Note the date of every inspection as well, because a report describes the home inspectors found on that day rather than the home as it stands now.

Arranging and funding nursing care in Honiton

Funding nursing care involves one route that residential care does not, which makes it worth understanding early.

The assessment of needs

Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to an assessment, and requesting one is free and commits you to nothing. It considers the help required day to day, the clinical tasks involved, and the risks if that support is absent, and a carer may ask for a separate assessment of their own needs. Begin with Devon County Council Adult Social Care, which is responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible.

Nursing contributions, means testing and fees

Where a resident has been assessed as needing care from a registered nurse, a contribution towards that nursing element may be paid through the health service rather than the council. A financial assessment of income and capital then sets what the council contributes towards the rest. Where health needs are extensive, ask whether a continuing healthcare assessment is appropriate, since that decision rests with the health service. Ask each home what its weekly fee includes and request the breakdown in writing.

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