Nursing Homes in Lichfield

Lichfield has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 1 of the 3 was last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Planning and Paying for Nursing Care in Lichfield

Getting the assessments under way

The money question is rarely as simple as a weekly figure, so it helps to understand the parts before any home is chosen. An assessment of need is free to request, whatever the household savings, and it records the help required with mobility, medication, nursing tasks and the daily routine. Ask Staffordshire County Council Adult Social Care to carry it out and to arrange the financial assessment that follows, which decides whether funded support applies. Homes will ask to read the written outcome before they offer a bed, so having it in hand saves time later.

What makes up the weekly fee

Nursing fees are quoted weekly and sit above residential fees, because they pay for qualified nursing hours as well as the room, meals, laundry and personal care. Where capital falls below the national threshold, the council may contribute up to the rate it will meet, with the resident paying from income such as pensions. Where registered nursing is needed, the health service pays a separate contribution towards the nursing element, paid to the home rather than to the family. Ask for the fee in writing, with the policy on annual reviews, hospital admissions and extras such as hairdressing and chiropody.

Choosing a Provider in Lichfield and What to Check

One rating missing, one calling for improvement

Darwin Court Care Centre holds a Good rating, so read its report for what inspectors singled out, whether that is clinical leadership, activities or the way families are kept informed. Beechfields Nursing Home Limited is rated Requires Improvement, which is a reason to read closely rather than to rule the home out, since the report names the shortfalls and the provider may already have acted on them. Stubby Leas Nursing Home has no published rating, so ask when it registered, whether an inspection is expected and how it checks its own standards. Note the date of each published report as well.

What to check before deciding

Ask how many qualified nurses and carers cover each shift, how vacancies and sickness are filled and how much agency cover the home uses. Ask how pressure care, continence support, swallowing difficulties and medication reviews are managed, and how quickly a general practitioner or district nurse attends when someone deteriorates. Where a home has been told to improve, ask the manager what has changed and what evidence supports it. Visit twice if you can, once by arrangement and once at a quieter hour, and watch how people needing help to eat are supported.

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