Nursing Homes in Loughborough

Loughborough has 9 CQC registered nursing homes. 6 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 9 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

What nursing care in Loughborough involves and what to look for

When nursing care rather than residential care is needed

The dividing line is clinical rather than practical. A residential home helps with washing, dressing, meals and company, while a nursing home does all of that and keeps registered nurses on duty at every hour, so that needs such as complex wound care, tube feeding, unstable long term conditions or end of life care can be met without another move. All nine providers listed for Loughborough are registered for nursing care, and some are set up for particular needs, so it is worth checking each profile to see what a home is actually equipped to do.

Reading the inspection picture

Six homes here hold a rating of Good, among them Beaumanor Nursing Home, Lonsdale Mews, The Hall and The Willows. One is rated Requires Improvement, and that report deserves reading in full rather than discarding, since the concerns may sit with governance or record keeping rather than with daily care, and the manager should be able to say what has changed. Two homes have not yet been inspected and rated, so no independent evidence exists for them and your own questions have to do more of the work.

Questions worth asking on a visit

Ask how many registered nurses are on shift by day and by night, and how gaps are filled when someone is off. Ask which GP practice supports the home, how quickly a deteriorating resident is reviewed and at what point families are telephoned. Ask what happens if needs increase, and whether anyone has had to move on because their care could no longer be provided there. Watching a mealtime will tell you more than any brochure.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The care needs assessment

The route into nursing care normally begins with an assessment of need. Anyone in Loughborough can request one, and a relative can ask on their behalf. It considers mobility, personal care, medication, memory and the clinical support required, and its written outcome is what confirms that nursing care rather than residential care is appropriate. Where the person is in hospital, the assessment usually forms part of discharge planning, so tell the ward team early that a nursing home is under consideration.

Who pays, and what it costs

Funding is settled separately from need. A financial assessment sets income and capital against the national thresholds, and Leicestershire County Council social care team is responsible both for assessing need and for arranging funded support where someone qualifies. Nursing homes cost more than residential homes because of the nursing cover, although the NHS may pay the nursing element directly through NHS funded nursing care, and a smaller number of people with intense health needs qualify for NHS continuing healthcare instead. Fees vary between homes, so ask each for a written schedule of what the weekly rate includes and what is charged separately.

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