Nursing Homes in Southsea

Southsea has 4 CQC registered nursing homes. 2 are rated Good, 2 Requires improvement. 1 of the 4 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 Southsea

Two things usually need to happen at once when nursing care becomes necessary: establishing that the level of care is right, and working out how it will be paid for. Nursing care costs more than residential care because it includes input from registered nurses, and that difference makes the funding question worth opening early rather than late.

Starting with an assessment

A care needs assessment is free and available to any adult who appears to need care and support, and a relative can request one with that person's agreement. Portsmouth City Council carries out the assessment and arranges funded support where the eligibility criteria are met. The assessor will consider whether needs can be met at home, in a residential home, or whether nursing care is genuinely required. Where someone is in hospital, the discharge team will usually set this in motion, but you can ask for it yourself at any point.

What nursing care costs and who contributes

If support is agreed, a financial assessment of income and capital sets the share the authority meets. Separately, anyone assessed as needing care from a registered nurse in a nursing home is entitled to NHS funded nursing care, a contribution paid directly to the home towards the nursing element, whether or not the person funds the rest themselves. Where the primary need is a health need, NHS continuing healthcare may cover the whole cost. Fees are quoted weekly and vary between homes, so ask each for a written breakdown.

Choosing a provider and what to check

Reading the inspection record

Three of the four Southsea homes are rated Good and one has been asked to improve. With a list this short, read all four reports rather than only the ones with the better label. For nursing care, pay particular attention to the findings on safety and on whether the service is well led, since those sections cover staffing levels, medication handling, and how the home responds when someone deteriorates.

Questions worth asking

Ask how many registered nurses are on duty across a twenty four hour period, not simply whether nurses are available. Ask how the home manages pressure care, continence, and pain relief, and how quickly a doctor is called when someone becomes unwell. Ask what happens if needs increase further, and whether the home has ever had to move a resident elsewhere. Where a home has been told to improve, ask what the inspector identified and what evidence exists that it has been put right.

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