Nursing Homes in Todmorden

Todmorden has 3 CQC registered nursing homes. 1 is rated Outstanding, 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.

Arranging and Funding Nursing Care in Todmorden

The assessment that unlocks everything else

An assessment of need is what unlocks the rest of the process, and it costs nothing to request. It is open to anyone who may need care, whatever their savings, and it records the help required with mobility, medication, nursing tasks and the daily routine. Ask Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Care to carry it out and to arrange the financial assessment that follows, which decides whether funded support applies. Homes will want to read the written outcome before they offer a bed, so starting early shortens what comes after.

What a nursing placement costs

Nursing fees are quoted weekly and run 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 directly to the home. Ask for the fee in writing, with the policy on annual reviews, hospital admissions and anything charged on top.

Choosing the Right Home in Todmorden and What to Look For

An Outstanding record, one asking for improvement, and one without a rating

Waterside Lodge Care Home is rated Outstanding, which is uncommon, and the report behind it describes what the home does beyond the standard expected rather than simply meeting it. Millreed Lodge Care Home is rated Requires Improvement, so read that report for the shortfalls inspectors named, then ask the manager what has changed and what evidence there is. Centre Vale Hall has no published rating, which may mean it has not been inspected since registering, so ask when that was and how the provider checks its own standards. Note the date of each published report as well.

Questions that reveal how a home runs

Ask how many qualified nurses and carers cover each shift, how vacancies and sickness are filled and how much agency cover is used. 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. If end of life care may be needed, ask what the home provides and who supports its staff with 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.

Nursing Homes near Todmorden

• Rochdale
• Rossendale
• Burnley
• Halifax