Nursing Homes in Warrington

Warrington has 21 CQC registered nursing homes. 14 are rated Good, 7 Requires improvement. 9 of the 21 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Choosing the Right Nursing Home in Warrington and What to Look For

Every home on this page holds nursing registration, which means a qualified nurse is on duty at all hours and clinical care happens on site. With the range of inspection outcomes locally, the choosing needs doing with the reports open rather than on reputation.

Starting from the clinical need

Write down what a nurse would be doing each day, whether that is wound and pressure care, diabetes management, catheter care, complex medication or support at the end of life. Ask each home what it is equipped and experienced to handle and whether it has looked after someone with similar needs recently. Ask what would happen if a resident deteriorated and whether they would have to move elsewhere.

Reading the inspection outcomes carefully

Fourteen homes here are rated Good, six are rated Requires Improvement and one is rated Inadequate. A home rated Inadequate deserves particular scrutiny, so read the report in full and ask what has changed and who is running the service now. For the others, check the inspection date and look at which of the five key questions fell short, since findings about medicines or staffing carry more weight than findings about records.

What a visit should tell you

Go when the home is busy rather than at a quiet hour. Watch how staff speak to residents who are not expecting a visitor, whether people are occupied and how quickly call bells are answered. Ask how many registered nurses and carers are on duty overnight, how much agency cover is used and how long the manager has been in post. Try to be there while a meal is served, since mealtimes show how staffing works in practice.

Arranging and Funding Nursing Care in Warrington

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, and a relative, a GP or a hospital discharge team may request one on their behalf. It is free and does not depend on savings. Warrington Borough Council Adult Social Care carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that follows, which decides how much of the weekly fee the council meets and how much the resident contributes.

How the funding fits together

A contribution towards care delivered by a registered nurse is paid by the health service directly to the home. Where a person's main need is a health need rather than a social one, a further assessment can result in the whole package being funded through the health service. What remains is divided between the council and the resident on the basis of the financial assessment, and the council pays only up to a set weekly rate.

Cost questions worth asking early

Ask each home for a written fee schedule rather than a figure quoted on the telephone, and check what is charged separately, such as chiropody, hairdressing or escorted appointments. Ask how much notice precedes an increase, whether the room is held during a hospital stay and what the home does when private savings reduce to the level at which council support begins.

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