Choosing a nursing care home is an important decision that will have a major impact on your long-term health and wellbeing, so it must be made carefully. Consider your needs, both clinical and personal, and weigh up how a provider best meets them.
To help you navigate this process, we’ve created a guide of the six best questions to ask yourself when you’re deciding whether a nursing care home is right for you.
Does the Care Home Offer the Right Level of Care For You?
Ultimately, this is the most important question you must ask. The care home you choose must not only maintain excellent clinical standards but also provide tailored treatment to each individual. This includes accommodating differences in levels of mobility, ability to swallow, communicate, and complete day-to-day tasks. The right care home will automatically adjust treatment plans in accordance with unique requirements like allergies and work proactively to manage medication side effects.
At Loveday, residents receive bespoke care tailored specifically to their needs thanks to our expert team, advanced facilities, and industry-leading treatments. Our in-house nursing team can provide for your every need. These include support with day-to-day living like optometry, dentistry, and psychiatry, as well as specialist services like wound care, X-rays, and physiotherapy. Every treatment and procedure is carried out with the utmost care and diligence to maximise wellbeing.
What is Your First Impression?
While the quality and types of care provided are undoubtedly important, pay close attention to your initial impression. These details can be very revealing about the standards you can expect from a care home. Look around and ensure the premises are well kept and that the rooms and common spaces are clean. Furniture should be arranged thoughtfully to aid mobility and comfort, not scattered haphazardly.
Also consider if it is an attractive and inviting environment to live in. Mental wellbeing is vital for effective care, and the space should reflect that, with a calm atmosphere, navigable floorplans, and soothing colour palettes that don’t overstimulate.
Is it Accessible?
Accessibility is vital to maintaining independence when receiving care. Industry-leading nursing care providers, like Loveday, create an environment that facilitates mobility through thoughtful design choices.
Our residences are equipped with accessibility measures that enable you to maintain your freedom wherever possible. They are wheelchair accessible and extremely spacious, enabling you to move around at your own pace. Each has its own bathroom equipped with handles, rails, and an emergency pull cord should you need it.
Should you require them, additional accommodations are seamlessly introduced for those with chronic conditions and disabilities. This ensures that you will always be able to enjoy the lifestyle without the intrusion of clinical needs.
Do the Team Provide the Highest Levels of Support & Attention?
When visiting prospective care homes, be certain to note how the team interacts with residents. Are they compassionate and supportive when attending to personal needs? How speedy are their responses to requests? Do they respect the individuality, dignity, and privacy of residents?
At Loveday, we believe that we have struck the ideal balance between attending to individual needs with tact and dignity, while understanding the need for independence. To best support our residents’ independence and long-term wellbeing, we deliver our care with as little intervention as is practical. This empowers individuals to maintain the lifestyle they are accustomed to and enjoy enriching new experiences.
Does the Food Meet Your Expectations?
Food is an underrated but essential element of residential care. Practically, it helps maintain nutritional balance, can manage the symptoms of certain conditions, and gives you enough energy to enjoy your day. You should seek a care home that thoughtfully prepares tasty and nutritious meals that account for individual needs.
We understand this and go a step further. At Loveday, meal times are an experience unto themselves. Our industry-leading chefs prepare restaurant-standard meals using only the best ingredients to balance nutrition and taste. Our menu is also carefully tailored to unique dietary requirements, ensuring every Member receives the same exquisite quality.
The spacious and inviting dining spaces at our residences are the perfect place to enjoy your meal with friends and socialise, transforming meals into an enriching part of the day worth looking forward to.
What Experiences are Available?
Residential care is about more than receiving medical attention; it has the potential to be an enriching and rewarding experience. When choosing somewhere to live long-term, assess carefully if they provide a range of experiences. The best care homes will empower residents by facilitating experiences and ensuring they can enjoy their usual interests. As well as encouraging socialisation with other residents and visits from friends and family.
We ensure our residents are able to enjoy the hobbies they did previously and even pick up new ones. Whether that is by giving them the freedom to explore the sophisticated neighbourhoods near our residences, facilitating group events in-house, or bringing in external specialists. With our support, you can continue to live a fulfilling lifestyle filled with new experiences and opportunities to socialise with fellow residents and visitors.
Answering Your Questions about Choosing the Right Nursing Care Home
Ensure that you choose a nursing care home that delivers both clinical excellence and personal fulfilment. To learn more about our elevated standards of care, contact Loveday today and arrange a free tour of one of our luxury residences. Our team will be more than happy to show you around and answer any questions you have about your care.
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