Nursing Home Admission

For admission to Betsy Clara Nursing Home a individual requires a diagnosis of Dementia that has become severe enough to require Nursing Care. Referrals are taken from Private, Care Management or Mental Health Teams. Once a bed is available a pre admission assessment is completed to ensure that the prospective resident's needs can be met at Betsy Clara. As far as possible, relatives and other health professionals are involved in this process.

From the actual day of admission to the nursing home, a comprehensive assessment is commenced to ensure that all personal, health and spiritual needs are assessed to ensure that the care planning stage can begin. Should the resident have a current GP from an area that is not covered by the Nursing Home, another GP will be requested to cover all medical needs in accordance with the Primary Care Trust Guidelines.

Once the plan of care is implemented, this will be an ongoing assessment of care needs and will be evaluated to ensure that the resident's needs are current and have not changed.

Relatives are invited to discuss the care of residents whenever they have a concern. These requests are directed to the Trained Nurses as these Team members are responsible for overseeing all care needs. They will liase with GPs in regard to medication and health issues and can request input from other members of the Multi-disciplinary team such as Physiotherapists, Dieticians or Psychiatric nurses.

Relatives are involved in Care Planning for their relative and this is reviewed each year or sooner should care needs change.

Medical Cover

On admission it is assumed that residents will remain registered with their own GP. If this is not possible or the resident wishes to change their GP, staff will advise on the availability of local GPs and will help to arrange registration. Arrangements have been made for routine medical cover and specialized Occupational and Physiotherapists will visit on request. Visits by physiotherapists can be required by GPs. Domiciliary visits are made by dentists, chiropodists and opticians.

For more information on bed availability or for any further questions please contact us.