Welcome to Barnston Court Care Home

About Barnston Court

Barnston Court Care Home is based in the lovely village of Moreton, Wirral with excellent transport links and close to amenities. Barnston Court has a CQC overall rating of ‘good’

The exceptional staff are a stable team and many have been with the home for over 10 years. All staff are highly trained and believe in person-centred care for all residents.

An on-site chef designs and cooks beautiful home cooking. On arrival, staff will sit down with residents and their families to discuss likes/dislikes and preferences of food. The home provides activities to stimulate physical and mental well-being.

Barnston Court Care Home part of a group that runs successful Nursing and Residential Care Homes. The Home is registered and inspected by Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide excellent care as follows:

• Caring for adults over 65 years
• Caring for adults under 65 years
• Complex nursing
• End of life

The maximum number of Residents allowed at any one time is 30.

Barnston Court Care Home aims to continually provide its residents with a secure, relaxed, and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort are of prime importance.

Carers will always strive to preserve and maintain the dignity, individuality and privacy of all residents and in so doing will be sensitive to the residents’ ever-changing needs. Such needs may be medical/therapeutic (for physical and mental welfare), cultural, psychological, spiritual, emotional and social, and residents are encouraged to participate in the development of their individualised Care Plans in which the involvement of family and friends may be appropriate and is greatly valued.

All Care staff within the home will be appropriately qualified to deliver the highest standards of care. A continuous staff training programme is implemented to ensure that these high standards are maintained in line with the latest initiatives and developments in Care Practices as may be laid down in appropriate legislation, regulations and Care Standards.

Barnston Court is a 30-bedded secure Care Home for older adults and for Residents living with Dementia, providing personal care and accommodation.

The home is a purpose-built three-storey care home, located in the town of Moreton. Built in 1990, the home is situated in a quiet residential area and is close by to local amenities.

Set over three floors, the home provides 20 single rooms and 5 double rooms. There is a large lounge and a separate dining room so our residents have the comfort to interact or watching television while they have their meals. The home also has a large double conservatory on the ground floor, which offers both ample seating, and a view of our garden area. All areas are fitted with domestic furniture and lighting.

The bedrooms are equipped with a nurse call system and a smoke detector. There are T.V points in all rooms and some have a bedside table with a lockable drawer for personal effects. Residents wishing to have their own telephone or TV will need to make their own arrangements. Residents are invited to personalise their bedrooms by bringing their own ornaments, pictures and any other objects of personal significance into the home. Furniture can be brought in by prior arrangement.

There are ample toilet facilities and bathing areas provided, within close proximity to all Residents. For those Residents who need help in bathing, we have bathrooms that are easily accessible by staff and Residents.

Specialist equipment, which includes hoists, grab rails and aids, have all been provided to maximise the independence

of our Residents. The home has disabled access including a passenger lift and access to the garden areas. Doorways that require wheelchair access all have the required opening width.

Registered Nurses are on duty 24 hours a day to ensure continuing high-quality care, and they are assisted by trained Care Assistants to ensure that personalised care and attention is provided to each Resident to maintain their dignity, self-respect and esteem.

All of our rooms comprise a wash hand basin. All hot water taps have temperature control and are checked weekly to ensure the right temperature for the comfort and convenience of our Residents and all of the bedrooms have matching bedroom units.

Additional charges will be payable by the Resident or their relative for hairdressing, other ancillary medical services and for personal requirements such as newspapers and clothing.

Our chef teams use great ingredients to provide freshly prepared, nutritionally balanced meals based on regularly changing, seasonal menus. We make mealtimes an occasion for our residents, enabling them to enjoy their food in welcoming surroundings and catered for by our care teams. Residents always have multiple options to choose from at all meal times and can opt for something different if they change their minds when the food arrives.

We make sure our residents start the day right with a filling breakfast including cereals, fruit, toast and porridge, plus a daily changing choice of hot options. Our Residents are welcome to have breakfast any time they desire, and we are happy to accommodate their morning schedule. Between Breakfast and Lunch, we offer mid-morning cake and coffee.

Here lunch is the main meal of the day – enabling residents to dine together in a restaurant-style environment and providing a choice of hot meals and the option of soup or a sandwich for those that don’t want something quite as filling. Lunch is finished with delicious desserts, all prepared on-site by our chef teams.

And then, between lunch and supper, it’s mid-afternoon tea time with mouth-watering freshly baked cakes that our residents and team members enjoy together, making afternoon tea an activity in itself. After supper, during the night, lighter meal options are provided in the evening, and fresh fruit and snacks are available throughout the day to keep resident’s nourished, energised and satisfied.

Our Management

Ann Nolan is the Registered Manager of Barnston Court. Ann has a wealth of experience in the care sector, she oversees the day to day running of the Home. Senior Carers and Carers tend to the care of residents.

Care Team

Barnston Court Care Home has 46 members of staff:  26 of whom are directly involved with providing care for our residents. Between them, they have over 100 years of care experience. Out of 26 Care Staff, 80% hold an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care.

Support Team

The Admin and Head Office team are responsible for dealing with fees and clients personal allowance, suppliers’ invoices and payroll.

Domestic and Maintenance staff ensure the home is a safe and clean environment at all times, following the regulations set by COSHH, HSE and IPC.

Our cooks work on preparing and providing meals to our residents 3 times a day to meet each individual’s dietary need.

Barnston Court invests in a wide range of training for all our staff members, not only do we complete the mandatory training, we also complete additional training courses such as Catheter Care, Challenging Behaviour, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, Dysphasia, Common Health Problems, End of Life Care and much more. All our staff re-train every year in dementia to keep our knowledge up to date to ensure we provide the best care.

Therapeutic activities are available for all our residents including those living with dementia; these include the normal recreational events. Activities are planned and actioned through our Activities Co-ordinator; a 4 weekly plan is available.

Here at Barnston Court Care Home, we have a dedicated activities coordinator responsible for creating a monthly activities calendar. We Care Group provides the activities coordinators with all the tools necessary to enhance the well-being of our Residents. Each Home is a NAPA (National Activities Provider Association) member, which means each month, we receive a variety of activities and ideas; our activities coordinators can also get trained and develop their skills as well-being coordinators.

As we have residents with dementia, it is crucial to have daily activities that help keep their minds sharp. We focus on the sensory stimulation for our residents, which means we have activities that stimulate their senses (taste, smell, vision, hearing and touch)

Besides the wide range of sensory stimulation and activities, each Home has a 40 inch interactive table. In the past year, WCG invested in getting a Sharp Interactive table to each Home to aid the activities coordinators to provide a more person-centred and one-on-one session to low mobility Residents or Residents who prefer not to socialise. 

In Barnston Court Care Home, we believe in helping enrich the lives of people with dementia to ensure they are happy and fulfilled.