Welcome to Brandon House Nursing Home

About Brandon House 

Brandon House Nursing Home is 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 outstanding care as follows:

• People living with Dementia – over 60 years of age
• Diagnostic and screening procedures
• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

The maximum number of Service Users allowed at any one time is 42.

Brandon House Nursing Home aims to continually provide its residents with a secure, relaxed, and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort is 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.

Brandon House is situated in the beautiful countryside on the outskirts of Leeds. The Home has been converted from a Country House and buildings adjoining the original house have been added on more recently.

The Home has three large lounges, one dining room and a Dementia garden where Residents can participate in various activities. Our wheelchair accessible enclosed garden area strives to include all our Residents including those living with Dementia. There are 40 single rooms and 1 double room, the majority with an en-suite bathroom or toilet. Every room has central heating, a nurse call system, modern fire detection, telephone and television point.

The home is set on two floors, with one large EMI unit located on the ground floor and a smaller EMI unit next to the Nursing unit, which is also located on the ground floor. A large lounge and dining room is situated on the ground floor, and another lounge and dining area is situated within both EMI units. All areas are fitted with domestic furniture and lighting. The well-manicured garden at the front of Brandon House gives a calm and serene ambience. For the exclusive use of our Residents, a 1950s style village has been created which includes a Post Office, a sweet shop and a greengrocer. 25 of our rooms have en-suite facilities and there are ample toilet facilities and bathing areas provided, within close proximity to all residents. For those residents who need help with bathing, we have bathrooms that are easily accessible for staff and service users.

Specialist equipment, which includes hoists, grab rails and aids, have all been provided to maximise the independence of our service users. Doorways that require wheelchair access all have the required opening width.

Our main lounge is equipped with a flat-screen colour television and our garden provides a relaxing and quiet environment for residents to rest or meet relatives. The EMI lounges are also equipped with flat-screen colour television. The dining rooms are well laid out with wooden dining tables and part upholstered chairs.

Our ground floor area has been adapted to suit the needs of all Service Users living with Dementia. There are 2 secure units comprising 15 bedrooms, two lounges and one dining area. Also, our corridors are filled with Memory Lane photos, reading corners and other interesting features to help our Residents living with Dementia to stay stimulated.

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.

Lunch is the main meal of the day in our homes – 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.

Management Team

Julie Fieldman is our Interim Manager at Brandon House. Julie has worked in the care sector for over 20 years. She has managed multiple sites, which have included caring for people mental health, learning disability, elderly care and dementia care needs. She brings a wealth of experience and new ideas. She is looking forward to supporting the team at Brandon House to progress and develop for the benefit of all our residents.

Care Team

Brandon House has 31 members of staff: 25 of whom are directly involved with providing care for our residents. Of the 25 Care Staff, over 72% hold an NVQ Level 2 or above in Health and Social Care and others are working towards it.

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 to meet each individual’s dietary need.

Brandon House 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 Brandon House Nursing 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-centered and one-on-one session to low mobility Residents or Residents who prefer not to socialise. 

At Brandon, we believe in helping enrich the lives of people with dementia to ensure they are happy and fulfilled.