Welcome to Byron Lodge Care Home

Byron Lodge Nursing Home is part of the We Care Group that operates other successful Nursing and Residential Care Homes. The Home is registered and inspected by Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide care as follows:

• Dementia – over 60 years of age (DE(E))
• Diagnostic and screening procedures
• People who require Nursing and Personal Care
• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

The maximum number of Residents allowed at any one time is 61

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.

Byron Lodge is a 61-bedded secure Care home for elderly and Dementia Residents providing personal/nursing care and accommodation.

The home provides 61 single rooms, and all rooms come with en-suite facilities. The home has four large lounges and four separate dining rooms. All areas are fitted with domestic furniture, lighting and are equipped with flat-screen colour television. Byron Lodge is a purpose-built care home with everything on two levels, making it ideal for people with impaired mobility.

Byron Lodge is approached by the road to the home. Residents are able to enjoy the grounds and patio areas which contain a range of tables and chairs where they may sit out in the warm weather. The perimeter to the garden areas is enclosed, allowing Residents to walk around outside safely, and ramps are provided for wheelchairs.

The home has four communal bathrooms, four shower rooms, four separate WC equipped with grab rails and call bells.

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 width of opening needed.

The home has a hairdressing salon, and the hairdresser attends once a week. Also, our corridors are filled with sensory pictures to help our Residents living with Dementia stay stimulated.

We pay particular attention to detail in order to make the home a safe environment for our Residents, including those who may wish to walk with a purpose. We have installed a touch-tone keypad on the main exit out of the building in order to ensure the safety and protection of all our Residents. In addition, we have installed CCTV in communal areas and access points.

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

Charleen Trueblood is the home Manager of Byron Lodge. The home manager oversees the day to day running of the home. The Deputy Manager who joined us this year supports this role and takes charge in the absence of the Manager. Nurses, Senior Carers and Carers tend to the care of residents.

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 alternate days preparing and providing meals to our residents 3 times a day to meet each individual’s dietary need.

Byron Lodge 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 Byron Lodge, 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. We are NAPA (National Activities Provider Association) members, 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 Byron Lodge, we believe in helping enrich the lives of people with dementia to ensure they are happy and fulfilled.