Welcome to Old Gates Care Home
Providing accommodation for up to 90 individuals who require Nursing, Residential or Dementia care.
Old Gates Care Home
About Old Gates Care Home
Situated in the peaceful residential area of Feniscowles in Blackburn, Old Gates is a friendly care home, offering residential, nursing and nursing dementia care. Assessments are carried out prior to Residents moving into the home and a detailed person-centred care plan is formulated which is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
With sitting rooms, space for Residents to pursue their hobbies and interests. Old Gates has several places to relax, dine, exercise, socialise and be creative. The delightful landscaped garden and patio is the perfect spot to spend time with friends and family and is happily looked after by some of our Residents. Specialist equipment is available to support Residents.
The Bedrooms are bright, comfortable and lockable. Residents are invited to decorate their rooms with small items of their own furniture and treasured belongings so that it feels just at home. The Home is Wheelchair accessible.
Chefs at Old Gates pride themselves on knowing the tastes of their Residents and preparing a choice of fresh, nutritional, home-cooked meals and catering for any dietary or cultural needs. Relatives are able to dine with a Resident and there are no restrictions on visiting times, although, Old Gates does encourage protected meal times for Residents. Pets are welcome to visit the home.
Types of Care
Nursing care is offered to residents who need 24-hour around the clock care. This will be set out in a residents’ individual care plan and includes the monitoring and assessment of potential clinical problems such as: pressure area management; nutritional balance; fluid balance; administration and management of medication and pain management.
Residential care is long-term care provided to adults who are staying in a residential setting rather than in their own home. Our homes provide accommodation, meals, daily activities and individual care such as personal hygiene and nutrition. Each of our residential care homes is unique, designed to make the most of the home environment and its surroundings and with a focus on making sure that residents lead a happy, fulfilling and healthy life whilst in our care, in a home they feel safe and secure in. We want our homes to be their homes.
Palliative care is provided predominantly in our nursing homes and is focused on managing pain and making your loved one as comfortable as possible, ensuring they receive the care they want, where and how they want it, with dignity and respect in their final moments.
Our caring and empathetic teams provide highly sensitive and compassionate end-of-life care within our nursing homes, working with your loved one and their family, as well as their GP and other health professionals, to plan their care.
We Care Group provides dementia care in both a residential and nursing setting. Each of our homes that support people living with dementia is uniquely designed to make residents feel comfortable in their homes. Corridors are filled with photos and murals to evoke fond memories from the past as well as memorabilia to encourage stimulation. Colours are used throughout the home to create positive associations and trigger the right response to a situation and the food and menus are designed to cater specifically for residents with dementia. Several of our homes even have a dementia garden creating a sensory experience in a beautiful setting.
Specialist teams are on hand day and night to provide emotional and practical support to our residents, making sure they feel completely at home in their environment. Each resident’s personalised care plan is designed to support them in living with dementia in a positive way and in addition to any medical requirements, covers everything from mealtimes, hobbies and habits to activities that will stimulate their senses and engage them in a way that is fulfilling whilst at all times respecting a resident’s privacy and independence.
Bariatric care is provided in both a residential and nursing setting depending on a resident’s needs. Our teams are trained to support bariatric residents with their mobility, provide the right type of care to meet individual needs (including for example, keeping wounds clean), as well as supporting bariatric residents with their daily tasks. Our chef teams make sure dietary requirements and plans are followed whilst also being considerate to any preferences our bariatric residents may have.
Facilities
- Wi-fi available
- En-suite rooms
- Step-free access
- Activity classes
- Conservatory
- Day trips
- Exercise classes
- Flexible mealtimes
- Laundry
- Garden
- Night bite menu
- Private dining
- Relatives meal with residents
- Special dietary requirements
- TV lounge
- Wheelchair access
- Walk-in shower
- Single Rooms
- Double Rooms
- Rooms with ensuite WC
FAQs
Activities & Services
Complaints
Food & Diet
General
Medical Care
Old Gates Care 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:
- Caring for adults over 65 years
- Caring for adults under 65 years
- People living with Dementia
- People who require Nursing or Personal care
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
The maximum number of Residents allowed at any one time is 90.
Old Gates Care 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.
The delightful landscaped garden and patio is the perfect spot to spend time with friends and family and is happily looked after by some of our Residents. Specialist equipment is available to support Residents.
The Bedrooms are bright, comfortable and lockable. Residents are invited to decorate their rooms with small items of their own furniture and treasured belongings so that it feels just at home. The Home is Wheelchair accessible.
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
Management Team
Helen is an experienced home manager with over 25 years of experience in caring for the elderly.
The Deputy Manager supports this role and takes charge in the absence of the Manager. Senior Carers and Carers tend to the care of residents.
Care Team
A team of highly trained nurses and carers are on hand 24 hours a day to provide support and care to Residents at Old Gates. Training is provided to all staff with several staff members holding NVQs, the training is reviewed and updated regularly. All our Senior Carers hold or are working toward an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and of our care staff more then 50% hold an NCQ Level 2 with others who are working toward this qualification.
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 needs.
Old Gates Care Home invests in a wide range of training for all our staff members, not only do we complete the mandatory training, but 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 normal recreational events. Activities are planned and actioned through our Activities Co-ordinator; a 4 weekly plan is available.
Here at Old Gates 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.
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)
At Old Gates Care Home, we believe in helping enrich the lives of people with dementia to ensure they are happy and fulfilled.
Self-Funded price starting from £954 (excluding FNC for Nursing Residents)
(These prices are only a guideline, please contact Old Gates Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.)
For information about local authority financial support available, please check the care cost calculator
Latest News
2 November 2023
Blackburn Resident Celebrates 104th Birthday
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30 October 2023
Blackburn Care Home receives 5 Star Food Hygiene Rating
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- Awards
31 March 2023
Old Gates Care Home Rated ‘Good’ across the board!
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Contact Old Gates Care Home
Please complete the contact information below and let us know your needs. Upon receipt of your information one of our team members will reach out.
Phone Number
01254209924Manager
manager@oldgates.co.ukGeneral enquiries
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