Durban House
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33 Woodley Lane
Woodley lane
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 7JL
| Care Type | Care Home |
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| Care Category | Nursing | Dementia | Respite |
| Availability | Yes |
| Weekly Prices From | £1,150.00 |
| Regulator's Rating | Requires Improvement |
Durban House is a nursing home in Romsey caring for people over the age of fifty-five. Overlooking the town and the Abbey, Durban House is located at 33 Woodley Lane, set within its own well-sized landscaped grounds.
Durban House has established a reputation of providing care to local Residents with a more specialised focus on dementia and end of life care.
Our aim at Durban House is to make everyone feel at home and part of our caring community. The small things really matter to us, and we are absolutely committed to helping people live well in a lively and homely, but most importantly, caring home.
Durban House sits in the heart of the local community. We want our Residents to be able to maintain their connection with the local community and get the most out of life at Durban House.
We appreciate that many of our Residents cannot ‘do what they used to do’ and that sometimes mobility and confidence are not always what they once were. The team at Durban House has a good understanding of these issues and works with Residents and their families to find ways of helping Resident’s regain confidence and stay active and as independent as possible.
We want Durban House to be a home for life and our nursing team are able to provide more complex care and support Residents as their needs change. We work closely with GPs and the primary care network to ensure that we can meet changing health needs and provide caring and knowledgeable support as people move towards the end of their life.
Durban House
| Care Options | We Can Provide |
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| Support For | Companionship, End of Life, Palliative, Personal care. |
| Disability Support | Bed Bound, Hearing Impairment, Physical Disability, Physically Frail, Requires Hoist , Speech Impairment, Visual Impairment, Walking Frame, Wheel Chair Bound. |
| Medication | By Mouth, Change Catheter, Injection, Suppository. |
| Nursing Specialisms | Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy (MD), Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ulcerative Colitis. |
| Type Of Dementia | Mild Dementia, Moderate Dementia, Severe Dementia (EMI). |
| Dementia Behaviour | Agitation / Restlessness, Mild Forgetfulness, Wandering . |
| Dementia Specialisms | Alzheimer's, Vascular Dementia. |
| Respite Care | Yes |
Autumna has invited care providers to evidence the infection control measures they are carrying out, above and beyond those laid out by the government, in order to keep residents, staff and visitors safe.
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Infection Control Training | Our staff are trained to use measures which prevent and control infections. |
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Virus Testing | We are testing for viral infection when symptoms present within our care setting. |
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| Connectivity for resident testing, monitoring & communications |
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Infection control and the safety of both residents and staff often requires quarantine measures and the isolation of care home residents. To test, monitor and allow residents to communicate with relatives, the prevalence of room-level connectivity within the home is becoming increasingly relevant. Wireless Internet access (WiFi) Yes, our care home has WiFi in all our resident’s rooms. Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”) Yes, our care home has mobile phone signal in all our resident’s rooms. Telephone for external calling Our care home provides a telephone in some of our residents’ rooms. Family Portal Yes, our care home has provides families with a family portal. Find out more about Family Portals here. |
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We are on Facebook| Minimum Age |
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| 55 |
| LGBTQ Welcome |
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| Yes |
| Our Building and Facilities |
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The heart of the Home is the old house – ‘Durban’s’ – which dates from the turn of the last century. Over the years the house has benefitted from 2 extensions, the most recent of which provides a number of rooms with ensuite facilities and access directly into the garden. |
| Is Our Home Purpose Built |
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| Yes |
| How Many Floors We Have |
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| 2 |
| Who Owns Our Building |
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| Private |
| Communal Rooms |
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| Dining Rooms, Sitting Rooms, TV Lounges. |
| What Else Do We Provide |
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| Assisted Bathroom, Beauty Salon, Chiropodist, Dentist, GP, Hairdressers, Lift, Minibus, Optician. |
| Our Garden |
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| Communal Garden, Communal Patio, Seating. |
| How 'Smart' Are We? |
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| Interactive Digital Touch Table, Reduce Plastic Use. |
| Brochures |
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| Durban-House-Brochure.pdf |
| Our Photos |
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| Description |
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We have 37 colourful and cosy single bedrooms and one shared room. Each room has a television and residents have internet access. Some of our rooms have private patios with beautiful views of the garden. Residents are welcome to personalise their rooms. |
| About Our Rooms | |
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| Number Of Rooms | 42 |
| Number Of Ensuite Rooms | 13 |
| Type Of Room |
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| Single Room. |
| Room Features |
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| Furnished, Garden View. |
| Room Facilities |
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| Freeview TV, Private Patio, Secure Access, Telephone Point. |
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| Weekly Fees Start From | Fee |
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| Residential Fees From / Price Per Week | £1,150.00 |
| Funding Types | |
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| Local Authority | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| We Accept Self-Funding Clients | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority Funding | Yes |
| We Accept NHS Continuing Healthcare | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority funding with a Third Party Top-Up | Yes |
Choice Dining is a food-focused accreditation designed to give care-seekers like yourself the ability to consider and compare the dining experience within different care settings.
To be awarded the Choice Dining badge, a care home will have committed to delivering exceptional dining experiences with a strong focus on preference, individuality, hygiene and the environment. You can explore the specifics of all participating homes in the tab below to learn more about the food on offer, how it is served and presented and what they’re doing to cater for your personal taste. For more information about Choice Dining please click here.
| Styles of Food |
 Gluten-free
Halal
Kosher
Pureed
Vegan
Vegetarian
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| Dining Locations |
Bedroom Dining
Bistro
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| Dining Styles |
Hot Trolley
Room Service
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| Hospitality |
Guests are welcome for dinner (Covid permitting)
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The preparation, nutritional value and presentation of food.
Attractive drinks and adaptive cups/glasses are available and accessible where needed.
Individual dietary needs are person centred.
Meals reflect the nutritional needs of the residents.
Our menu is balanced.
Snacks are provided for residents that require texture-modified food.
Hot Trolley
Room Service
A freedom to eat the food you want, when you want it.
Families are invited for meals [Covid permitting].
Residents dining in their own room have the same food options as elsewhere.
Residents dining in their own room have their food presented to same standard as elsewhere.
Residents have access to a Bistro.
Residents have access to Dining Room.
Residents have the option of dining in their own room.
More than one option is available at mealtimes for all residents, including those with special and theraputic diets.
Residents with dementia are shown food or visual menus to help them decide.
There is a weekly menu.
Residents are involved in the creation of the menu.
Delivering a respectful and quality service.
Staff understand and pre-empt potential meal-time behaviours which can impact nutritional intake.
Staff always use appropriate and dignified language (e.g. it is an ‘apron’ not a ‘bib’).
There are no unnecessary disruptions during mealtimes.
Being environmentally and socially responsible and thoughtful.
We correctly dispose of our waste.
We have a waste management system.
We monitor our food waste.
| Activities Are So Important |
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Our activities programme is the beating heart of life at Durban House. Our Activities and Well-Being Coordinator provides a varied programme of activities that focuses on physical and mental well-being whilst at the same time being very entertaining. Regular visits from therapy animals and local musicians provide sensory activities, whilst baking and arts and crafts keeps the hands active. Photos and videos are used to aid memory sharing activities and the Home is alive with music and dancing much of the time. Keep up to date with our busy programme of events by following us on social media. |
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| Activities At Home |
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| Animal Petting, Bingo, Birthday Celebrations, Board Games, Card Games, Choir, Cooking, Crafts, Crosswords, Dancing, Exercise Class, Flower Arranging, Gardening, Knitting / Embroidery, Music Entertainment, Painting, Pet Therapy, Quiz Games, Religious Services, Reminiscence, Residents' Committee, Singing, Themed Events, Visiting Entertainment, Word Games. |
| Activities Outside Our Home |
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| Garden Centre, Local Tourist Attractions, Park, Pub, Shopping. |
| Our Pets |
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Relatives often bring family pets when they come to visit the residents. |
| Can You Bring Your Pet |
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| No |
33 Woodley Lane
Woodley lane
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 7JL
Regulator: CQC
| Current Ratings | |
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| Overall | Requires Improvement |
| Safe | Requires Improvement |
| Well Led | Requires Improvement |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Inspection Reports | |
| Last inspected | 5th October 2022 |
| Last rated | 17th November 2022 |
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| Registration Date | 11th January 2011 |
| Service Provider | J Sai Country Home Limited, RG14 1JN |
17th November 2022 | Transport |
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| Bus Stop nearby, Train Station nearby. |
| Places of Worship |
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| Anglican Church, Catholic Church, Methodist Church. |
| Nearby Services |
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| Hospital, Park, Pub, Shops. |
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