The Homestead

The Homestead is working within the government guidelines to help protect its staff and clients.

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)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Telephone for external calling

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

At The Homestead, we provide residential and residential dementia care for our 68 residents, in homely, en-suite accommodation. It’s a wonderfully calm and welcoming space, where our passionate team deliver personalised care in a warm, supportive and safe environment. For those who enjoy the outdoors, our landscaped gardens, sensory garden, patio areas and summer house are lovely areas to relax and, for keen gardeners, we have a potting shed. There’s a hair salon and coffee shop, and our bar ‘Carter’s Rest’ has its very own jukebox and piano. We have even got a themed train carriage and a dressmaking area. From the moment you come through our door, it’s down to us to make you and your loved one feel truly at home. Our wider care home environment enriches and inspires. Shared lounges and dining rooms provide an opportunity to enjoy time with friends within our tightly knit home community.

We encourage our residents to furnish their own rooms as they wish. This could be as simple as hanging a couple of their favourite pictures on the wall, but they’re also welcome to bring their own comfy chair, or anything that makes them feel at home. The most important thing is for everyone to feel comfortable, happy and settled. We have a mix of room types, including rooms with a full en-suite wet room and others with an en-suite toilet and sink. Some rooms also enjoy lovely garden views. If your loved one enjoys catching up with the latest news, sport, chat shows or soaps, we can provide a TV in their room on request, and there’s WiFi throughout the home. We have a call system which can be operated by a hand control or a pendant depending on personal preference. All floors are secured by keypad coding to ensure that residents are safe and secure at all times.

We’ve a schedule of optional events and activities, helping residents to explore their interests and discover new ones. There’s table tennis, armchair exercises, gardening, baking, flower arranging, arts and crafts and church services. We have a dedicated chaplain and music is an important part of every day. There’s music therapy for our residents living with dementia and we’ve even recorded our own CD. Together with regular visits from local playgroups, there’s never a dull moment.

Our approach to care is a truly holistic one, always with the aim of nurturing your loved one’s mind, body and spirit. This comes as part of our promise to you and our residents, to help them to genuinely live a better, more fulfilled life.

It’s about respecting their individual needs, listening and understanding, presenting them with opportunities and daily activities to keep their minds and bodies active.

Whether they flourish in a lively group activity or prefer to re-charge in the peaceful surroundings of one of our quiet spaces, our home is brimming with inspiration and potential.

We support everybody’s individual choices, interests and hobbies and our passionate Activity Coordinators love keeping residents active and entertained. They provide a fun-packed and stimulating schedule for people to participate in as they choose.

There’s baking, art and crafts, gardening, external entertainers, bingo and quizzes just to mention a few of the things we get up to.

We also provide regular gentle exercise sessions and have close links with GP surgeries, district nurses and dentists. Our in-house hair salon keeps everyone looking their best and uplifting visits from local schools keep us all young at heart.

We’re committed to helping residents make the most of every single day. Seize The Day is our unique initiative to support residents to fulfil their ambitions and make dreams come true. Whether it be a ride on ‘The Big One’ at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, a trip in a fire engine, or a visit to the swimming pool; we will move mountains to make it happen. Seize the Day is funded by charitable donations and available to all residents.

MHA is a leading provider of music therapy in dementia care across the UK. Funded entirely by charitable donations, these award-winning weekly sessions are led by our highly-trained therapists and can have an incredibly powerful and positive impact on a person’s wellbeing.

At The Homestead, our music therapists interact with residents through singalongs, playing simple percussion instruments and responding to musical cues in either a one-to-one or group setting. These sessions often prove to be truly life-enhancing, helping people to unlock special memories and express their feelings and emotions.

Are residents able to have pets within the home? Yes

What type of pets are allowed? Cats

What responsibility does the resident have for the pet(s)?Cat will reside in residents room. Resident is responsible for paying for food and medical (vet) costs

What responsibility does the home have for the pet(s)?Care plan will be provided for the cat, to ensure all health requirements are met

The Homestead Care Home - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)

The Homestead Care Home - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)