What is Nursing Care?
What is Nursing Care?
Nursing Care is designed to deliver around-the-clock medical assistance and support daily living requirements. People who require extensive rehabilitation care (following a stroke, for example), people who require peg feeding, people with physical limitations and people with chronic health concerns use this form of care.
This type of care is provided by qualified Registered Nurses and Nurse practitioners who take on a host of responsibilities, including administering medication, contributing to a patient's plan of care, collaborating with doctors and also ensuring a continuum of care is achieved.
Can Nursing Care be provided at home?
Nursing Care is routinely offered in hospitals, care homes and hospices, however 24-hour live in Nursing Care can be provided at a persons home. Nursing Care involves clinical care that can allow people with complex conditions and care needs to be safely supported so while it is possible for this care to be provided at home, the carer and environment need to be suitable to facilitate all medical and wellbeing needs.
What can Nursing Care do for you?
Receiving Nursing Care in a registered Care Home comes with an abundance of benefits, including:
Improving quality of life at Penrose Court
Not only are care homes able to provide a sense of community and allow residents to live fulfilled lives within a safe environment, but they also offer standards of personal care that simply cannot always be achieved in their home environments.
Supporting mobility
A nursing care home will be fully equipped and provide specialised equipment to ensure the safety of residents and support day-to-day mobility. Professional staff will also be on hand, day and night, to help assist with mobility.
Providing accessible activities that present opportunities
A care home will present residents with a varied and accessible activities programme that has been designed to motivate and engage all residents, regardless of ability. Attending and partaking in a variety of activities presents social opportunities as well as a number of cognitive, physical and wellbeing benefits.
Pursuing hobbies - old and new
A carefully curated Activities Programme and fully equipped nursing care home provides residents with all they need to be able to pursue hobbies. Our team is always looking for new opportunities for our residents to explore new ones as well, and will always listen to requests from our residents and make their wishes become a reality.
Professional nursing staff available 24/7
Professional healthcare staff are available to help and assist residents at any time of the day or night. With nurse call buttons fitted in residents rooms, assistance is only ever a quick button-press away.
Maintaining Independence
Care homes encourage independence and support residents day-to-day. Support covers medical care, which frees residents to focus on living life as independently as they desire, enjoying our range of facilities and activities programme.
Tailored Care Plans
A thorough care plan will be personalised and cover a residents physical, mental, medical and wellbeing needs. As care needs change over time, the plan will be adjusted and evolve in line with changing care requirements.
Medication Management
All personal care plans include the administration of all medicine types, with our dedicated qualified care assistants, on hand to support residents in taking their medicines correctly and on time.
Nursing Care at Penrose Court Care Home
Our highly-trained and dedicated nursing team provides 24-hour Nursing Care for our residents with physical disabilities and high dependency needs, as well as end of life care.
Our highly qualified team is excellent at recognising when Nursing Care is the right option for you or your loved ones. They have the education and experience to quickly identify any changes in the health of residents, as well as knowing when it’s necessary to involve a doctor.
Person-Centred Care at Penrose Court Care Home
Person-Centred Care in a purpose-built, nursing home setting allows residents to receive tailored care blended with living a rewarding lifestyle in a home-away-from-home environment. Our registered Nurses provide exemplary elderly care every day, ensuring each resident is cared for comprehensively. Building close relationships with residents’ family members and loved ones enable us to build an accurate picture of their life which in turn allows us to ensure resident’s ongoing happiness, comfort and wellbeing. Here at our nursing home in Bedfordshire, we go above and beyond to facilitate the needs and wishes of all residents; accommodating all interests to ensure residents are happy and can live their lives as independently as possible.
Life at Penrose Court Nursing Care Home
We strive to ensure our residents are engaged and lead a fulfilled life every day. We want to give our residents as many chances as possible to have fun and be social, from participating in our varied activities programme to going on trips to the local community and meeting our neighbours. Most recently we have enjoyed events both inside and outside of the home, celebrated employee of the month, and enjoyed a pet therapy session. Visit our news and events to read more about these wonderful events.
We hope this blog has helped you to understand more about what registered Nursing Care is and how it could help you. If you have any questions about care at our nursing home in Biggleswade then please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of our specialist medical teams.
