Welcome to Laburnum Lodge
We are a Residential Care Home for Elderly People, some with Dementia, in Cambridgeshire. Situated in the attractive village of Littleport, we are within easy reach of Ely, Little Downham, Downham Market, Isleham, Mildenhall, March, Wisbech and Chatteris.
We are a Residential Care Home for Elderly People, some with Dementia, on the Norfolk - Cambridgeshire border. Situated in the attractive village of Welney, we are within easy reach of Downham Market, Littleport, March, Ely, Wisbech and Chatteris.
Laburnum Lodge has been extended to provide purpose-built accommodation as a retirement home for elderly people.
Our residents receive 24 hour support and care where needed, and help and encouragement to maintain independence as far as possible. Some of our residents are able to manage their own affairs and some have a relative or professional advisor holding power of attorney. Some of our residents have Dementia such as Alzheimer's disease or other forms of memory loss. Our staffs are trained to provide appropriate care and support for these residents.
Our home has a friendly family atmosphere, is set in delightful landscaped gardens and is close to village amenities including shops, pubs and restaurant, and the Welney Wildlife Trust, which attracts many visitors.
Welcome
Care
Most of our residents who receive regular visits of health care professionals enjoy social life and activities, maintain good contact with their families and are happy here.
Support
Laburnum Lodge provides 24-hour care and support to our residents. This includes nutrition, personal hygiene, clothing, sleeping, interests and activities, personal beliefs and many more through the care and love of our staff.
Respect
We respect our resident’s needs at all times. That was the reason for the investment of acquiring a company owned wheel chair accessible vehicle which provides the residents with comfortable journeys to the places they want to visit.
Service
We provide permanent residential care for elderly people who need help to live independently. Most of our residents enjoy the social life and activities here, maintain good contact with their families, and are happy here.
Our Services
Services we provide
- Care for Elderly
- Care for Adults with mental health needs
- Dementia Care
- Respite Care
- Personal care
- Palliative Care
- Meals delivered to homes in and around Welney
- Companionships at your home for elderly people
On top of permanent care, we also provide short-term respite care, for example where a family member who provides care needs a break or a holiday and also for convalescence or recuperation after a stay in hospital.
Visitors to the home and to residents are welcome at all reasonable times, provided that the resident wishes to see them.
Activities and communityl
An important feature of our home is regular activities we organise for residents.
Activities in the home include but not limited to bingo, carpet bowls, drawing and model making, music with exercises and many others. Outside activities include short escorted walks to the local shop, the pub or the riverbank, visits to see various tourist attractions such as cathedrals, Cinema and shopping tours.
Entertainment is regularly staged in the home by outsourced visiting entertainers, which are very popular among residents. Residents are also encouraged to pursue their own interests as far as possible. We provide state of the art home cinema system in the lounge and the library provides good variety of books at Laburnum Lodge.
Residents are encouraged to maintain links with friends, relatives and the community by going out on visits and trips. We encourage friends and relatives to take residents out with them or to their homes.
Staff organise personalized birthday celebrations for the residents. Families and relatives of residents are encouraged to join them at all times. We also organise seasonal celebrations such as Christmas and Halloween parties, which both the residents and their families enjoy a lot. Well-organised cinema events, dramas and theatre are some of the other favourite events of our residents. They also enjoy engaging with nature related activities such as bird watching, visiting wild life trust and various other locations.
Laburnum Lodge operates on an equal opportunity policy hence capable of providing both male and female carers to suit their needs. We continuously check their preferences and strive to meet their personal requirements.
We may display some of the carefully and responsibly selected photographs in our own sites and social media. All resident and staff are informed to let the management know if they opt out not to display their photographs.
Services details
Laburnum Lodge provides 24-hour care and support to our residents. This includes:
- Helping residents to get up in the morning
- Helping residents to bed
- Helping residents with personal hygiene
- Providing all meals, snacks and drinks required
- Assisting residents with eating and drinking
- Washing and ironing residents’ own clothes
- Assisting residents to dress and undress
- Assistance with residents’ mobility
- Assistance for residents who have Dementia
- Care of the dying and bereavement
- Management of continence
- Promoting and assisting with interests and activities
- Enabling residents to follow their own religions or beliefs
Who are our residents?
We provide short-term or long-term personal, social and health care for service users who are unable adequately to care for themselves. The following are the main criteria, but an assessment is made of any potential resident before admission: Service user is over 65 years old.
Consultation with service users
Residents can and do put forward their views at any time. Residents are consulted informally often about the menu, the personal care they receive and activities they may wish to follow. There is annual formal consultation using a Residents’ and Relatives’ satisfaction survey questionnaire.
Fire precautions
The home is fully equipped with all the required fire safety equipment. Both equipment and systems are rigorously checked every six months by highly trained professionals and annually by the fire officers of Norfolk Fire Services.
Religious services
All residents are encouraged to attend religious services if they wish to, at the local places of worship or friends or relatives may collect residents for services. The home will ensure that residents are ready to leave when they are collected. Transport will be arranged upon request.
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Staff
A highly skilled senior care worker and other care workers led by professionally qualified Manager and deputy Manager provide care for residents throughout the day. Also on duty are a cook, domestic and maintenance staff.
Our Staff
Staffing at Laburnum Lodge
The home is managed by qualified manager register with Care Quality Commission, an experienced Deputy manager, HR manager and a nutritionist. Care managers, senior care workers and other care workers provide care for residents all day round. Also on duty are a cook, domestic staff and maintenance staff.
Our staffs are trained in all aspects of care, with refresher training at regular intervals. These are some of the areas where staffs are trained:
- Induction for new staff
- Fire safety
- Safe moving and handling
- Food hygiene
- First Aid
- Infection control
- Administration of Medicine
- Dementia awareness
- Dementia Care Mapping
- Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
- Health & safety
- Mental capacity Act
- End of Life Care
- Equality & Diversity
- Nutrition
- National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Care, levels 2, 3 and 4
Contact Us
Contact
- Laburnum Lodge, No 2 Victoria Street, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, Cb6 1LX
- 01353 860 490
- info@laburnumcarehome.co.uk
- www.laburnumcarehome.co.uk