Wansbeck Care Home
Church Avenue, West Sleekburn, Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5XE
01670 817 173Telephone
Admissions (Admissions)
Rooms availableRooms available
Overview
Wansbeck Care Home is a home in the West Sleekburn area of Choppington, which can accommodate 40 residents - it has a 'Good' rating from the CQC. Care can be provided for those with dementia, previous stroke, Parkinson's disease, mobility issues, dementia with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge. Wansbeck Care Home also offers the following short stay services; respite care, day care and has a specialised unit for male residents with specific behaviour needs. Wansbeck provides a home from home environment with highly trained, experienced staff who provide the highest quality of care. The care home is within a 2 minute walk to the nearest pub, it being just at the end of the drive. At Wansbeck we have great community links with MIND active, Smile thought sport, Julie and her Ukulele, singer Darren Foster and Northeast producers who all spend time entertaining our residents and whom the residents really enjoy spending time with. We have an extensive activities plan that caters and provides activities such as skittles, boules, knit and natter, Bingo and arts and crafts for our more discerning ladies and gents and sensory activities such as Namaste for our residents with dementia and other mental and physical ailments. We have Lindsay our hairdresser who visits the home each Friday and whom all of the residents love. We have a greenhouse on site where residents and their families can plant and grow a variety of things from flowers to vegetables and herbs.
Care Types
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Duration
- Long-term
- Short-stay
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Age
- Adults 65 and over
- Adults under 65 yrs
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Type of care
- Dementia Residential
- Residential
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Short stay services
- Day Care Services
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Specific care needs
- Brain Injury
- Challenging / Specialist Behaviour
- Diabetes
- End Of Life Care
- Frailty
- Hearing Impairment
- Heart Disease
- Incontinence
- Parkinsonism
- Sight Impairment
- Speech Impairment
- Stroke
- Young onset dementia
Care Home Facilities
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Key Features
- Dining Room
- Garden
- Lift
- Lounge
- Protected Mealtimes
- Purpose Built
- Quiet Area
- Resident Choice Dining
- Wifi
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Accessibility
- Escort Service to Appointments
- Free Parking (on-site)
- Wheelchair Access
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Leisure and Wellbeing
- Activities (bingo, etc.)
- Designated Smoking Area
- Hair Salon
- Individual/Group Outings
- Laundry Service
- Podiatry
- Post
- Terrace
- Wellbeing
Room Facilities
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Key Features
- Own Furniture Allowed
- Wifi
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Dining
- Meals In Bedroom
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Bathroom
- En Suite and Communal Bathrooms
- Wet Rooms
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Accessibility & Equipment
- Assisted Bathroom
- Call Bells
- Ground Floor Rooms
- Hoisting
- Wheelchair Access
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Leisure & Wellbeing
- Hairdressing (in room)
- TV Point
In The Area
| Airport | Airport | 10.5 miles |
| Bank | Bank | 0.6 miles |
| Bar | Bar | 0.1 miles |
| Bus Station | Bus Station | 3.6 miles |
| Cinema | Cinema | 5.5 miles |
| Dentist | Dentist | 1.0 miles |
| Doctor | Doctor | 0.6 miles |
| Hospital | Hospital | 0.7 miles |
| Park | Park | 0.3 miles |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacy | 0.5 miles |
| Shop | Shop | 0.6 miles |
| Supermarket | Supermarket | 0.6 miles |
| Train Station | Train Station | 3.6 miles |
Languages
- English
Funding Sources
- Local AuthorityWhen your local authority pays for your care - sometimes referred to as 'state funding'
- Self-funding (private)When you pay for care home fees yourself
Regulator Rating
Overall: Good
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Safe:Good
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Effective:Good
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Caring:Good
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Responsive:Good
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Well-led:Requires Improvement
Additional Information
- 5* food safety rating
- no other accreditations
- no other accreditations
- We have received top 20 care home awards 4 years in a row. We have a 5* rating with the Environmental health department. We have received Cook of the year 2022 and Home support worker of the year 2024
- Top 20 Care home award 4 years in a row
- Marton Care cook of the year 2022, Home support of the year 2024