Baylham Care Centre is a new purpose built care facility which was completed in May 2011.

It is set in stunning countryside overlooking the Gipping Valley between Needham Market and Great Blakenham in Mid Suffolk.

As part of the Optima Care group, which includes Barham Care Centre , the Centre enjoys an excellent reputation with general practitioners and social workers in the area. It is well positioned and serves the populations of Ipswich and surrounding villages. There is a good bus service stopping just 100 yards from the entrance, which runs between Ipswich and Stowmarket. Baylham is also two minutes away from the A14 and is very accessible by road.

Baylham Care Centre offers short or long stay care, respite, rehabilitation and day care services. Our admission arrangements are kept as flexible as possible to ensure we accommodate you in transition as much as possible.

Our principle aim at Baylham Care Centre is to provide care to all residents to a standard of excellence and to provide a happy, stimulating, stable and suitable environment. We believe in constantly striving to improve the services provided.

We embrace the fundamental principles of person centred care and good care practice, whilst responding to statutory requirements of new legislation and regulations concerning the provision of our service.

At Baylham, we offer services to individuals who have been in hospital for an illness or surgery to enable them to convalesce in pleasant surroundings. Physiotherapy will be provided according to a plan of care for a period that is agreed with you and the physiotherapist. We also provide support to those needing after care in their own homes by liaising with homecare agencies to arrange a care package.

Centre is spread over 3 floors with 55 rooms in total.

All bedrooms have been designed for those residents that need nursing care and are light and spacious with ensuite shower and toilet facilities. Some rooms are double to accommodate partners. All rooms have an electric adjustamatic bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers with locked facilities, TV, Wifi, two armchairs.

The agreed weekly fee covers the use of the room and the furniture and facilities and equipment of the Centre, as follows:

Each room contains:

· Nursing profile Bed

· Nurse call bell

· Combination Wardrobe

· Bedside Cabinet

· En-suite bathroom

· Suitable floor covering

Facilities include:

· Lounge with television

· Dining Room with television

· Large and small print books

· Cassette Radio

· Assisted bath and shower

· Laundering

· Toilet facilities

Equipment includes:

· Specialist mattress overlays

· Specialist pressure relieving mattresses

· Bed rails /bed cradles/backrests

· Syringe drivers

· Hoists

· Wheelchairs

· Nebulisers

All bed linen, curtains and towels are provided by the Centre, as is soap. However, if preferred, items such as hair shampoo, bubble bath, denture tablets/toothpaste and talcum powder are requested, a nominal fee will be charged and agreed on at admission or you may decide to provide these items yourself.

The service user shall have unrestricted use of the service users bedroom, lounge, dining room and other communal areas. Under normal circumstances there will be full access to the gardens and grounds of the Centre.

We encourage you to bring in personal items – photographs, ornaments, pictures and small items of furniture. Outside the bedroom door there is a personalised memory box which you can fill with photos and mementoes that are useful “triggers” for you when looking for your room.

All rooms on the top floor have balconies with window boxes and table and chairs.

Rooms on the lower ground dementia floor have patio doors with access to the garden.

Each room and ensuite bathroom has a call bell system enabling you to call for help from staff at any time. Please feel free to call for assistance, we are here to help.

Throughout the centre there are 3 dinning rooms and sitting rooms and

quiet areas with stunning views overlooking the Suffolk countryside as well as the secure gardens.

Our nursing and care team will work closely with you to form a respectful bond with both you and your family. We value the involvement of the whole family in ensuring we form a positive relationship between you, your family and staff so we get to know you well and what’s important in your life.

Our aim is to build a personalised care plan, regularly reviewed with care plan meetings with your key worker and named nurse where you can meet and share with us how you are feeling about things now and what you would like to do and be included in your care plan for the future.

In order to provide comprehensive care, staff will ask you a lot of private and personal questions. We would like to reassure you that all staff are contractually bound to respect and maintain confidentiality at all times.