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Birch Abbey

55 Alexandra Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9HD

01704 410 010

Regulator rating: Requires Improvement
Details updated 1 day ago

Rooms available

60 total beds
Privately Owned
Sefton Council

About Us

Birch Abbey is a purpose-built care home in Southport, Merseyside, specialising in high-quality dementia care alongside residential and nursing support for up to 60 residents. Designed with comfort, familiarity and wellbeing at the heart of the home, Birch Abbey provides a warm, welcoming environment where people can feel truly at home.

The home is thoughtfully arranged across multiple floors with spacious en-suite bedrooms that residents are encouraged to personalise with their own belongings, helping to create a familiar and reassuring space. Each floor features dedicated communal lunges and dining rooms, offering opportunities for social connection as well as quieter corners for relaxation. Outdoor access to peaceful gardens and patios further enhance resident wellbeing.

Birch Abbey offers a personalised approach to care built around each residents needs, preferences, life story and routines. This includes tailored care plans and one-to-one support where needed to promote dignity, independence and quality of life. The compassionate and skilled team are trained in dementia awareness and person-centred care which enables them to build strong relationships with residents and their families.

Residents also benefit from engaging communal features including a hair/beauty salon and a cafe style dining area. Care services include dementia residential care, dementia nursing care and respite stays, ensuring the home can support a wide range of needs as they change over time.

Care Types

  • Duration
    • Long-term
  • Specific care needs
    • Diabetes
    • End Of Life Care
    • Frailty
    • Hearing Impairment
    • Heart Disease
    • Incontinence
    • Parkinsonism
    • Sight Impairment
    • Speech Impairment
    • Stroke
    • Young onset dementia

Care Home Facilities

  • Key Features
    • Cafe
    • Dining Room
    • Garden
    • Lift
    • Lounge
    • Pets Allowed
    • Purpose Built
    • Quiet Area
    • Resident Choice Dining
    • Wifi
  • Accessibility
    • Escort Service to Appointments
    • Free Parking (on-site)
    • Wheelchair Access
  • Leisure and Wellbeing
    • Activities (bingo, etc.)
    • Daily Newspapers
    • Designated Smoking Area
    • Family Room
    • Hair Salon
    • Individual/Group Outings
    • Laundry Service
    • Podiatry
    • Post
    • Terrace
    • Wellbeing

Room Facilities

  • Key Features
    • Own Furniture Allowed
    • Pets Allowed
    • Wifi
  • Dining
    • Meals In Bedroom
  • Bathroom
    • En Suite and Communal Bathrooms
    • Wet Rooms
  • Accessibility & Equipment
    • Assisted Bathroom
    • Call Bells
    • Ground Floor Rooms
    • Hoisting
    • Wheelchair Access
  • Leisure & Wellbeing
    • Hairdressing (in room)
    • Private Terrace/Garden
    • TV Point

In The Area

Bank 0.2 miles
Bus Station 0.6 miles
Cinema 0.6 miles
Dentist 0.3 miles
Doctor 0.4 miles
Park 0.3 miles
Pharmacy 0.4 miles
Shop 0.2 miles
Supermarket 0.2 miles
Train Station 0.7 miles

Funding Sources

  • Local Authority
  • Local Authority with top-up
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
  • Self-funding (private)

Regulator Rating

Overall: Requires Improvement

  • Safe:
    Requires Improvement
  • Effective:
    Requires Improvement
  • Caring:
    Requires Improvement
  • Responsive:
    Good
  • Well-led:
    Requires Improvement