Nursing care

Nursing homes are managed by registered nurses and are the only places apart from hospitals that have registered nurses on duty 24 hours a day. Around 25% of the nursing staff are registered nurses and the remainder are care assistants. Nursing homes care for people who are more dependent than those in residential homes. People who are unable to walk or move unaided from bed to chair are cared for as are people who require specialist equipment such as hoists to enable them to bathe. If the person has a wound such as a leg ulcer or a bedsore the registered nurses employed by the Home dress the wound. If the person requires help to eat this is available.

Nightingale is in a unique position to offer rehabilitation to enable people to get well after illness or injury, palliative care and care for people who are dying. In addition to nursing services we also have our own physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments. Outlined below is the type of care normally provided in nursing homes:

Full assistance with eating and drinking including gastronomy feeding
Full bladder care including caring for people who have urinary catheters
Full bowel care including giving enemas and suppositories
Full wound care including dressing wounds, treatment of pressure sores and care to reduce the risk of pressure sores developing
Full assistance with moving from bed to chair etc using mechanical aids such as hoists and other equipment
Full assistance with bathing, dressing and grooming
Monitoring condition and 24-hour nursing supervision and care
Palliative care and pain control including giving injections

Dementia Care

Dementia is a common condition in old age. 25% of people aged 85 and over have dementia. People with dementia suffer from a condition that is currently incurable. It causes profound difficulty in processing information. This difficulty often leads to behaviour that people consider strange but that makes sense to the person with dementia. People with dementia require very special sensitive care from specialist staff who understand how to provide the best possible levels of care.

At Nightingale the Lady Wolfson and Harry & Abe Sherman Floors in our Main Building provide care for people with dementia. These two floors are run as one unit. A dementia care specialist nurse manages our dementia care.

Please click here to fill in our 'Application for Residential/Nursing Care' form online
or here to download (38k PDF)

Please click here to download our GP's Medical Report form (32k PDF)

Please click here to download our Hospital Medical Report form (33k PDF)

Any other questions?

If you would like further information or would like to discuss care needs further contact Linda Griever in our Residents Services Department on 020 8772 2302 or email LindaGriever@nightingalehouse.org.uk.