Amber Wood
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Belvedere Road
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 0QL
| Care Type | Care Home |
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| Care Category | Residential | Nursing | Dementia | Respite |
| Availability | Yes |
| Regulator's Rating | Good |
Meet The Manager
Terri Tipper is Registered Manager at Amber Wood.
I started in social care from leaving school as a care assistant and have progressed through different positions to a manager. I have experience of working in nursing homes, residential and dementia homes, community care and learning disabilities. I enjoy ensuring the residents receive good quality person centred care by developing the team around me.
Amber Wood is a dementia-specialist residential care home located in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. It offers 45 spacious en suite bedrooms across three households for people over the age of 55.
The state of the art home provides high quality personalised care and support in first class facilities.
Designed specifically to support people living with dementia and complex needs, Amber Wood welcomes both individuals and couples – and your pets can even move in with you too.
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| Care Options | We Can Provide |
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| Support For | Companionship, Complex Care, Daily Respite Care, End of Life, Independent Living, Mental Healthcare, Palliative, Personal care, Support for Couples. |
| Disability Support | Bed Bound, Hearing Impairment, Physical Disability, Physically Frail, Requires Hoist , Speech Impairment, Visual Impairment, Walking Frame, Wheel Chair Bound. |
| Medication | By Mouth. |
| Nursing Specialisms | Aids, Cancer, Crohns, Crohn's Disease, Depression, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Heart Disease, Huntington Disease, Korsakoff, Liver Disease, Lung Disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy (MD), Pain Management, Parkinson's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Schizophrenia, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ulcerative Colitis. |
| Type Of Dementia | Mild Dementia, Moderate Dementia. |
| Dementia Behaviour | Agitation / Restlessness, Challenging Behaviour, Disrupted Sleep Patterns, Mild Forgetfulness, Wandering . |
| Dementia Specialisms | Alzheimer's, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, Mixed Dementias, Picks Disease, Vascular Dementia. |
| Respite Care | Yes |
Autumna has invited care providers to evidence the infection control measures they are carrying out, above and beyond those laid out by the government, in order to keep residents, staff and visitors safe.
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The health and safety of our residents is our priority. We have safety measures in place which are regularly reviewed in line with public health authorities and regulators to ensure our schemes offer a safe place to live. We work to government guidance to create a safe environment, this includes having good supplies of PPE, regular staff and customer testing and robust infection control measures. |
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Infection Control Training | Our staff are trained to use measures which prevent and control infections. |
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Virus Testing | We are testing for viral infection when symptoms present within our care setting. |
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| Connectivity for resident testing, monitoring & communications |
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Infection control and the safety of both residents and staff often requires quarantine measures and the isolation of care home residents. To test, monitor and allow residents to communicate with relatives, the prevalence of room-level connectivity within the home is becoming increasingly relevant. Wireless Internet access (WiFi) Our care home has WiFi in some of our residents’ rooms. Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”) Yes, our care home has mobile phone signal in all our resident’s rooms. Telephone for external calling No, our care home does not provide a telephone in residents’ rooms. Family Portal Yes, our care home has provides families with a family portal. Find out more about Family Portals here. |
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We are on Facebook| Minimum Age |
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| 55 |
| LGBTQ Welcome |
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| Yes |
| Our Building and Facilities |
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The households are individually decorated to aid orientation and wayfinding; they have a domestic style layout with an open plan kitchen where customers are encouraged to engage in meal preparation and cooking. Each of the households has access to outdoor space and with multiple communal spaces; customers can engage in group activities or pursue their own interests in the smaller communal areas or their own private rooms. |
| Is Our Home Purpose Built |
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| Yes |
| How Many Floors We Have |
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| 2 |
| Who Owns Our Building |
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| Voluntary / Not for Profit |
| Communal Rooms |
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| Activities Room, Coffee Shop / Café, Dining Rooms, Sitting Rooms, TV Lounges. |
| What Else Do We Provide |
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| Assisted Bathroom, Cinema, Coffee Shop, Hairdressers, Lift, Overnight Guest Stay. |
| Our Garden |
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| Communal Garden, Communal Patio, Greenhouse, Seating, Vegetable Plot. |
| Brochures |
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| amber_wood_brochure.pdf |
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| Description |
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Amber Wood offers a range of 45 beautifully furnished bedrooms |
| About Our Rooms | |
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| Number Of Rooms | 45 |
| Number Of Ensuite Rooms | 45 |
| We offer these types of ensuite rooms: WC and Basin. | |
| Type Of Room |
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| Double Room, Single Room. |
| Room Features |
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| Furnished, Garden View. |
| Room Facilities |
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| Freeview TV, Telephone Point. |
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| Funding Types | |
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| Local Authority | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| We Accept Self-Funding Clients | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority Funding | Yes |
| We Accept NHS Continuing Healthcare | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority funding with a Third Party Top-Up | Yes |
Choice Dining is a food-focused accreditation designed to give care-seekers like yourself the ability to consider and compare the dining experience within different care settings.
To be awarded the Choice Dining badge, a care home will have committed to delivering exceptional dining experiences with a strong focus on preference, individuality, hygiene and the environment. You can explore the specifics of all participating homes in the tab below to learn more about the food on offer, how it is served and presented and what they’re doing to cater for your personal taste. For more information about Choice Dining please click here.
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 Pureed
Vegetarian
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| Dining Locations |
Bedroom Dining
Café
Lounge/Diner
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The preparation, nutritional value and presentation of food.
Attractive drinks and adaptive cups/glasses are available and accessible where needed.
Individual dietary needs are person centred.
Meals reflect the nutritional needs of the residents.
Our menu is balanced.
A freedom to eat the food you want, when you want it.
Residents dining in their own room have the same food options as elsewhere.
Residents dining in their own room have their food presented to same standard as elsewhere.
Residents have access to Dining Room.
Residents have the option of dining in their own room.
Delivering a respectful and quality service.
Residents are given appropriate and dignified crockery / glassware and cutlery.
Staff are hospitality trained to present / serve meals.
Tables are well laid.
Staff understand and pre-empt potential meal-time behaviours which can impact nutritional intake.
Staff always use appropriate and dignified language (e.g. it is an ‘apron’ not a ‘bib’).
We promote an inclusive dining experience.
There are no unnecessary disruptions during mealtimes.
| Activities Are So Important |
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As a part of your care arrangement, you will be supported with basic and physical activities of daily living to live as ordinary life as possible, suited to your abilities, at home and in the community. |
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| Activities At Home |
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| 1 to 1 Activities, Bingo, Birthday Celebrations, Board Games, Card Games, Cooking, Crafts, Crosswords, Excursions, Flower Arranging, Gardening, Knitting / Embroidery, Music Entertainment, Painting, Quiz Games, Religious Services, Reminiscence, Themed Events, Visiting Entertainment, Word Games. |
| Activities Outside Our Home |
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| Garden Centre, Local Tourist Attractions, Park, Shopping. |
| Our Pets |
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Pets to be discussed with the home manager. |
| Can You Bring Your Pet |
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| Yes |
| We Welcome |
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| Birds, Cats, Dogs, Others (subject to review), Rabbits, Reptiles. |
Belvedere Road
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 0QL
Regulator: CQC
| Current Ratings | |
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| Overall | Good |
| Safe | Good |
| Well Led | Requires Improvement |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Inspection Reports | |
| Last inspected | 5th December 2022 |
| Last rated | 12th January 2023 |
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| Registration Date | 27th November 2018 |
| Service Provider | Accord Housing Association Limited, B70 6QG |
12th January 2023 | Transport |
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| Bus Stop nearby, Car Park, Car Park on-site, Train Station nearby. |
| Places of Worship |
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| Anglican Church, Buddhist Temple, Catholic Church, Methodist Church, Mosque. |
| Nearby Services |
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| Garden Centre, Hospital, Park, Pub, Restaurant, Shopping Centre, Shops. |
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