Bramley Court Care Home
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Chivers Way
Histon
Cambridgeshire
CB24 9AH
| Care Type | Care Home |
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| Care Category | Residential | Nursing | Dementia | Respite |
| Availability | Yes |
| Regulator's Rating | Outstanding |
Meet The Manager
Judith Wroe is Home Manager at Bramley Court Care Home.
Judith has extensive senior care experience having worked in the sector since leaving college. In a career spanning over 20 years within elderly care, mental health and supported living management roles, Judith has run two large Bupa homes and held the position of Senior General Manager for Barchester Healthcare.
As head of the Bramley Family, Judith supports the continuation of outstanding, person-centred care that residents expect and deserve.
Speaking about her role, Judith said: “I love Bramley Court’s ethos of really getting to know and love our residents, looking beyond someone’s medical and physical needs, to deliver the best possible care. That’s something I’m really passionate about. We have a skilled, well-established team which put compassionate care at the forefront of everything we do.”
When not at Bramley Court, Judith enjoys spending time with her family. She likes to relax with a good book and also loves to travel.
At Bramley Court Care Home we provide award-winning, high-quality, residential, nursing, and dementia care with love and compassion. In June 2023 we maintained our ‘Outstanding’ rating with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), testament to our home’s consistent rating of excellence.
As a well-established home, our long-standing expert nursing, care and support teams are professionally developed and valued providing the exceptional, personalised care that residents deserve.
Our focus is on gaining a deep understanding of who each individual is, alongside their medical and physical needs to enable residents to live fulfilled and meaningful lives.
Bramley Court is a warm and welcoming home decorated and furnished to a high standard. It features a lively café and bar, salon, private dining room and cinema along with comfortable lounges and relaxing dining rooms, not to mention, our loving dog Pip.
The tranquil sensory gardens are home to the unique outdoor ‘Bramley Village’. This dementia-friendly environment includes a gym, café, shop and mini golf course, all designed to bring purpose and a sense of familiarity.
Our lively community sees residents enjoy bespoke lifestyle choices including; holistic Namaste Care, art tutorials and live music performances. This is complemented with regular minibus trips to local places of interest, innovative make a wish initiative and community partnerships such as the renowned Fitzwilliam Museum.
As part of Bramley Court’s commitment to providing outstanding care, our team receives extensive on-going training, professional development and guidance to support all residents to live well.
Families know their loved ones are being cared for by a trusted and reputable provider, with dignity and care at the forefront of all we do.
| Care Options | We Can Provide |
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| Support For | Companionship, Convalescence, End of Life, Mental Healthcare, Palliative, Personal care, Physiotherapy, Reablement. |
| Disability Support | Bed Bound, Hearing Impairment, Physical Disability, Physically Frail, Requires Hoist , Speech Impairment, Visual Impairment, Walking Frame, Wheel Chair Bound. |
| Medication | By Mouth, Change Catheter, Injection, Suppository. |
| Nursing Specialisms | Diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke. |
| Type Of Dementia | Mild Dementia, Moderate Dementia, Severe Dementia (EMI). |
| Dementia Behaviour | Agitation / Restlessness, Challenging Behaviour, Disrupted Sleep Patterns, Mild Forgetfulness, Wandering . |
| Dementia Specialisms | Alzheimer's. |
| 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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Infection Control Training | Our staff are trained to use measures which prevent and control infections. |
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Sterilisation & Disinfection Devices | We are using sterilisation and/or disinfection devices within our care setting. |
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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) Yes, our care home has WiFi in all our resident’s 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 Yes, our care home provides a telephone in all our resident’s rooms. |
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| Our Building and Facilities |
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In addition to offering the highest level of quality care, our Outstanding CQC rated care home, Bramley Court, has exceptional facilities that make life enjoyable and engaging for all residents, whatever their hobbies and personal preferences. |
| Is Our Home Purpose Built |
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| Yes |
| How Many Floors We Have |
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| 3 |
| Who Owns Our Building |
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| Private |
| Communal Rooms |
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| Bar / Pub, Bistro, Coffee Shop / Café, Dining Rooms, Library, Sitting Rooms, TV Lounges. |
| What Else Do We Provide |
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| Assisted Bathroom, Beauty Salon, Cinema, Coffee Shop, Gym, Hairdressers, Library, Lift, Minibus, Smoking Area. |
| Our Garden |
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| Communal Garden, Communal Patio, Private Garden(s), Seating, Secure Garden, Sensory Garden, Summer House, Vegetable Plot, Wheelchair Friendly Access. |
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Residents can relax and unwind in complete comfort at Bramley Court. All our bedrooms are en-suite and are decorated to a high standard. The majority of our ground floor bedrooms also have their own private patio garden. |
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| Number Of Rooms | 72 |
| Number Of Ensuite Rooms | 72 |
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| Single Room. |
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| Furnished, Garden View. |
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| Telephone Point. |
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| Funding Types | |
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| Local Authority | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| We Accept Self-Funding Clients | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority Funding | No |
| 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. Find out more about Choice Dining.
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Our residents’ ongoing health and wellbeing is extremely important to us and we recognise that keeping active, both mentally and physically, whilst maintaining a sense of purpose and meaning are key to individuals’ happiness, contentment and joy. In partnership with our residents and those closest to them, our dedicated lifestyle team, working across all of our home’s communities, develops a varied programme of meaningful activities, events and celebrations which are personalised to individuals’ likes, dislikes, abilities and care needs as well as aspirations and dreams for the future. The whole team at Bramley Court Care Home supports residents to rekindle interests and hobbies, whilst also gently encouraging them to try new things they might enjoy, either as part of a group of friends, on a 1-2-1 basis and in their own room, if they prefer. |
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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, Exercise Class, Flower Arranging, Knitting / Embroidery, Music Entertainment, Painting, Quiz Games, Reminiscence, Singing, Word Games. |
| Activities Outside Our Home |
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| Local Tourist Attractions, Park, Shopping. |
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We have our beautiful home dog Pip who lives with us at Bramley Court. Visitors are welcome to bring well-behaved pets to visit and we also regularly welcome visits from a range of pets and animals as part of our activities. |
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Chivers Way
Histon
Cambridgeshire
CB24 9AH
Regulator: CQC
| Current Ratings | |
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| Overall | Outstanding |
| Safe | Good |
| Well Led | Good |
| Caring | Outstanding |
| Responsive | Outstanding |
| Effective | Good |
| Inspection Reports | |
| Last inspected | 24th May 2023 |
| Last rated | 10th June 2023 |
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| Registration Date | 7th October 2011 |
| Service Provider | Carebase (Histon) Limited, SW19 4DW |
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| Bus Stop nearby, Car Park, Train Station nearby. |
| Places of Worship |
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| Anglican Church. |
| Nearby Services |
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| Hospital, Park, Pub, Restaurant, Shops. |
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