Shoemaker Place

We are welcoming visitors to our Borough Care homes and ask that they follow the procedures below when planning a trip to visit their loved one. The safety and wellbeing of our residents and staff is still our top priority. Covid has not gone away and some of our homes will find themselves experiencing outbreaks. An outbreak consists of 2, or more, positive (or clinically suspected) cases of Covid during a 14-day period. These homes will close to visitors until their isolation period ends.

Our staff continue to wear face masks for protection, as well as wearing gloves and aprons.
Residents are continuing to routinely test for Covid-19 every 28 days, while staff take a Lateral Flow Test before starting each shift.
If a resident or member of staff feels unwell, even if they are not displaying Covid-19 symptoms, they will be tested at once.
A spring booster of the COVID-19 vaccine is available to people who live in care homes. Where applicable, residents are partaking in the spring booster roll-out.

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)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”)

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Telephone for external calling

The Care Organisation has not indicated availability

Every consideration has been made to ensure that the home is dementia-friendly, from the familiarity of the décor to the layout of the care home. Shoemaker Place has also been split into smaller “households” to provide a more personalised, individual care plan to each resident.

The home features 66 single bedrooms, including 12 bed wings and 10 large, studio-style rooms. All of the rooms at Shoemaker Place are spacious and comfortable, feature high-quality furnishings and décor, and include full wet room facilities for every resident. There are also separate WCs, assisted bathrooms and other ancillary facilities available throughout the home.

Thanks to our dedicated Activity and Lifestyle Facilitators (ALFs) there are always plenty of fun activities happening across all of our care homes, and Shoemaker Place will be no exception! Whether it’s a pamper session at the on-site beauty salon, a coffee and a catch-up in the café area, or a film screening in the on-site cinema – residents can live their lives to the fullest.