The Home

Highbeech Care Home is a specialist EMI Residential Home, providing intense and person-centred care services for Older people with dementia, Alzheimer's and related conditions.

Highbeech is located in a quite road in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, on a bus route and approximately one mile from the town centre, seafront and mainline railway station. The home is registered for 27 residents and offers the highest standards of care in a warm and friendly environment.

The Home Manager, Marlene May, has managed the home for over 15 years and, together with her committed team of carers and ancillary staff, the comfort and wellbeing of the residents is always the top priority.

Facilities

The home is on four floors, all accessible by a specialist lift, offering single and double rooms, most of which are en-suite. The home is decorated and furnished to an exceptionally high standard offering a feeling of warmth and homeliness throughout. There are three lounges on offer with a separate dining area for residents to enjoy.

Specialised equipment such as hoists and bath-lifts are available to ensure residents' safety and comfort.

To provide a comfortable and satisfying lifestyle the home is arranged with the most modern facilities, namely:

• Passenger/wheelchair lifts between all floors
• Therapeutic bathing
• Comprehensive nurse call system
• Free laundry service
• "In-house" hairdressing facilities
• Hobbies/activities and meeting room

Services

Highbeech's excellent chef provides an varied, nutritional and enticing choice of meals throughout the day where individual preferences are taken into account and special diets catered for at all times.

The home is frequently visited by hairdressers, dentists, chiropodists and opticians, with all residents able to access these services at a modest additional cost and at a time to suit.

Visiting

Visitors are always welcome at any time although we do ask that meal times are avoided when possible as the home is very busy at these times and we like to retain the dignity of all residents that need assistance with feeding. We respectfully request that all visitors leave the home by 10.30pm each evening although these times are flexible upon request.

Meeting resident's need

The home caters for a wide range of physical and mental needs with qualified and experienced care staff on duty 24 hours a day. Individual care programmes are developed in conjunction with the Service Users and their families, to promote maximum physical and mental well being. The home prides itself on its excellent reputation in the market and exceptional standards of care are provided at all times.

Medical Care

Service Users are able to retain their own GPs if they wish; otherwise, they can transfer to our Doctor who visits the home on a regular basis.

Religious Services

The home caters for all faiths and religious services are held in the home on a regular basis with visits by ministers being arranged if required.

Meals

All meals within the home are provided by our in-house chefs who ensure the provision of fresh home-cooked nutritional meals for the pleasure of our residents.

Our daily timetable looks like this:

• Morning Tea from 06.30am
• Breakfast from 07.30am
• Mid-morning coffee & biscuits from 10.30am
• Lunch from 12.30pm
• Afternoon Tea from 3.00pm
• Supper from 5.30pm
• Night time drink from 8.00pm

Fees

Fees are calculated according to the level of care required and as such are individually tailored to ensure that everyone's needs are met. We will be happy to discuss this with you further.

General Information

To the rear of the home are large landscaped gardens accessible to the residents and in regular use throughout the year.

All residents are encouraged to pursue their hobbies, recreational activities and interests. An experienced Activities Organiser and Recreational Assistant ensure that all residents receive stimulating entertainment appropriate to their individual needs.

A company vehicle with wheelchair access is available for outings and visits. Activities include excursions to the seafront and beach, theatre, restaurants and places of interest together with in-house entertainment.