A little bit about us
Birkdale Care is located in the heart of Oakengates, we are situated just a short walk from shops and bus/rail routes for easy commuting. We also have parking facilities.
We provide round the clock care for people with or without dementia, we plan the care with families, providing essential care & support where needed tailoring to the wishes of the individual wherever we can.
People’s preferences & choices are most important, whilst maintaining dignity & respect for each individual. Staff have pledged to be Dignity Champions & uphold the dignity 10-point challenge.
We have mobility equipment such as full body hoists & a sara steady to support people who have difficulty standing independently, staff are trained at Partners in Care Shrewsbury for moving & assisting. Staff are also trained in basic awareness for Diabetes & Epilepsy. Many of our staff are also Dementia Champions.
We believe in meaningful activities so you will often see residents helping out cleaning tables or washing up depending on what they wish to do.
We accommodate up to 29 residents one of the rooms is a shared room for couples or relatives, we have 10 rooms with en-suite facilities, 2 rooms have a private patio area, we are a 2-story building with 2 passenger lifts to the first floor. We encourage people to bring personal items to make it feel more like home including small furniture items at the managers discretion.
Hello from the registered care manager
I am Fran Louise the registered manager at Birkdale, I started work at Birkdale in 2012 as a senior carer & have progressed to Registered Manager & Nominated Individual, my aim is to keep Birkdale as homely as possible working with the families to ensure we achieve the best possible outcome keeping the family unit together, we encourage visits at any time families are welcome to stay for a meal whenever they wish.
Birkdale is currently seeing some major changes with new investments to improve our service. We are all looking forward to the changes ahead. So far, it’s been amazing the front of the building has had a face lift with a new coat of paint, pale yellow with white shutters around the windows and window boxes with trailing white & yellow flowers & foliage they look beautiful.
Weve had a new upgraded call bell system installed along with a new fire safety system, a new electrical fuse system has also been installed ensuring our residents, staff & visitors are safe.
There has also been refurbishment to some of the rooms including new vanity unit’s new décor & flooring, which will be ongoing. A shower room has been refurbished to a high standard, a room for hairdressing manicure & pedicure has been created along with activities such as art crafts bingo music even room to dance if you wish and much more, we have regular fund-raising events to help towards outside entertainment such as trips out and live entertainment. Fund raising events such as raffles & competitions we recently held The Great Birkdale Bake Off which raised enough funds to have Tom Wenlock sing live.
The staff have had a new staff room created; also new staff uniforms are being replaced with a more modern feel. Reception has been updated and the corridors through the building are having a refreshing coat of paint for now as the communal areas are having major refurbishment in the near future.
All this has come to fruition due to our new investor & will continue with improvements as we go along causing as least disruption to the residents, families & staff as we possibly can.
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