Care homes in Gorleston-on-Sea offering dementia care

Dementia care in Gorleston-on-Sea: ratings, size and cost

89% of Gorleston-on-Sea's care homes (8 of 9) hold a CQC registration for dementia care. England-wide, 80% of care homes registered for dementia care are Good or Outstanding and here it is 80% (in line with England, 13 points above the 67% for all care homes in the town).

For dementia care, the top rated care homes are Gresham Care Home, Lydia Eva Court and The Gables. 0 have a rating from the past two years. Oldest: March 2018. Newest: April 2023. Together they hold 451 registered beds; 2 also provide nursing care. 3 still await a first CQC rating.

For comparison, Norfolk has 179 care homes registered for dementia care; of those rated, 62% are Good or Outstanding. Share registered for dementia care: 89% here, 57% across Norfolk.

Typical weekly fees in the East of England: £1,455 standard residential, £1,500 residential dementia care, £1,685 nursing dementia care. How these costs are worked out.

What dementia care involves

Dementia care is support from staff trained to help people living with dementia: keeping routines familiar, helping with eating and drinking, managing distress without relying on medication, and keeping people safe without taking away their independence. Providers register "dementia" as a specialism with CQC when they support people with it.

Questions worth asking about dementia care

1. How do you help with eating and drinking when appetite drops?
2. What do you do when someone is distressed, or wants to leave?
3. How do you avoid using medication to manage behaviour?
4. What happens if dementia becomes more advanced?
5. Who would we call if we were worried at night or at a weekend?

Support: Alzheimer's Society Dementia Support Line, 0333 150 3456. All dementia care in Norfolk. Glossary: Dementia care.

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