Our care and fees
Weekly fees are published below and confirmed in writing after a free assessment. We review them once a year in April and give twenty eight days notice of any change. Nothing is added later.
Fees at a glance
For people who no longer manage alone at home but do not need nursing. Help with washing, dressing and medication, three cooked meals a day, and company whenever it is wanted.
Every fee is confirmed in writing after a free assessment. We review fees once a year in April and give twenty eight days notice of any change.
For people who no longer manage alone at home but do not need nursing. Help with washing, dressing and medication, three cooked meals a day, and company whenever it is wanted.
Fourteen rooms in Bramble Wing, laid out so people can walk freely and still find their own door. Every carer has completed accredited dementia training and works from a life history written with the family.
A registered nurse on duty twenty four hours a day for people with complex health needs, wounds, PEG feeding or advanced conditions. Funded Nursing Care is applied where the NHS assessment allows.
From four nights to six weeks in a furnished room with everything provided. Families use it for a holiday, after a hospital discharge, or to try the home before deciding about a permanent move.
Visits from half an hour upward across Cheltenham, Bishops Cleeve and Charlton Kings. The same two or three carers each week, so nobody has to explain themselves twice.
One carer living in the house on a two weeks on, two weeks off rota, with a daily break covered by a local carer. For couples who want to stay together, and for anyone who would rather not move at all.
Included in the weekly fee
Paying for care
Most families arrive knowing none of this, and there is no reason they should. We will sit down and work through which one applies to you, at no cost and with no obligation.
If your savings and property come to more than £23,250, the council will usually ask you to fund your own care. We publish our weekly fees, review them once a year in April, and give twenty eight days notice of any change.
Gloucestershire County Council assess both your finances and your needs. We hold a contract with the council and accept their rate for residential care. Where a family chooses a larger room, a third party contribution applies and we set it out in writing before anyone commits.
If you need nursing care, the NHS pays a weekly contribution towards the nursing part of the fee, currently £235.88. It is taken off your invoice rather than added to it, and we complete the paperwork with you.
Where health needs are the main reason for care, the NHS may fund the whole placement. We sit in on the assessment with you and help you appeal if you disagree with the decision.
Questions families ask
Yes. Come between nine and eight on any day, including weekends. If you arrive at lunchtime we will find you a seat and a plate.
The assessment is free and it is genuinely an assessment, not a sales visit.