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Thorpe’s Nursing Homes provide care for adults over the age of 18 years. This can be either short term care for convalescence or post operative or respite or long term nursing home care.

Yes. Respite care is available for periods of one week or longer.

Yes there are nurses on duty in Thorpe’s 24 hours per day.

A formal programme of activities is available each day from a wide range of activities. You may choose which activities you would like to participate in. Additionally games are available for use at any time.

There are no formal visiting hours – relatives or friends can visit whenever it suits.

All rooms have televisions.

Yes you can bring your own furniture that would be suitable including pictures, radio etc.

Laundry at Thorpe’s Nursing Home are outsourced.

Yes you can use your own GP.

A GP available round the clock for emergency care on a call out service.

The Government has a scheme in place known as Fair Deal which covers some of the costs of individual nursing home care based on the assessments.

Yes we encouraged residents to go out with friends and family as often as the feel comfortable travelling for day trips or holidays.

From 1 July 2009, the Social Services Inspectorate within the Health Information and Quality Authority are responsible for the registration and inspection of all public and private nursing homes and residential care services for older people. They register and inspect to see if nursing homes are safe and that residents are being cared for properly. For the first time, HSE-run centres, as well as, private and voluntary nursing homes are subject to independent registration and inspection.

Yes. By law, all nursing home services in the public, private and voluntary sectors have to be registered (to ensure they are able to provide such services in the first instance) and inspected (in order to ensure they are maintaining standards required to operate and are continuously upholding high standards) by the Social Services Inspectorate of the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Inspections are announced or unannounced and can be held during the day or night. Inspectors talk with managers, staff and interested people and also talk with residents (residents who do not wish to speak to inspectors do not have to) and their families. Inspectors focus on the experience of the resident living in the nursing home and what it is like to live there. An inspection report is produced by the Authority after each inspection.

Phone 061 – 353007 or Email thorpesnh@gmail.com