Description: St. Anselm’s Nursing Home offers 24 hour specialist nursing care for people with mental health problems in the 50+ age group who experience difficulties with comprehension or maintaining aspects of their mental health, encompassing all types of dementia, personality disorder, Parkinson’s disease and Huntingdon’s disease. Emphasis is placed on high quality nursing and promoting independence and dignity in the individual.
Individual nursing assessments and care plans are formulated for each resident, wherein their unique needs are recognised, so enabling our staff to provide care promoting the best possible quality of life. Care plans are reviewed regularly in response to changing needs and liaison with relevant health and social care professionals. With experienced, specialist staff selected and trained for the excellence of their clinical and therapeutic skills the Home achieves a positive balance between a relaxing environment and an active lifestyle.
Residents are encouraged to bring personal items to create their own familiar surroundings.
St. Anselm’s is registered with the Care Quality Commission whose reports are published on its website.
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We are accredited members of the Registered Nursing Homes Association (RNHA).
Formerly an hotel built in Edwardian style, St. Anselm’s has been sympathetically restored and refurbished to provide elegant accommodation with every modern facility and medical appliance to promote independence, comfort and dignity. It stands in its own attractive grounds, and has views across an ancient meadow to the unspoilt beach at Walmer and the Dover Straits, and to Walmer Castle.
St. Anselm’s offers single and double accommodation, each room having thermostatically controlled radiators, television point and nurse call system. The Home has a passenger lift alighting on five levels, allowing step-free access.
The light and airy dining room is centrally located, providing a calm, peaceful environment. Our chefs provide a balanced diet and offer a daily choice of menus whilst accommodating any special dietary or cultural requirements.
The lounge has a colour television, DVD and stereo facilities, and leads onto a light conservatory with views of the surrounding garden. The Home is fully carpeted throughout with carefully co-ordinated colour schemes.
All rooms have a delightful view of the grounds with access to two of the lawn areas.
The Home has a dedicated quiet area, where residents can meet and socialise with family and friends in private, or spend reflective time alone.