DESCRIPTION

Four Seasons Health Care is the leading independent healthcare provider in the UK. Each of the care homes or nursing homes run by Four Seasons Health Care is unique and offers high standards of service and care for long term and short term residents. All care home staff are trained to deliver person centred care, resulting in flexible and responsive care whilst further promoting the well-being and independence of the individual.

Each care home run by Four Seasons Health Care have skilled and experienced teams of staff who are dedicated to provide the highest standards of care. Four Seasons Health Care provides care homes with personal care, care homes with nursing care, PEARL dementia care, rehabilitation and short-term respite care and palliative care.

Ashcroft is a purpose built home, within which we provide our Pearl Specialised Dementia Service.

Many of our rooms are for single occupancy and some are for sharing companions. Some rooms are en-suite and we also have premier rooms.

Ashcroft is situated in the Hady suburb of Chesterfield, within easy reach of a Post Office and other amenities, public transport and the M1 motorway. Specifically, Chesterfield town centre is approximately 1/2 mile away.

This home is rated by the Commission for Social Care Inspection as providing ''good'' outcomes for its residents.

THE CARE

Dementia care is provided within out Pearl Specialised Dementia Service. This means that the environment has been developed and adapted to the needs of residents with dementia and we can offer as much independence and stimulation as possible within safe boundaries.

The expertise of our caring team is to recognise and enable each resident to continue to do the things they enjoy for as long as they can continue to do so. Our programme is based on the theories of ''person centred care'' and all of our care plans are tailored around the residents'' needs and capabilities. These are adjusted to provide additional support over time.

Every aspect of the home contributes to the quality of daily life for residents. Layout and decoration are used to enable residents to exercise choice, help orientation and to provide interest and stimulation. For example, the sights and sounds of the music and themed corridors and sensory room, as well as rummage boxes and relevant activities. These features act as cues for the person with dementia to guide and support them as they move around their home.

Ashcroft is tastefully decorated and features a lounge and dining area, where residents can enjoy the company of others at meal times.

Our Chef prepares a wide range of home cooked food based upon traditional cooking using fresh produce. Special diets are catered for and daily choices are available.

The home is attended by an experienced hair stylist, a qualified chiropodist and a range of complementary therapies can be arranged to suit individual requirements.

A varied programme of activities also takes place in the home and we have a highly skilled activities therapist.

DIRECTIONS

Take junction 29 off the M1 and head towards Chesterfield on the A617. At the next roundabout take the second exit and at the next roundabout take the third exit, heading towards Bolsover and the Royal Hospital on the A632. After approximately a mile, at the top of hill (before hospital), turn right onto Hady Lane, take second left onto Houldsworth Drive, then turn sharp right almost immediately into Lee Road. The home is situated at the bottom of this cul-de-sac.