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Covid prevention updates

At Bramley Care, the care and safety of all our residents and staff are our absolutely highest priority, but we also appreciate how important it is for our residents to stay in touch with their loved ones. We have garden visiting rooms at both Bramley House and The Old Rectory, with comfy seating areas separated by glass panels, where relatives and friends can visit residents, and we also offer socially-distanced visits on the patios.

For those residents for whom the trip to the garden visiting rooms is simply too arduous, maybe those reaching the end of their lives, visits can also be arranged in resident’s rooms, though very strict procedures must be followed in these situations.

The added benefit of keeping Bramley House and The Old Rectory so well protected from the outside is that, inside the homes, our residents can socialise freely with each other, enabling them to stay safe, happy and active, in the environment they know and love.  Our staff encourage our residents to stay in touch with their loved ones via phone and Skype, giving them whatever technical assistance they may need.  Inside both Bramley House and The Old Rectory, and on our Bramley Home Care rounds, we are taking every possible precaution to ensure that our residents and clients are kept safe from Covid-19.  Our staff are all fully trained in the necessary precautions that must be taken at all times, and always use the correct Personal Protection Equipment.  Please rest assured that the safety of our residents, clients and staff is always our highest priority, but especially in these challenging times.

 

Update 6th January 2021

With the latest lockdown restrictions now announced, we thought that you might like a clarification of what effect the new guidelines might have on visits to see your loved ones.  Under the new regulations, visits to the garden visiting rooms at Bramley House and The Old Rectory are still permitted.  However, except in very unusual situations, visits to see loved-ones inside the homes, even for visitors who have taken lateral flow tests, are no longer permitted.  At Bramley Care, we are all of us doing our utmost to keep your loved ones safe and well, and look forward to a time, hopefully in the not too distant future, when we can once again open our doors to families and friends.

 

Update 3rd December 2020

As we are sure you are all aware, there has been lots of discussion in the news this week about visitors to care homes being able to access Covid-19 tests, so that they can safely visit their loved ones. Clearly this is wonderful news for our residents and their families, and at Bramley Care we are very keen to start arranging these visits at the earliest possible opportunity. The government proposals make it clear that the visiting scheme relies on our staff being able to test all visitors for Covid-19 using lateral flow tests. At present, we are still waiting for the lateral flow tests to be delivered to us and unfortunately we aren’t yet sure when they are likely to arrive. As soon as we have received them, we will let you know immediately. We know how much you are looking forward to seeing your loved ones again, and please rest assured that we are doing everything we possibly can to allow this to happen as soon as possible. We really appreciate your patience and understanding and look forward to welcoming you back into Bramley House and The Old Rectory in the very near future!

 

Update 5th November 2020

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We’ve checked the latest government guidelines carefully and are really pleased to be able to announce that visits to our garden visiting rooms at Bramley House and The Old Rectory can carry on as normal throughout this new lockdown.

 

Update 8th October 2020

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At Bramley Care, we are doing our utmost to ensure that visits to our homes are handled as safely as possible. We fully appreciate that human contact is incredibly important for the wellbeing of our residents, but that keeping them safe from Covid-19 is also vital. With this in mind, we have made some updates to our visiting policies, which we have detailed in a letter from Richard Wagner, Director of Bramley Care, to the relatives of all our residents at Bramley House and The Old Rectory.  If you’d like to read this letter, please click on this link: Visiting Your Loved Ones

Update 15th July 2020

With the Covid-19 infection rate currently looking reassuringly low in our area, we are now really pleased to be able to offer socially-distanced visits outside on the patios at Bramley House and The Old Rectory. The safety of our residents must of course always come first, so visits must be booked in advance, visitors will have to wear PPE (which we will provide), and social-distancing will be essential at all times, but it’s still a wonderful step in the right direction! If you’d like to book a visit to see your loved one, please ring Caroline at Bramley House or Vicki at The Old Rectory, who will be happy to book you in!

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Update: 23rd June 2020

The new Garden Meeting Rooms at both Bramley House and The Old Rectory are finished! And don’t they look good! Congratulations to our trusty Maintenance Team for doing such a speedy job. From next Monday onwards, friends and relatives will be able to book a slot to meet up with their loved ones in a safe and secure environment. We’re going to be seeing a lot of smiles.

 

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Update: 8th June 2020

The new garden meeting room at Bramley House is nearly ready to use!

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Update 29th May 2020

Work on the new Garden Meeting Room at The Old Rectory is now underway.  Once the foundations are in place, the rest of it goes up really quickly!

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Update: 26th May 2020

Good news is always worth sharing – our latest round of 124 Covid-19 tests, on all our staff and residents, at both The Old Rectory and Bramley House, has given us a completely clean bill of health. It’s what we expected, but it’s still always reassuring to have it confirmed. Thank you so much to all our wonderful carers, domestics, entertainment staff and chefs, who have done such an amazing job keeping our precious residents safe, well and happy in these challenges times.

And work on our new Garden Meeting Rooms is progressing really well too!

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Update: 22nd May 2020

Work is well underway for the new Garden Meeting Room at Bramley House. It won’t be long now before you can see your loved ones again!

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Update: 20th May 2020

We know how much our residents are missing their loved ones at this difficult time, so Bramley Care have bought two summerhouses, just like the one in the picture, to be used as garden meeting rooms. We are hoping to install them in the gardens at Bramley House and The Old Rectory as soon as possible, to allow friends and family to visit. The garden meeting rooms will be fitted with a glass safety screen in the middle, between the residents and their loved ones, to minimise the risk of our residents contracting the Covid-19 virus. It will just be so lovely for our residents to be able to see their loved ones again! We’ll let everyone know as soon as they are ready for use.

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Precautions at Bramley House & The Old Rectory

  • Our homes are closed for all non-essential visitors until further notice and have been since 5th March 2020.
  • We do not and will not use agency staff.
  • All staff and essential visitors have their temperature checked upon entering the homes using new thermal imaging cameras.

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  • There is a PPE station in the entrance porch for essential visitors.
  • All residents have their temperature checked twice daily.
  • All staff are briefed, on a daily basis, regarding the importance of social distancing, both now and for the foreseeable future.
  • Our staff are wearing face masks at all times and wash or sanitise their hands immediately on entering the homes and before attending to each resident.
  • Additional hand sanitising facilities have been installed around the homes so that they are easily accessible.
  • All goods coming into the homes, such as groceries and deliveries, are thoroughly cleaned when they enter, and are then put aside for at least 48 hours before use.
  • Video links and NHS emails have been put in place to manage residents’ medical needs.
  • Senior staff now complete the District Nurse’s Duties.
  • We have Increased stock of PPE and cleaning materials and continue to purchase and monitor stock levels.
  • Skype calls and telephone calls are available for all residents, so they can stay in touch with their loved ones.
  • We now have a Welfare Station for all staff to change in to and out of their uniforms safely, and all uniforms are now laundered on site.

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  • Our domestic cleaners are now working longer hours, to ensure absolute cleanliness at all times.
  • All staff are fully up to date with Infection Control training, and we have an Infection Control Lead in place.
  • Covid-19 tests have been arranged for all staff and residents to be repeated at least fortnightly.
  • New residents are only admitted from hospital if they have had a negative Covid- 19 test.
  • All new residents are requested to isolate in private bedrooms for 14 days on arrival.
  • Keypad entry locks are being installed on all internal fire doors, although they will only be used if we feel it is necessary to seal off parts of the homes. These door locks will automatically disengage in the event of a fire.
  • We are in the process of building garden rooms at both Bramley House and The Old Rectory, specifically to allow safe visits to individual residents from their loved ones.

Precautions at Bramley Home Care

  • All staff are briefed regarding the importance of social isolating and social distancing, both now and for the foreseeable future.
  • All staff wear face masks at all times.

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  • All staff wash or sanitise their hands immediately on entering each client’s home and before leaving each client’s home.
  • All staff have been provided with disinfectant wipes to clean the interiors of their cars.
  • We have minimised the need for professionals to enter clients’ homes by using alternative measures such as telephone and video calls where possible.
  • All staff check their temperature before starting their daily shift.
  • All clients have their temperature checked daily by Bramley Home Care staff.
  • All staff have a Covid-19 test once a fortnight, subject to availability.
  • We have carers and cars specifically assigned to care for Covid-19 positive clients only, to help prevent cross-contamination.