ABOUT US
Vale House is a 20-bed nursing home, providing specialist care to the end of their lives to men and women who suffer from dementia in its severest forms.
The home was set up in 1990 by a group of volunteers, specifically to provide psychological, physical and palliative nursing care for people profoundly affected by dementia. Senior professional staff working in social work, mental health care and medical departments had recognised a large gap in government provision for such patients and were determined to develop a service of high quality to help them and their carers. At the time, the only recourse for patients so severely affected was either very expensive private care or admission to long stay psychiatric wards.
Vale House is a registered charity and a registered company limited by guarantee. It is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors, who appoint a Registered Manager who is responsible for the daily running of the home. All aspects of the home conform to the requirements of the Commission for Social Care Regulation and it is inspected regularly by them. Vale House is non-profit-making and receives no direct grant from any public authority
Our CQC rating
Vale House has regularly received excellent (3-star) ratings from our Regulators, the Inspectors of the Care Quality Commission. This rating is awarded to only 13% of care homes nationally.
Fees and Admission
The cost of caring for each resident is currently £870 per week, and the fees may be met in one of three ways. Where the person’s care needs are formally and independently assessed as being ‘extremely complex’, the cost is met by the NHS through the ‘Continuing Care Funding’ budget. Where the care needed is not at such an extreme level, but the resident is assessed as having few private means (currently, less than £23,000 in capital), financial assistance is given through the Local Authority. Otherwise, the residents’ fees are paid out of their own (or their families’) resources. There is no other regular income for the home and all other expenses for improving the fabric and facilities or providing extra benefits for the residents must be covered through fundraising, donations, legacies and similar means.
The application procedure is simple: it involves a form giving us details about the resident. A full assessment is then made by a qualified nurse from Vale House.
When a room becomes available it is offered to the most needy family at the time and they will be given a Welcome Booklet to explain all the details of admission and about life in Vale House.
