Ashton Grange wins Care Home of the Year
The winner of our Care Home of the Year competition has finally received its award following delays caused by the Covid-19 restrictions.
Your votes saw Ashton Grange in Horsham triumph in the competition, which was launched back in February, but only now could staff be congratulated for their success.
Located at 3 Richmond Road, Ashton Grange is a small Good CQC rated 31-bed care home, specialising in dementia and palliative care.
The home looks at the holistic needs of each individual in its care and the nursing care is tailored to each person’s needs. It is situated both near the hospital and Horsham town centre.
Residents’ families are consulted together with any medical notes prior to admission to Ashton Grange, this allows the team to assess theresidents’ individual needs, as well as all likes and dislikes.
There is a ‘ This is Me’ document completed with the family to gain as much information to give the perfect level of care for their loved one.
Families are free to bring any furniture, pictures and personal belongings to help their relatives feel comfortable in their new surroundings, making the transition to Ashton Grange as smooth as possible.
The manager Nicola Ambler has worked at Ashton Grange for nineyearsandisveryproud of the home and her team with the level of care and time they give to each resident.
She said: “We are only a small home with a small team, but everyone workstogether to make Ashton Grange special. We are a warm and friendly home, and centre everything we do in the home around our residents.
“This year has been very challenging for Ashton Grange with Covid-19, but everyone in my team: the carers, nurses, activity staff, laundry staff, cook and cleaners, have worked so hard at keeping themselves and our residents safe. I am so thankful and proud of all of them, for all the extra work and time they have put into the home to keep the residents worry free and comfortable during this period. They have all gone the extra mile in their work, and put their family time on hold.
“My team and I would like to thank everyone that voted for Ashton Grange to achieve this award, it makes us feel very emotional and proud that our residents’ families, friends, and the Horsham community have valued us and given our small care home their support in this competition.
“I am also very proud that our sister home for more mild to moderate dementia – Ashtonleigh, at 4Wimblehurst Road, Horsham, achieved third in this competition as well. It shows both our homes are well respected and offer a supreme level of care.”
To find out more about the services at Ashton Grange, call 01403 257263 or visit www. ashtongrange.co.uk
Weofferourcongratulations to Nicky and her team, as well as our runner-up Valerie Manor, a residential and nursing care home in Upper Beeding, and Ashtonleigh in Horsham for coming third.
Despite WSCC declaring ‘more please’ as they complain of poverty, they are now to progress the new fire station, which could have been deferred for at year, much as the development of Novartis had been delayed.
Now, us residents will have more time added to the arrival of the fire brigade as the one in Hurst Road is closed; this together with the closure of the ambulance station, and no doubt the police station in due course will further isolate Horsham town.
It would appear that now HDC has issued a revised program for Rookwood to justify the sell off, together with the Drill Hall in due course and no doubt Chesworth Farm and Horsham Park, Horsham will be regarded as such a success, the country and district councils can pocket all the cash and retire, leaving a Unitary Authority to dig itself out of the environmental mire and cope with the difficulty of masses of residents not being able to live healthily due to lack of ‘open spaces’; air quality continuing to deteriorate and any available space being given over to additional road space to cope with the increased traffic.
Currently most properties with a family will have as many cars as space permits. Two for the adults and two or three for the children. These children of course remaining at home as there will not be any property for them to live independently as all the land is used up.
What a sorry state we are getting into. Shops? Well, they will no doubt become places for people to line up and receive food parcels as there is no employment due to everywhere having houses built on.
People will be able to work from home and go to indoor gyms for exercise as cycles and scooters will be banned - just incase they get in the way of cars that need to progress along the road as fast as possible - the road may well be gridlocked due to volume of traffic.
How sad we cannot live within the boundaries of what the natural world could provide.
JAMESBROOK Patchings, Horsham