Facilities & Services

The Poplars provide 24-hour nursing care, delivered by highly trained registered nurses, care assistants and our visiting therapies team. Where possible, clients have the choice of gender for their care. Our staff are carefully screened with extensive referencing and police criminal record checks and receive professional training. We believe highly trained and well managed staff are the secret to providing quality and safe care.

The best carers providing the best care.

We operate:

• 24-hour nursing & medical cover
• nurse call system
• help getting in & out of bed, bathing and dressing
• full assistance with all activities of daily living
• promotion of independence
• specialist stroke facilities
• full lifestyle programme based on 'individual and person-centred care'
• help with bathroom needs & continence management
• skin integrity care

Our facilities include:

• a beauty salon & barber
• an extensive library of books and DVD's
• internet facilities to stay in touch with friends and family online
• computer games for fun and mind stimulation
• bright and airy bedrooms with specialised bathing facilities
• lounges & dining room with garden views
• wide screen TV
• quiet reading rooms
• a secure patio garden

Care services include:
Some of the conditions that we treat with our specialist staff and facilities:

• elderly / physical disability
• 24-hour delivery of care for 65 years and over
• GP (general practitioner) cover
• crisis intervention / emergency admission / postoperative care
• end of life / continuing care
• non planned assessments
• nutritional meals
• a dentist, optician, occupational therapist, physiotherapist and chiropodists visit The Poplars regularly