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Choosing Care Homes in East Sussex - Brighton & Hove Care Homes
If you're looking for a care home in East Sussex, the busy seaside town of Brighton and its neighbouring town of Hove have plenty to offer. Brighton is best known as a tourist destination, but thanks to its many shops, restaurants, cafes and cultural attraction, it's the perfect place to live if you like to be by the coast.
There are many care homes in the Brighton and Hove area, including residential care homes, care homes with nursing and specialist care homes, so you should be able to find one that you like.
Brighton & Hove Care Homes
Residential care homes in the Brighton and Hove area include Bramble Cottage Retirement Home (18 Carden Avenue, Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex). Bramble Cottage is a ten minute bus ride from the centre of Brighton, in the peaceful village of Patcham.
The care home has 26 single bedrooms and two double bedrooms, all of which are spacious and have en-suite facilities. Residents are encouraged to bring their possessions, including small items of furniture, into the care home in order to personalise their rooms. Bedrooms on the first floor have balconies, whilst the ground floor bedrooms have French windows which open onto the care home's landscaped garden. The garden has a terraced area and a fishpond, making it an excellent place to relax on a sunny day.
Bramble Cottage Retirement Home's communal rooms include a lounge, a drawing room and a dining room. Residents can participate in a range of activities including arts and crafts sessions and quizzes, and the care home also arranges outings nearby attractions. Visitors are welcome at any reasonable time.
If you're looking for a care home with nursing in the Brighton and Hove area, you'll also find plenty to choose from. The Pines Nursing Home (Furze Hill, Hove, East Sussex) is a purpose-built care home providing 24-hour nursing care. The home has 35 single bedrooms and 1 double bedroom, most of which have en-suite facilities. Communal rooms include a dining room, a conservatory, an activities room and a quiet room.
The Pines Nursing Home has a small garden and it also has a direct entrance to St. Anne's Well Gardens, a park famous for its Chalybeate spring. St. Anne's Well Gardens also has a sensory garden, a fish pond and conservation areas. The care home is also only a short distance from Hove seafront and there are excellent transport links to Brighton.
A number of organised activities take place within the nursing home, including exercise classes, quizzes and art classes, and the home also has a minibus and organises outings for residents. Special events are held at Christmas and other holidays, and the home provides each resident with a home-made cake on his or her birthday.
Specialist care homes in and around Brighton and Hove include:
· Carlton House (44 St. Aubyn's, Hove, East Sussex) - a 25-bedded residential care home, specialising in the care of people with dementia.
· St. Dunstan's (Greenways, Ovingdean, Brighton, East Sussex) - a 77-bedded care home with nursing for ex-servicemen and women with sensory impairment.
· Outlook House (74 Redhill Drive, Brighton, East Sussex) - a 15-bedded residential care home for adults aged between 18 and 25 with learning disabilities.
To help you to decide which Brighton or Hove care home to choose, you can consult an online care homes guide. http://www.Bettercaring.com , for example, features comprehensive listings of care homes in East Sussex, and provides information about them, contact details, access to recent Commission for Social Care Inspectorate reports and care home reviews.
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