Crosshill Nursing Home in Stanhope, County Durham was design and commissioned by David and Florence in the early 1990s as a purpose built Nursing Home. It opened in February 1992 and in the years that followed, in keeping with their ethos; it began to accept clients with residential care needs. It is therefore able to provide on-going care for clients whose needs change over time without them needing to move Home, or even the bedroom in which they have been living.
Service User Category – Up to 30 adults with Residential, Nursing and / or Continuing Health Care needs (Old People OP / Physical Disability PD / Nursing N). Crosshill accepts individuals who are privately funded and also those whose fees are paid, partially or fully, by a Local Authority.
Our excellent team of highly skilled and motivated staff are lead, and supported, by our Home Manager, and Qualified Nurses who are on duty 24 hours a day. Our Nurses have a vast range of nursing experience, knowledge and practice including elderly care, orthopaedic, mental health, general medical and surgical and community nursing. Our Director of Nursing has over 20 years of experience in cancer care and spent the last ten years in the NHS as the Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse / Nurse Consultant for Cancer Care in the Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust.
Alongside our qualified nurses are our highly qualified Care Workers, the majority of whom have achieved the highly regarded National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in the care field. We also have skilled and experienced domestic, catering and activities teams and these support staff work closely with our Nurses and Care staff to form an excellent team thus ensure the smooth running of our Home. Our commitment to quality is also evident in our staffing levels which are constantly reviewed to reflect the needs of Clients and the Home.
Crosshill Nursing Home offers many facilities and activities, including two entertaining rooms with flat screen multimedia (TV and music) a talking library filled with excellent materials and access to media, news and magazine publications. The Home has activity co-ordinators in the home five days a week (Monday to Friday) running regular Client focused internal activity sessions: pamper sessions where Clients can have hair, skin or nail treatments, card games, knitting or sewing, physical and mental exercise classes, drawing, cooking and many more.
External visitors are invited to attend the home one or two times a monthly and enjoy with their friends and family local entertainers, pony therapy and clothes parties. Involvement is optional as some Clients choose to simply sit back and reminisce with our staff.
Birthdays are always a special time and we can arrange a party at a venue and style of their choice.
Crosshill Nursing Home works closely with our local Health Care Professionals e.g. GP, dietician, home loans service etc. and will ensure that if an external professional is needed then their services will be sought as swiftly as is required. On request, personal visits can also be arranged for Hairdressers, Chiropody, Dentistry and Opticians.
Additional information – Family and friends might be interested to know that Crosshill Nursing Home provides Free WiFi access, thus facilitating communication with those who live away / abroad. We promote Eco Friendly policies by recycling over half of our waste and in 2012 we fitted 45 solar panels to support our energy consumption.
