EXPERT CARE AT HOME IN SLEAFORD AND LINCOLNSHIRE, FOR ALL OF LIFE
Prestige Nursing & Care provides high-quality, personalised and expert home care services for every stage of life across Sleaford and Lincolnshire, that evolve with the changing needs of those we care for.
Our comprehensive range of services provided by highly trained and compassionate carers, registered nurses and clinical experts in Sleaford ensures our clients receive the right care at the right time, all delivered right at home.
Since 2000 we have been trusted by our clients and their families in Sleaford to provide competent and compassionate care that is focused on improving health and overall well-being – all in the safety and comfort of the place people love most, their own home.
From adults living with life-altering and complex conditions, through to older people, and couples who need home care and support with daily living, our established service means people can live more independently with an improved quality of life – for all of life.
Prestige in Sleaford provides a fully managed and regulated care at home service, which means our clients, their families and our professional partners can be reassured that the care and support we provide is of the very highest quality. We are very proud that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated our service as ‘Good’ reflecting our focus on high-quality service delivery.
YOUR HOME IS BEST FOR A FULFILLED LIFE
We know through our experience of supporting thousands of people and their families in Sleaford and Lincolnshire, that faced with the prospect of needing long-term care and support that most people would prefer to stay in the safety, comfort and familiarity of their treasured home and not endure the disruption caused from a move away.
For many a move from home can cause much upset, worry and for some confusion. Having routines imposed on how you live, leaving your loved one, feeling isolated from family and friends or your local community are all common concerns experienced by those facing a move into a care home, specialist care setting, a hospice or facing a prolonged stay in hospital.
Staying at home with our high-quality private care in Sleaford ensures that you can continue to live life your way, whilst benefiting from one-to-one care provided by a competent and compassionate carer whose focus is to improve the quality of your life and enhance well-being.
Whether you want to enjoy a pleasant walk along the Slea River, visit the Cogglesford Mill or explore other heritage treasures in and around Sleaford, our carers will provide you with the levels of care you need to maintain a presence in the community you love.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY IN SLEAFORD – CLIENT SURVEY 2022
Prestige Nursing & Care regularly seek feedback from their clients on the service they receive in Sleaford and Lincolnshire so we can further improve the care we provide.
- 100% agreed or strongly agreed that their care team are professional, trustworthy and positive.
- 100% agreed or strongly agreed that they feel safer than they did before Prestige Nursing & Care provided care for them.
COMPLEX NURSE-LED CARE AT HOME IN SLEAFORD
We provide high-quality home care in Sleaford for adults and older people living with neurological conditions or other physical disabilities. Our care is aimed at facilitating independence, social interaction and emotional well-being, whilst supporting people to fulfil their potential and live a purposeful and meaningful life.
We are experts in the specialist care for conditions that impact a person’s ability to live well, including, but not limited to:
- Arthritis Care
- Bariatric Care
- Brain Injury Care
- Cancer Care
- Diabetes Care
- Dementia Care
- Multiple Sclerosis Care
- Learning Disability Care
- Mobility/Frailty Care
- Parkinson’s Care
- End-of-life/Palliative care
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AT PRESTIGE NURSING & CARE
Clinical excellence is at the heart of our culture and approach to service delivery at Prestige Nursing & Care. Our nurse-led home care service is monitored and supported by our experienced regional nursing teams. Our team of qualified regional nurses are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Each holds a registered nursing qualification in at least one nursing specialism, including general adult nursing, learning and disability nursing, mental health nursing and children’s nursing. They enable the planning and delivery of safe and effective complex care to our clients, that is focused on ensuring the best possible care experience for our clients and their families.
Our nurses work in partnership with our care co-ordinators, carers, clients and families to identify specific care needs and plan the most appropriate care provision, whilst ensuring all our carers have the skills they need to deliver high standards of nurse-led care. They also provide families with on-going advice and continual support to ensure they feel reassured about the service we provide.
KIND WORDS FROM ONE OF OUR CLIENTS IN SLEAFORD
“Prestige Nursing & Care cared for my mother-in-law for four years. They have been very supportive and have proactively changed the level of care making improvements as needs changed. It has also been so reassuring for us all to have the same regular carers and the care they have provided has been delivered with such compassion.”
Andrew – Client’s Son-in-Law
HOME CARE SERVICES IN SLEAFORD
Our trusted and established care at home service in Sleaford and across Lincolnshire can be provided in the following ways:
Hourly care / visiting care
As it is sometimes referred is for those who need care and support with tasks of daily living or clinical care at certain times during the day. Care at home can be provided from a 30 minute visit, to as many hours/visits throughout the day you require, one day or several days of the week depending on your care and support needs. For those who have complex needs, hourly care can be provided over a 24-hour period.
Respite care
For those needing a short-term arrangement after hospital discharge to rehabilitate or when a family carer needs a break from their caring role. It is also an ideal service for families who wish to assess whether care at home is the right care choice for them.
COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE CARERS
When you choose Prestige Nursing & Care in Sleaford you can be reassured that the carer who cares for you or your loved one is expertly trained to provide the support you need, to the high standards you should expect. All carers that join us complete our induction training programme, which goes above mandatory requirements.
We adopt a bespoke approach to training that ensures our carers have the knowledge, skills and aptitude to deliver high-quality home care that meets the needs of our clients in Sleaford and Lincolnshire. If a client is living with a condition or is recovering from a stroke or needs post-operative care, we will ensure they have all the training and support they need to provide effective care.
We are very proud of our carers – each and every one of them is dedicated to providing compassionate, sensitive and dignified home care that means our clients live a fulfilled and meaningful life, with independence and choice, for all of life.
AREAS WE COVER IN SLEAFORD AND LINCOLNSHIRE
Billinghay
Folkingham
Heckington
Billingborough
Horbling
Leasingham
North Kyme
Osbournby
Pointon
Ruskington
South Kyme
South Rauceby
Tattershall
COLLABORATING WITH OUR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERS IN SLEAFORD AND LINCOLNSHIRE
As an established care agency in Sleaford, we work collaboratively with our clients and their families to develop a thorough care and support plan that accurately reflects a person’s holistic needs. We also adopt a partnership approach to working with local authority partners, NHS services, multidisciplinary teams, therapists and other community bodies involved in a person’s care.
At Prestige Nursing & Care in Sleaford we have formed a strong relationship with the teams at Sleaford and Lincolnshire Social Services and work closely with the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Integrated Care Board ICB (formerly known as Clinical Commissioning Group’s). These working partnerships mean we are well-informed so we can provide continuity of care, ensuring the right care plan is in place at the right time, whilst responding efficiently to changing needs and strengthening care provision when required.
We work closely with hospital discharge teams at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital Boston and Grantham Hospital enabling efficient and effective discharge for people with the right care in place.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR SLEAFORD HOME CARE SERVICE?
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Condition-led care
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Expert-nurse led care
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Considerate companionship
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Sensitive personal care
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Safe mobility at home
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Efficient medication administration
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Enabling effective and efficient discharge from hospital
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Meal preparation and cooking
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Household tasks in and out of the home
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Enabling effective and efficient discharge from hospital
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Reablement care
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Enablement care
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Rehabilitation
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Palliative/end-of-life care
MEET YOUR TEAM IN SLEAFORD AND LINCOLNSHIRE
CHARLOTTE WALTON-GOLLOP
BRANCH MANAGER, SLEAFORD
I have worked for Prestige Nursing & Care for 14+ years. I originally joined as a Care Assistant and have been committed to developing within my role at Prestige through various positions at the Sleaford branch, including Field Care Supervisor and Care Planner. I was very proud to be promoted to Branch Manager 2017.
I have achieved my Level 2 & 3 in Health and Social Care, and a Level 5 Diploma in Health & Social Care, Leadership and Management. I have previous experience in Childcare and Education and I am a qualified teaching assistant and learning disabilities one-to-one assistant.
I have always had a passion for improving the quality of people’s lives and I feel privileged to do this on a day-to-day basis at Prestige. I love working for Prestige – we are a dedicated team, all committed to providing high standards of care. I am beyond proud to represent the company by managing the Sleaford branch.
NATALIE KENT
REGISTERED NURSE
I have been a paediatric nurse for over 16 years, initially working within a children’s teaching hospital rotating within the areas of burns and plastic surgery, orthopaedics and general medical/ neurology, nursing children from infancy up to 17 years old.
In 2005 I joined a team on a Lead Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Over the next 14 years, I worked as part of specialist team of health professionals, caring for premature infants from 23 weeks gestation and sick infants requiring many forms of intensive care and specialist treatments, surgical intervention or palliative care. I assisted with clinical research programmes, supported and delivered teaching to parents/guardians to provide complex care for their child such as tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, oxygen therapy and suction training in preparation for their discharge home. I became a student nurse mentor supervising, teaching and assessing clinical skills and competencies at the end of the training programme.
I joined Prestige in March 2020 as a Regional Nurse in the East Region leading complex care packages for children working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams to meet the needs and expectations of children and their families, all whilst maintaining the high standard of care required and ensuring best practice.
SUE HOLLIDAY
NATIONAL PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL & SAFEGUARDING LEAD
I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1994 at East Surrey Hospital and as a Paediatric Nurse in 2000 at Kingston and St George’s University Hospitals. I have gained a wealth of experience in a variety of settings firstly in adult surgical nursing, then working in the outback of Australia providing paediatric nursing in the community, paediatric care in a hospice and on general paediatric wards. My areas of interest include oncology and high dependency. I have always enjoyed teaching and have been a mentor to many colleagues.
I joined Prestige in April 2018 where I have been given the opportunity to develop in my role. As the Paediatric Clinical Lead and Paediatric Safeguarding Lead for the company, I am particularly proud of the work we have done to further develop our paediatric training.
MANDY AIKMAN
MOBILISATION COMPLEX NURSE SPECIALIST
I qualified as a Registered Adult Nurse in 2011 at Royal Preston Hospital through the University of Central Lancashire. I have gained a wealth of experience in a variety of different settings, firstly in Intensive Care at Preston then through multiple different hospitals across the North West. I then moved into Renal care before training as a Disability Analyst assessing for Personal Independence Payments. Following this was the start of my community based nursing journey. I worked in a complex care nursing unit for 12 months then moved into Complex home care.
I began working for Prestige Nursing & Care in January 2022 and love what I do. I provided clinical expertise, training and professional leadership to the Blackpool team, to ensure the safe planning and delivery of high quality care to adults with complex needs within their homes and community settings. I take great pride in my work and my aim is to always ensure person centred, holistic care is delivered to our clients and families.
As of February 2023 I am now the Mobilisation Complex Nurse Specialist covering England and Scotland.
My areas of interest include Complex Care, in particular Tracheostomy management and care. I have always enjoyed teaching and mentoring new staff and students within my career. My aim at prestige is to ensure support and training is always available to our carers and team members.
KIND WORDS FROM ONE OF OUR CLIENTS IN SLEAFORD
“Thank you for the outstanding care provided and particularly the support of my mother during her final few weeks. We are a very close family, but we could not have done it without you. The care you provided meant that mum could have her wish of being able to stay in her own home with her family right to the end.”
Kevin, Jeremy, Julian, Miriam and Sarah – Client’s Family
CARE MANAGEMENT IN SLEAFORD AND LINCOLNSHIRE
Our responsive and reliable care at home service in Sleaford means we can put care and support in place quickly and in many cases within 24-hours. Depending on your needs a comprehensive assessment will be conducted by either a registered nurse or our local care expert. We can conduct the assessment at your home, in hospital or in any specialist care setting if you are awaiting discharge back to your own home, enabling a plan of care and support to be developed that meets all your needs.
Our approach to care planning, whether it is for an hourly home care service, respite care or a permanent live-in care arrangement ensures we capture all your preferences and wishes so you can live a contented life in the comfort of your own home. We take time to find the carer that would best meet your care and support needs, making sure they are closely aligned with how you wish to live your life. Once care is in place, our team in Sleaford made up of care and clinical experts provide you, your family and our carer with an abundance of on-going support, giving you peace of mind that you or your loved one is receiving the very best home care.
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COST OF OUR CARE IN SLEAFORD
The cost of our care is dependent on the level of care and support you require. If you are receiving our hourly care service, the overall cost will be determined by the number of visits and frequency of visits to you at home. Our experts will conduct a comprehensive assessment of your needs at your home, or in hospital if you are awaiting discharge to truly understand what you need and therefore how much care at home will cost.