Bishop Lodge is a secure area specially designed to suit the needs of people with dementia and related disorders, with the emphasis on a homelike atmosphere.
Features include:
- Large single rooms with ensuite
- Television
- Built in wardrobes and dressing table
- Large activities kitchen
- Landscaped grounds overlooking the town and Boston Bay
General Nursing services provided:
- Showering and dressing
- Feeding
- Continence management
- Pressure area care
- Wound management and dressing
- Residents can have their finger and toe nails cut by staff each month if required
- Medication management and administration
- Disease monitoring for diabetic residents, blood taking and other specimen collection as requested
- Mobility assistance (with staff providing help if necessary)
- Wheelchairs available for less mobile residents
- Oxygen provided for residents who have this therapy ordered by their medical practitioner
- Special diets catered for
- Palliative care
- Lifter for very frail residents requiring this level of assistance
