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175 Yardley Green Road, Birmingham, B9 5PU
Herondale & Kingfisher House offers nursing and specialist nursing dementia care within a friendly home environment. Every detail of the home is created to enhance the independence and dignity of residents and to foster a community of friendship.
Our purpose-built home provides dedicated care, with en suite facilities, for up to 79 people.
What makes Herondale & Kingfisher special?
Where are we?
Herondale & Kingfisher is located just two miles from the centre of Birmingham, adjacent to Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
Activities, trips and events
Our Activity Coordinator works hard to keep our residents active and entertained with a fun-packed weekly calendar. Activities include: singing, bingo, quizzes, games, baking, afternoon tea and coffee mornings, animal visits, film afternoons, flower arranging, gardening (outdoors and indoors), craft sessions and knitting. And we love any excuse to put on a themed event. Throughout the year you’ll see events including a Pancake Day fun, Valentine’s Day meal and an Easter Extravaganza.
Caplaincy and pastoral support
Herondale & Kingfisher House is proud to be supported by a dedicated Chaplain, who offers pastoral support to all, whatever their beliefs. Our Chaplain provides a listening presence, companionship and one-to-one pastoral support for all residents, their friends and relatives, and staff members - irrespective of their beliefs - and organise worship for those who wish to participate. Where appropriate, residents are encouraged to maintain links with local faith communities. We also hold Church services plus personal support from our Chaplain who is employed at Herondale & Kingfisher House.
Encouraging residents to seize the day
Funded through charitable support, every MHA care home prides itself in being able to offer unique and memorable opportunities and activities for residents to help them 'seize the day'. This could be as simple as having lunch in a favourite pub, taking a trip to the seaside or revisiting a place of work.
Our experience
MHA is an award-winning charity, helping to improve the lives of over 19,000 older people across Britain every day. As the only national care provider to offer connected care and support through specialist care homes, thriving retirement living and vibrant community groups, our organisation helps people to live later life well.
Herondale & Kingfisher House provides care, comfort, compassion, and friendship to ensure that all residents are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. Our highly trained and dedicated staff are available 24/7 to provide assistance whenever needed, ensuring the provided care and support is tailored to each individuals needs.
Privacy and independence, friendship and support - 24 hours a day
Herondale & Kingfisher House offers care and comfort, compassion and friendship. At the heart of all we offer is our assurance that you will be treated with the respect and dignity that we all deserve, and if you need anything at all, we’re here to help, 24 hours a day.
Whether in the privacy of your own room or relaxing in the company of your friends and neighbours, we will support you to spend your time doing the things you enjoy. Let us know if it’s music, a favourite newspaper, exercise or a spot of pampering at the salon. Landscaped gardens invite you to appreciate the fresh air, or tend the plants, if you wish. There’s a wide range of social events, so you never need to feel bored or lonely. All this combines to offer a welcome sense of community, which complements the professionalism of MHA’s highly trained staff.
Herondale & Kingfisher House has the latest safety and security design features so you can live life to the full with peace of mind.
Your room
All rooms are en suite and comfortably furnished and we have free wifi throughout the home.
A TV can be provided for your room on request and residents have access to a computer. We have a call system which can be operated by a hand control or a pendant depending on personal preference. We also have a choice of a profile bed or a divan in our rooms, ensuring we can meet individual choices or care needs.
You can bring your own furniture to furnish your room, such as a favourite armchair or their own bed. Walls can be personalised with their own pictures, shelving and ornaments.
Nursing care
Lower Johnshill provides specialist nursing care for those with long-term illness or disability where more complex medical support is required.
Our qualified nursing team are available on site 24 hours a day to provide medical and other forms of specialised support. Respecting older people and recognising each resident as a unique individual, our nurses provide not just high quality nursing skills, but truly person-centred care.
We seek to meet physical needs and frailty as they advance with ongoing nursing care. Most of all we ensure that each resident is treated with the dignity and respect that we all deserve.
Dedicated dementia care
We are one of the pioneers of person-centred specialist dementia care in the UK. Our first specialist dementia care home opened in 1989 and since then we have continued to develop our approach in our care homes and retirement apartments across the UK.
Our specialist dementia care recognises each person as a unique individual. At Herondale & Kingfisher House, our caring, professional and fully-trained carers, provide the highest quality care to preserve dignity, treat people with respect and promote independence.
Everyone with dementia is different. That's why a person-centred approach is key: at Herondale & Kingfisher House, we take time to get to know each individual’s history, personality and preferences, and find ways to make every day fulfilling.
Our dementia area at Herondale & Kingfisher House is designed and decorated to be safe for you, and also as familiar, reassuring and as easy to navigate as possible. The dementia floor is secured by keypad coding to ensure that you are safe and secure at all times.
We provide ‘show and tell’ at mealtimes where you are visually presented with the two meals on the menu so you can select which one you would like. Other options are also available if you would like an alternative.
We have a dementia secure garden with sensory plants and ornaments. The dementia floor is at ground level and you can visit the garden at any time.
Food and drink
Meal times are a special part of the day for you to savour tasty food, freshly cooked by our chef to suit you and any dietary needs. And, of course refreshments are available throughout the day for you and your visitors, who are welcome at any time.
Our commitment to your wellbeing
Our highly-trained, dedicated members of staff will always be on hand to provide your care and support in the way that best suits you, in the comfort of your own room with en suite facilities.
We choose the people who work with us very carefully. They need to share our values and respect people, their life experience and personal choices.
We take pride in the cleanliness and maintenance of your home and provide a thorough and friendly cleaning service. Your personal washing will be carefully laundered and returned to you, clean and fresh.
Added extras including exercise classes help you to keep fit and active.
Our team are happy to help you when you are ready to discuss the care and support that you, or your loved one may need. You can call us directly, arrange a tour of our home or submit an enquiry and we’ll contact you.
Indicative fees for self-funding residents at Herondale & Kingfisher House care home, Birmingham (1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024).
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